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Our guest today is Tim Franta. Vice President of Development for Starfighters Space on the future of supersonic flight.

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Selected Reading

Shutdown Averted, Government Funded Until November 17- Space Policy Online

NASA’s New Horizons to Continue Exploring Outer Solar System

NASA Announces Launch Services for Pair of Space Weather Satellites

NASA Selects Four Small Explorer Mission Concept Studies

Intuitive Machines Opens Lunar Production and Operations Facility at the Houston Spaceport and Confirms Lander Ship Date in the Coming Days- PR

Chandrayaan-3: Lander, rover revival hopes virtually over as Sun sets on lunar landscape- business today

India once again sets sights on Mars, readies to launch Mangalyaan-2- WION

China's 2024 Lunar Mission To Feature Pakistani Payload- Outlook India

China's Chang'e-5 Team awarded 2023 Laurels for Team Achievement by International Academy of Astronautics- CGTN

Call for applications: UK National Delegate support for the ESA Competitiveness and Growth programme- UKSA

Let's create a Cape Canaveral in the North not a Silicon Valley in the South - Volodymyr Levykin- The Scotsman

Japan startup unveils 15-foot robot suit for space exploration | The Independent

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