Rand Simberg joins me to talk about his recent trip to the Space Tech Expo, the dawning of the age of in-space manufacturing, the future of SLS and Orion, the National Space Council, and a lot more.

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• Rand Simberg
• Transterrestrial Musings
• Safe Is Not An Option: Overcoming The Futile Obsession With Getting Everyone Back Alive That Is Killing Our Expansion Into Space
• Safe Is Not An Option on Amazon
• Space Tech Expo USA
• Loser of  ULA’s Vulcan engine downselect will likely lose Air Force funding - SpaceNews.com
• NASA inspector questions why agency built rocket test stands in Alabama | Ars Technica
• Virgin Orbit on Twitter
• The Long Space Age, by Alexander MacDonald
• DARPA selects Boeing for spaceplane project - SpaceNews.com
• Thoughts on XS-1 - Main Engine Cut Off
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