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Loren Grush joins Jake and Anthony to talk about whatever the hell SpaceX is going to announce, Opportunity’s troubles, the masterpiece that is Space Craft, and why you never start in Mexico. Beers Shiner Bock - Spoetzl Brewery - Untappd Earl Grey IPA - Gulf Islands Brewery (Salt Spring Island Ales) - Untappd Mighty Things - Victory Brewing Company - Untappd Topics Loren Grush on Twitter: “This tweet occurred while I was ordering sushi, and I just now realized I never submitted my order. A true tragedy” SpaceX says it will send someone around the Moon on its future monster rocket - The Verge Space Craft is back with season 2 - The Verge InSight: how NASA got its next Mars lander to the launch site - The Verge NASA is trying to squash conspiracy theories about the space station leak - The Verge Picks The Mars Exploration Rovers Update: NASA Focuses on Recovering Opportunity as Storm Diminishes and Dust Settles | The Planetary Society Watch The First Online at Hulu ROCKETGUT! A town by any other name Foll

Eric Berger joins Jake and Anthony to talk about his recent trip to Kourou, the European launch sector, Commercial Crew announcements, and the social eating segment of JAXA launch streams. Beers Belgian White - Blue Moon Brewing Company - Untappd High Grade IPA - Fairweather Brewing Company - Untappd Philadelphia Pale Ale - Yards Brewing Co. - Untappd Topics As the SpaceX steamroller surges, European rocket industry vows to resist | Ars Technica America's path to space begins in Russia | Adrift - Houston Chronicle Proton M rocket explosion July 2 2013 slow motion full HD - YouTube After seven difficult years, a fine day for NASA and human spaceflight | Ars Technica How can NASA return to the Moon? By making everything reusable, chief says | Ars Technica One possible job for SpaceX’s BFR rocket? Taking the Air Force’s cargo in and out of space. EELV LSA Selection “Sometime in August” - Main Engine Cut Off An interesting passage about Atlas V Phase II engine configurations (relevant to AR-1-Vulcan?) Eric Ber

Shannon Stirone joins Jake and Anthony for a deep dive into the history, present, and future of the Deep Space Network. Beers La Fin du Monde - Unibroue - Untappd Lemon Gin Saison - Bridge Brewing Company - Untappd HopBack Amber Ale - Tröegs Independent Brewing - Untappd Topics Welcome to the Center of the Universe Uplink-Downlink: A History of the Deep Space Network, 1957-1997 (The NASA History Series) NASA’s Management of the Deep Space Network Picks When a Mars Simulation Goes Wrong - The Atlantic Trouble On The HI-SEAS - Are We There Yet - 90.7 WMFE Surviving Mars | Paradox Interactive Surviving Mars on Steam Annihilation (2018) - IMDb SwRI scientists find evidence of complex organic molecules from Enceladus | Southwest Research Institute Follow Shannon Shannon Stirone (@shannonmstirone) | Twitter Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | Twitter Follow Anthony Main Engine Cut Off Main Engine Cut

Jason Davis joins Jake and Anthony to discuss when and why—but not how—humanity will go to the Moon and Mars. Okay, maybe a little how. And also some space policy talk. Beers Dragoon IPA - Dragoon Brewing Company - Untappd Artistry Series 2 (Noelle Miller) - Wicked Weed Brewing - Untappd Astronomical - Wicked Weed Brewing - Untappd Topics Funpost! Space beer face-off | The Planetary Society The Humans to Mars Summit Is NASA painting itself into a corner with its ISS transition plans? | The Planetary Society Why China is opening its space station to international partners Bezos outlines vision of Blue Origin’s lunar future - SpaceNews.com A brief history of Resource Prospector, NASA's cancelled lunar mission | The Planetary Society NASA has a Moon landing plan—sort of | The Planetary Society Picks Pop Chart Lab | Design + Data = Delight | The Chart of Cosmic Exploration Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto: Alan Stern, David Grinspoon The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and t

