Investigating Thruster Malfunctions and Seal Integrity in Spacecraft

Jeff Foust of Space News joins me to talk about Starliner, Fram2, VIPER, Blue Moon, and everything else going on in space.

This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 31 executive producers—Jan, Warren, Pat from KC, David, Frank, Lee, Joonas, Josh from Impulse, Steve, Harrison, Russell, Joel, Bob, The Astrogators at SEE, Stealth Julian, Tim Dodd (the Everyday Astronaut!), Kris, Fred, Theo and Violet, Matt, Donald, Will and Lars from Agile, Ryan, Pat, Better Every Day Studios, and four anonymous—and 823 other supporters.

Topics

• Jeff Foust (@jeff_foust) / X
• Jeff Foust, Author at SpaceNews
• NASA pushes Starliner return decision to late August - SpaceNews
• Crypto entrepreneur buys Crew Dragon flight - SpaceNews
• fram2: First Human Spaceflight To Earth’s Polar Regions
• NASA requests details on potential VIPER partnerships - SpaceNews
• NASA payload to fly on first Blue Origin lunar lander mission - SpaceNews
• Lockheed Martin to acquire Terran Orbital - SpaceNews

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