Episode 428: Actual Human Ballast

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Episode 428: Actual Human Ballast

FromThe Orbital Mechanics Podcast

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56 minutes

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Oct 4, 2023

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Electron experiences its third upper stage failure. Also Stoke Space performs an upper stage test hop, Sierra Space does a habitat module burst test, and China reveals plans to return lunar samples from the far side of the moon!

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Oct 4, 2023

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Episode 428: Actual Human Ballast

Episode 428: Actual Human Ballast

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