Off-Nominal
Off-Nominal
Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo
Two friends, two beers, and a casual conversation about space. Landing monthly in your podcast feed.
245 - Polar Bears and Penguins (with Jonathan Goff and Mike Loucks)
Jake and Anthony are joined by Jonathan Goff, Director of Advanced Concepts at Gravitics, and Mike Loucks, CEO at SEE, to talk about where to put orbital depots, trajectories from there to the Moon and Mars, and to otherwise set the record straight on their papers after Anthony’s poorly-remembered-and-even-more-poorly-explained mention.
Jun 12
1 hr 3 min
244 - Helen from Everywhere (with Lindy Elkins-Tanton)
Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Principal Investigator of Psyche, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about Leadership on big NASA missions in her new book Mission Ready.
Jun 5
1 hr 6 min
243 - Ducktricity (with Miles O’Brien)
Miles O’Brien joins Jake and Anthony to talk about Starship Flight 12, the NASA Moon Base updates on LTVs and landers, and Miles’ trip to Antarctica.
May 29
1 hr 4 min
242 - Jared Propulsion Laboratory
Jake and Anthony kick around the SpaceX IPO filing, upcoming first flight of Starship V3, and reorganization at NASA.
May 22
1 hr 3 min
241 - Maybe the Denver Airport (with Andrew Rush)
Jake and Anthony are joined by Andrew Rush, Co-founder and CEO of Star Catcher, to talk about building a power grid in space, their upcoming in-space demonstration, their big fundraising round announced this week, and where they go from here.
May 15
1 hr 2 min
240 - Canada’s NASA (with Trevor Kjorlien)
Jake and Anthony are joined by Trevor Kjorlien of Plateau Astro to talk about making and running a mobile planetarium, his time at the Canadian Space Agency, and a whole lot more.
May 8
1 hr 2 min
239 - Let’s Go Swimming (with Jennifer Vaughn)
Jake and Anthony are joined by Jennifer Vaughn, the new CEO of The Planetary Society to talk about her vision for the organization.
May 1
1 hr 4 min
238 - KGB Guardian Angel (with Chuck Deiterich)
Jake and Anthony are joined by Chuck Deiterich, a Retrofire Officer on many Apollo missions, including Apollos 8, 11, and 13. He went on to work on Skylab, the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests, among others.
Apr 24
1 hr 2 min
237 - Farside Standard Time (with Kelsey Young)
Kelsey Young, Artemis Science Flight Operations Lead, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about the science of Artemis II, incorporating science into human spaceflight, and obviously, to spread Moon Joy.
Apr 17
1 hr 10 min
236 - Juicy Red Fruits (with Casey Dreier)
Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about the dichotomy of NASA right now: the Artemis II lunar flyby, and the FY2027 budget request.
Apr 10
1 hr 31 min
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