Jason and Stephen are joined by Eric Berger to discuss his new book Liftoff, which covers the origins of SpaceX. Eric is the Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica and the book comes out on March 2. The guys also discussed the landing of Perseverance, the Starship test flights and who may be the next NASA Administrator.

Guest Starring:

Eric Berger

Links and Show Notes:

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Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX – HarperCollins

Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) / Twitter

NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Provides First Audio Recording on Mars | NASA

The Insane Engineering of the Perseverance Rover - YouTube

Linux has made it to Mars - The Verge

How NASA Designed a Helicopter That Could Fly Autonomously on Mars - IEEE Spectrum

The FAA is no longer concerned with SpaceX’s Starship SN9 and SN8 - The Verge

Starship SN10 hopeful for launch "this week" - Super Heavy waiting in the wings - NASASpaceFlight.com

A politician who said politicians shouldn’t run NASA wants to run NASA | Ars Technica

Breaking Defense on Twitter on Nelson/Melroy Rumor

Green Run Update: NASA Investigating Valve Performance Before Second Hot Fire – Artemis

NASA sees “reasonable chance” of first SLS launch this year - SpaceNews