Introduction

Jake and Anthony are joined by Joe Barnard to present The Off-Nominees: the most bizarre space news stories of the year. We’ll debate what went the most comedically wrong this year, crown a winner, and also score some 2023 predictions.

Topics

• Off-Nominal - YouTube
• Episode 136 - A Little Bit Better Than Arianespace (with Joe Barnard) - YouTube
• Starship | First Integrated Flight Test - YouTube
• The Last Seconds of the Van... Destroyed by Starship. - YouTube
• Starship | Second Flight Test - YouTube
• Elon Musk on X: "@FAANews @SpaceX What are the 63 items?" / X
• Apollo artifacts: NASA salvages parts from Alabama's rest stop Saturn IB rocket | collectSPACE
• ISRO on X: "TV D1 Test Flight Lift-off images https://t.co/oitmEa5Hza" / X
• The Case of the Missing Vega AVUM Propellant Tanks - European Spaceflight
• Axiom Space reveals next-generation spacesuit for astronauts returning to lunar surface — Axiom Space
• Axiom Space reveals next-generation spacesuit for astronauts returning to lunar surface — Axiom Space
• Progress cargo spacecraft at ISS suffers coolant leak - SpaceNews
• Russian spacewalkers dodge leaking coolant after pinpointing source of radiator damage - CBS News
• Cosmonauts Finish Spacewalk Following Hardware Installs and Inspections – Space Station
• [New photo reveals extent of Centaur V anomaly explosion [Updated] | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/ula-continues-investigation-of-centaur-stage-anomaly/)
• NASA: Let’s Ketchup on International Space Station Tomato Research - NASA
• Space insurers brace for more claims after propulsion trouble on four GEO satellites - SpaceNews
• NOGUCHI, Soichi 野口 聡一（公式） on X: "#H3ロケット失敗 で叩かれてるけど #JAXA 頑張ろう。そもそも試験機に実用衛星載せる必然性は？H２八号機指令破壊の後のH2A初号機はダミー衛星だった。H3 50憶に対して #だいち3号 380憶だからリスクヘッジだよ。次は岡田さんにプレッシャー掛からないようゆっくり原因究明して「から打ち」にしては？" / X

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