Off-Nominal

Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo
  • 4.8 (86)
  • Natural Sciences
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Two friends, two beers, and a casual conversation about space. Landing monthly in your podcast feed.

  1. 4d ago

    245 - Polar Bears and Penguins (with Jonathan Goff and Mike Loucks)

    Jake and Anthony are joined by Jonathan Goff, Director of Advanced Concepts at Gravitics, and Mike Loucks, CEO at SEE, to talk about where to put orbital depots, trajectories from there to the Moon and Mars, and to otherwise set the record straight on their papers after Anthony’s poorly-remembered-and-even-more-poorly-explained mention. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 245 - Polar Bears and Penguins (with Jonathan Goff and Mike Loucks) - YouTube AAS Paper Review: RAAN Agnostic 3-Burn Departure Methodology for Deep Space Missions from LEO Depots (Part 1 of 2) | Selenian Boondocks AAS Paper Review: Practical Methodologies For Low Delta-V Penalty, On-Time Departures To Arbitrary Interplanetary Destinations From A Medium-Inclination Low-Earth Orbit Depot | Selenian Boondocks An Updated Propellant Depot Taxonomy Part V: Human Spaceflight Fixed Depots (Low-Orbit) | Selenian Boondocks Follow Mike Mike Loucks (@Astrogator_Mike) / X Home - Space Exploration Engineering Follow Jon Jonathan A. Goff (@rocketrepreneur) / X Gravitics Follow Off-Nominal Subscribe to the show! - Off-Nominal Support the show, join the Discord Off-Nominal (@offnom) / Twitter Off-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Anthony Main Engine Cut Off Main Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | Twitter Main Engine Cut Off (@meco@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | Twitter Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘 Off-Nominal Merchandise Off-Nominal Logo Tee WeMartians Shop | MECO Shop

    1h 3m

  2. Jun 5

    244 - Helen from Everywhere (with Lindy Elkins-Tanton)

    Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Principal Investigator of Psyche, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about Leadership on big NASA missions in her new book Mission Ready. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 244 - Helen from Everywhere (with Lindy Elkins-Tanton) - YouTube Mission Ready by Lindy Elkins-Tanton | Hachette Book Group NASA’s Psyche Mission Aces Mars Flyby, Targets Metal-Rich Asteroid | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Psyche Mission Gallery - Images & Videos | Psyche Mission Psyche IRB (PDF) Follow Off-Nominal Subscribe to the show! - Off-Nominal Support the show, join the Discord Off-Nominal (@offnom) / Twitter Off-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Anthony Main Engine Cut Off Main Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | Twitter Main Engine Cut Off (@meco@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | Twitter Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘 Off-Nominal Merchandise Off-Nominal Logo Tee WeMartians Shop | MECO Shop

    1h 6m

  3. May 29

    243 - Ducktricity (with Miles O’Brien)

    Miles O’Brien joins Jake and Anthony to talk about Starship Flight 12, the NASA Moon Base updates on LTVs and landers, and Miles’ trip to Antarctica. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 243 - Ducktricity (with Miles O’Brien) - YouTube NASA takes steps toward building Moon Base, including discussing a "perimeter" - Ars Technica SpaceX's Starship V3—still a work in progress—mostly successful on first flight - Ars Technica Selenian Boondocks | Random Musings from the Warped Minds of Jonathan Goff, Ken Murphy, John Hare, and Kirk Sorensen AAS Paper Review: RAAN Agnostic 3-Burn Departure Methodology for Deep Space Missions from LEO Depots (Part 1 of 2) | Selenian Boondocks AAS 18-447: RAAN-Agnostic 3-Burn Departure Methodology for Deep Space Missions from LEO Depots Follow Miles Miles O'Brien Productions - Miles O'Brien Miles Ahead | Miles O'Brien | Substack Follow Off-Nominal Subscribe to the show! - Off-Nominal Support the show, join the Discord Off-Nominal (@offnom) / Twitter Off-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Anthony Main Engine Cut Off Main Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | Twitter Main Engine Cut Off (@meco@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | Twitter Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘 Off-Nominal Merchandise Off-Nominal Logo Tee WeMartians Shop | MECO Shop

