Firefly Launches a Lunar Hander, Right?

Eric Berger of Ars Technica joins me to talk about what’s on our radar in 2022, to predict when the big new rockets will fly, and to generally catch up on what’s going on in the space industry.

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Topics

• Eric Berger
• Eric Berger | Ars Technica
• Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX
• Rocket Report: SpaceX lands rocket cargo funding, Virgin Galactic’s stock crash | Ars Technica
• This may finally be the year we see some new chunky rockets take flight | Ars Technica
• Firefly Owner Max Polyakov to Sell Stake in Rocket Startup - Bloomberg
• T+195: Blue Origin’s Project Jarvis, Suborbital Flights, and Nauka Fallout (with Eric Berger) - Main Engine Cut Off

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