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Episode 272: DOWNLINK--Caty Pilachowski

Episode 272: DOWNLINK--Caty Pilachowski

FromThe Orbital Mechanics Podcast


Episode 272: DOWNLINK--Caty Pilachowski

FromThe Orbital Mechanics Podcast

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Length:
113 minutes
Released:
Aug 19, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Spaceflight news— Lucy on track for 2021 launch (americaspace.com)— Rocket Lab increases performance (spacenews.com) (PDF: rocketlabusa.com)— NASA to coordinate smallsat rideshares (spacenews.com)— Heat management becomes a new bottleneck in the smallsat era (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Dragon’s first commercial crew mission (spacenews.com)— A new industry seeks standardization (spacenews.com)— Ingenuity recharges its batteries on its trip to Mars (phys.org)Questions, comments, corrections— “Fun paper Friday” (HT Andrew Z: frontiersin.org) — ROSCOSMOS’ Chibis suit (blogs.nasa.gov)— Csaba via email: reactors vs. RTGs, the highest flying bird, and 1976 splashdown vs 1975.Interview -- Caty Pilachowski, Professor of Astronomy at Indiana University— WIYN Telescope (wikipedia.org)— IU Faculty profile (astro.indiana.edu)— twitter.com/iuastroThis week in SF history— 11 August 1962: Launch of Vostok 3 (russianspaceweb.com)— Next week in 2003: A flame-retardant spacecraft.
Released:
Aug 19, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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