    1h 5m

  4. May 22

    242 - Jared Propulsion Laboratory

    Jake and Anthony kick around the SpaceX IPO filing, upcoming first flight of Starship V3, and reorganization at NASA. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 242 - Jared Propulsion Laboratory - YouTube A Message From Administrator Jared Isaacman - NASA NASA Announces Realignment to Accelerate Mission Delivery - NASA NASA to Compete Contract for Jet Propulsion Laboratory Management - NASA Famously secret about its finances, SpaceX opens its books for the first time - Ars Technica Jack Kuhr on X: “Alright, I pulled 24 tidbits from SpaceX's S-1. Here they are, ranked” Follow Off-Nominal Subscribe to the show! - Off-Nominal Support the show, join the Discord Off-Nominal (@offnom) / Twitter Off-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Anthony Main Engine Cut Off Main Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | Twitter Main Engine Cut Off (@meco@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | Twitter Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘 Off-Nominal Merchandise Off-Nominal Logo Tee WeMartians Shop | MECO Shop

    1h 3m
  5. 241 - Maybe the Denver Airport (with Andrew Rush)

    May 15

    241 - Maybe the Denver Airport (with Andrew Rush)

    Jake and Anthony are joined by Andrew Rush, Co-founder and CEO of Star Catcher, to talk about building a power grid in space, their upcoming in-space demonstration, their big fundraising round announced this week, and where they go from here. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 241 - Maybe the Denver Airport (with Andrew Rush) - YouTube Star Catcher Star Catcher | Star Catcher raises $65 million to build the first power grid in space Star Catcher raises $65 million for space power grid - SpaceNews T+281: Star Catcher (with Andrew Rush, President & CEO) - Main Engine Cut Off Follow Andrew Andrew Rush (@RushSpace) / X Follow Off-Nominal Subscribe to the show! - Off-Nominal Support the show, join the Discord Off-Nominal (@offnom) / Twitter Off-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Anthony Main Engine Cut Off Main Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | Twitter Main Engine Cut Off (@meco@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | Twitter Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘 Off-Nominal Merchandise Off-Nominal Logo Tee WeMartians Shop | MECO Shop

    1h 3m

  6. May 8

    240 - Canada’s NASA (with Trevor Kjorlien)

    Jake and Anthony are joined by Trevor Kjorlien of Plateau Astro to talk about making and running a mobile planetarium, his time at the Canadian Space Agency, and a whole lot more. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 240 - Canada’s NASA (with Trevor Kjorlien) - YouTube Plateau Astro | Astronomy workshops, presentations, and mobile planetarium shows in Montréal Stellarium Astronomy Software Gaia Sky | Gaia Sky Live Interactive Planetarium Symposium - lipsymposium.org Follow Trevor Plateau Astro | Astronomy workshops, presentations, and mobile planetarium shows in Montréal Follow Off-Nominal Subscribe to the show! - Off-Nominal Support the show, join the Discord Off-Nominal (@offnom) / Twitter Off-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Anthony Main Engine Cut Off Main Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | Twitter Main Engine Cut Off (@meco@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | Twitter Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘 Off-Nominal Merchandise Off-Nominal Logo Tee WeMartians Shop | MECO Shop

    1h 3m

  7. May 1

    239 - Let’s Go Swimming (with Jennifer Vaughn)

    Jake and Anthony are joined by Jennifer Vaughn, the new CEO of The Planetary Society to talk about her vision for the organization. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 239 - Let’s Go Swimming (with Jennifer Vaughn) - YouTube The Planetary Society Meet Jennifer Vaughn | The Planetary Society Days after Artemis II, scientists warn of… | The Planetary Society The FY 2027 NASA budget request | The Planetary Society Follow Off-Nominal Subscribe to the show! - Off-Nominal Support the show, join the Discord Off-Nominal (@offnom) / Twitter Off-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Anthony Main Engine Cut Off Main Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | Twitter Main Engine Cut Off (@meco@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | Twitter Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘 Off-Nominal Merchandise Off-Nominal Logo Tee WeMartians Shop | MECO Shop

    1h 5m

  8. Apr 24

    238 - KGB Guardian Angel (with Chuck Deiterich)

    Jake and Anthony are joined by Chuck Deiterich, a Retrofire Officer on many Apollo missions, including Apollo 8, 11, and 13. He went on to work on Skylab, the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests, among others. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 238 - KGB Guardian Angel (with Chuck Deiterich) - YouTube Apollo 11 Landing (Timestamped to 6 plus 25) Follow Off-Nominal Subscribe to the show! - Off-Nominal Support the show, join the Discord Off-Nominal (@offnom) / Twitter Off-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Anthony Main Engine Cut Off Main Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | Twitter Main Engine Cut Off (@meco@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | Twitter Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘 Off-Nominal Merchandise Off-Nominal Logo Tee WeMartians Shop | MECO Shop

    1h 2m
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4.8
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Two friends, two beers, and a casual conversation about space. Landing monthly in your podcast feed.

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  • Creator
    Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    250
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2023 Off-Nominal Studios
  • Show Website
    Off-Nominal

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