While Anthony is away in Europe, Jake is joined by fellow space podcasters Matt and Jamie from the Interplanetary Podcast to discuss Jake's trip to California to see InSight and what's going on in the UK Space Industry. Beers Cold Spark - Big Smoke Brewing Company | Untappd Curious Brew Lager - Chapel Down | Untappd Belgian Red - Postmark Brewing | Untappd Topics NASA's List of Human Health Risks Mars Nation Event | Interplanetary Podcast Thirty Years to the Centre of Mars | WeMartians Podcast The Frosty Plains of Utopia Planitia (feat. Cassie Stuurman) | WeMartians Podcast British Government formally considering its own satellite navigation system | Financial Times The U.K. Space Agency wants Britain to capture 10 percent of the global space economy by 2030 | CNBC Goonhilly | Interplanetary Podcast NASA's Orion Laser Communication | NASA When Biospheres Collide | NASA Gödel, Escher, Back | Goodreads What a Planet Labs Dove looks like Picks (plus the items we discussed after Picks in the spontaneous disc

Tanya Harrison joins Jake and Anthony to discuss the James Webb Space Telescope delays, planetary missions and their ability to stay under budget and on time, and the benefits and drawbacks of decadal surveys. Beers Dortmunder Gold - Great Lakes Brewing Company - Untappd Commodore Perry IPA - Great Lakes Brewing Company - Untappd Oumuamua - Driftwood Brewery - Untappd Topics SSB: Space Studies Board NASA delays JWST launch to 2020 - SpaceNews.com Tanya Harrison on Twitter: “In reference to discussions yesterday about whether the next astronomy & astrophysics decadal survey should be delayed to see what happens with JWST” Satellites Taking Pictures of Rockets Carrying More Satellites KH-11 Kennen - Wikipedia File:KH-11-best-SHIPYARD.jpg - Wikimedia Commons Picks Planet Earth: Blue Planet II | BBC America Malin Space Science Systems Captioned Image Release, MSSS-524 Satellite images from highly oblique angles are pretty mindblowing | Ars Technica Follow Tanya Tanya of Mars Tanya Harrison (@tanyaofma

Brendan Bryne joins Jake and Anthony to discuss the National Space Council, the 2019 NASA Budget Request, and the wonders of Jai Alai. Beers Jai Alai - Cigar City Brewing - Untappd Red Fish - Flying Fish Brewing Company - Untappd HopFish India Pale Ale (IPA) - Flying Fish Brewing Company - Untappd Sasquatch Stout - Old Yale Brewing Co. - Untappd Topics Palm Beach Jai-alai Commercial - YouTube NASA Provides Coverage of the National Space Council Meeting - YouTube As Elon Musk antagonized rival, the space industry battled over who will host a cocktail reception for the vice president - The Washington Post How the Trump administration wants to make it easier for commercial space companies to do business - The Verge NASA budget proposal plans end of NASA funding of ISS, seeks commercial transition - SpaceNews.com Astronaut Story Musgrave Talks Imagination And Ingenuity - Are We There Yet - 90.7 WMFE Picks Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto, Alan Stern, David Grinspoon - Amazon.com

Jake and Anthony discuss the few days they spent together in Florida last week to see Falcon Heavy launch, tell a few stories, and work through their feelings on Starman. Beers Golden Monkey - Victory Brewing Company - Untappd Enjoy Your Time Away - DuClaw Brewing Company - Untappd Super Jupiter Mango ISA - Howe Sound Brewing - Untappd Sweet Heat Blonde - Playalinda Brewing Company - Untappd Topics Falcon Heavy Test Flight - YouTube Falcon Heavy Demo from the Press Site - YouTube Starman Forever Manuel Mazzanti (@manumazzanti) • Instagram photos and videos Picks Falcon Heavy Test Flight - Countdown Net Audio - YouTube Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | Twitter Follow Anthony Main Engine Cut Off Main Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | Twitter Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | Twitter

