Jake and Anthony are joined by Christian Davenport of The Washington Post to catch Jake up on what he missed while on vacation. Just a Falcon 9 failure, the ongoing Starliner saga, and a brand new Presidential race.

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• Chris Bergin - NSF on X: “Here are two minutes of the SpaceX launch stream where the ice build-up began.”
• Starlink 9-3 - SpaceX - Launches
• Falcon 9 cleared to resume launches - SpaceNews
• Falcon 9 Returns to Flight - SpaceX - Updates
• NASA, Boeing Continue Data Analysis for Crew Flight Test Evaluation – Commercial Crew Program
• Eric Berger on X: “It's clear NASA does not want to deviate from its base plan of using Starliner to come home, and this remains most likely. But it is not certain. SpaceX and NASA have been quietly studying launching Crew-9 two astronauts. Suits are available for Butch and Suni.”
• Eric Berger on X: “For weeks and weeks I was 100 percent confident astronauts were coming back on Starliner. About 10 days ago I was 80-20 they were. Now, I am less than that. NASA needs to be more transparent.”
• NASA Ends VIPER Project, Continues Moon Exploration - NASA
• NASA cancels VIPER lunar rover - SpaceNews
• NASA Cancels VIPER Lunar Rover – SpacePolicyOnline.com

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