Main Engine Cut Off

T+210: Ukraine, Russia, and the Space Industry (with Debra Werner)

Mar 3, 2022

33:42

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Is This Really Helping the Defense Industry?

01:39

Is There a Risk of Delaying a Space Flight?

01:36

Is It Crazy That I Can Do This or That?

02:07

Introduction

3min

A Tramppline to the Space Station

2min

Is There a Risk of Delaying a Space Flight?

2min

Issa Partnership Is No Longer Cancelled?

2min

Military Space

2min

A Space Station Is a Good Time to Show That We Can Boost the Station on Our Own

2min

Can They Actually Pull It Off by Paying for Flights on Another Vehicle?

2min

Is It a Spy Satellite?

4min

Is This Really Helping the Defense Industry?

2min

10.

Is It Impossible to Hide Large Objects From Planet Satellites?

3min

11.

Is It Possible to Have a Proliferated Constellation?

2min

12.

Starling Antecedents - Are They Goes?

3min

13.

Is It Crazy That I Can Do This or That?

2min

14.

Is Launch Insurance Coverage Hostile Government Takeover of Your Launch Site?

3min

Debra Werner of SpaceNews joins me to talk about Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the ways that it is affecting the space industry, how their last invasion had similar effects, and how the situation solidifies several arguments that have been made over the past decade or more.

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