Jake and Anthony drink a beer that has been to space, discuss the recently-announced New Frontiers finalists, and propose their own flagship-class missions. Huge thanks to Ninkasi Brewing Company for powering this episode! Beers Ninkasi Brewing - Ground Control 2017 Ground Control (2017) - Ninkasi Brewing Company - Untappd Ninkasi Space Program - Home Topics Future Planetary Exploration: Proposed New Frontiers Missions NASA Invests in Concept Development for Missions to Comet, Saturn Moon | NASA Dragonfly Dragonfly: A Proposal to Explore Titan, Saturn's Largest Moon, via Quadcopter - YouTube Picks SPACE 1: We're Going To Space : Planet Money : NPR Amazon.com: Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space eBook: John W Young, James R. Hansen: Kindle Store Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | Twitter Follow Anthony Main Engine Cut Off Main Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | Twitter Anthony Colangelo

Note: Please listen to Episode 3 before listening to this podcast! A companion podcast to follow Episode 3. Jake tells the story of Polynesian Celestial Navigation. Originally produced for a class in sound design but published here for your enjoyment. Covert art courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope (NASA/ESA/Hubble)

Jake tells us the story of Chinese spaceflight, and Anthony gets us ready for their future in space. Beers Mad Elf (2017) - Tröegs Independent Brewing - Untappd Walt Wit - Philadelphia Brewing Company - Untappd Pennsylvania Pale Ale - Philadelphia Brewing Company - Untappd Tsingtao - Tsingtao Brewery - Untappd Topics Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) | Twitter ChinaSpaceflight (@cnspaceflight) | Twitter Qian Xuesen documentary - YouTube Long March (rocket family) - Wikipedia China sets out long-term space transportation roadmap including a nuclear space shuttle Why China’s Long March 5 is crucial to its space ambitions China progressing with work on new medium, heavy and super-heavy Long March launch vehicles China aims for first sea launch in 2018, will develop low cost space launches and reusable space plane ESA and Chinese astronauts train together / Astronauts / Human Spaceflight / Our Activities / ESA Picks Space Shuttle Decision, 1965-1972 (History of the Space Shuttle, Volume 1) by T. A. Heppenheimer History

Anthony and Jake dive into Gravitational Wave astronomy, salute a passing interstellar traveler, and pour one out for a lost rock legend. Beers 100th Meridian Organic Amber Lager - Mill Street Brewery - Untappd HopDevil IPA - Victory Brewing Company - Untappd Topics Facts | LIGO Lab | Caltech A fourth gravitational wave has been detected - The Verge Astronomers detect gravitational waves from two neutron stars colliding - The Verge Jets and Debris from a Neutron Star Collision - YouTube First LIGO/Virgo detection of a binary neutron star merger (GW170817) - YouTube Small Asteroid or Comet 'Visits' from Beyond the Solar System | University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy Small Asteroid or Comet ‘Visits’ from Beyond the Solar System | NASA “What if it were a red dwarf instead?” By Tony Dunn Picks Mastcam-Z Blog Taming Liquid Hydrogen by Virginia P. Dawson & Mark D. Bowles | Free PDF from NASA History Taming Liquid Hydrogen by Virginia P. Dawson & Mark D. Bowles | iBooks Follow Jake WeMartians

Anthony and Jake unpack the National Space Council’s inaugural meeting, SpaceX’s BFR update from IAC, and the future of Falcon Heavy. Beers Vital IPA - Victory Brewing Company - Untappd Pumpkineater (2017) - Howe Sound Brewing - Untappd Topics Making Life Multiplanetary - YouTube National Space Council calls for human return to the moon - SpaceNews.com We choose to go to the Moon and do the other things | The Planetary Society Picks SkySafari 5 | Professional Astronomy Telescope Control Software for iOS Astrospheric Astronaut Scott Kelly on the devastating effects of a year in space Amazon.com: Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery eBook: Scott Kelly: Kindle Store Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | Twitter Follow Anthony Main Engine Cut Off Main Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | Twitter Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | Twitter