Christian Davenport, reporter at The Washington Post, joins me to talk about the aborted SLS Green Run hot fire, the space policy landscape as we enter a new administration, Axiom’s Ax-1 mission and its crew, and Virgin Orbit’s first successful launch to orbit.

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• Christian Davenport (@wapodavenport) / Twitter
• Christian Davenport - The Washington Post
• The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos - Bookshop.org
• The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos - Amazon
• Officials had doubts about likely success of NASA SLS test, briefing notes show - The Washington Post
• Trump pushed NASA to land astronauts on the moon by 2024. It’s not going to happen. - The Washington Post
• Meet the private citizens who'll pay $55 million each to fly to the International Space Station - The Washington Post
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• Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit rocket reaches space - The Washington Post

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