Podcasts about downlink

Spaceflight News— Security Space (arstechnica.com) (spacenews.com)Interview -- Joseph Marlin, Deputy Chief Engineer, Blue Ghost Lunar Program— linkedin.com/in/josephmarlin— fireflyspace.comThis Week in Spaceflight History— Apr 4, 1983. Launch of STS-6 (americaspace.com)— Next week (4/8 - 4/14) in 1979: Stumbling a mile before the finish line

The second quarter has opened with U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping “Independence Day” tariffs, causing Wall Street to suffer its worst days in years. The U.S.-based space economy does not have immunity from the Trump Administration's trade policies or the markets. Laura Winter speaks with The DownLink regulars Chris Quilty, founder of Quilty Space; and George Pullen, Partner and Chief Economist at MilkyWayEconomy.

Nox is a Drum & Bass DJ from Kentucky, specializing in Neurofunk, Deep, Tech, and Dancefloor. Nox streams regularly on twitch, where he hass amassed over 1,100 followers. His passion for DNB is evident in his performance. Nox's commitment to his craft continues to drive his growing presence both online and in a live setting. You can catch Nox in Cincinnati of February 21, 2025, contact info is below. Resident DJ @BrainRave Music DJ'ing since March 2022 Drum and Bass nerd 24/7 I just want to make people smile and play tunes I love. I hope they bring you even an ounce of the joy they bring me. Live at Twitch.tv/noxdnb every Monday and Wednesday at 6pm Eastern US, so come through and say hello! Contact: noxdnb17@gmail.com Redpill, Black Sun Empire feat. Virus Syndicate - Executionist (Burr Oak Remix) Pythius feat. Reebz - Erase Me (Burr Oak Remix) Joe Ford - Into Black IHR - Pierce (Akrom Remix) Redpill - Deus Ex Machina (Manta Remix) Profuze - Rhythm Levela - In Ya System Influx - Alarm Gydra - Parasites (Punchman Remix) Joe Ford - The End Myselor - Intuition Ephyum - Exitus Stonx - Necropolis VIP Burr Oak - Strafe Donny - Symptomless Coma (Current Value Remix) QO feat. Nuklear MC - Killcode (MNDSCP Remix) QO - Insectoid Dieselboy, Downlink, Mark The Beast, Mayhem - Carcosa (Audio Remix) Neonlight - Denunziant (Finalfix Remix) Cause4Concern - Never Acid Again (Neonlight Remix) Akrom, IHR - Berserk Absu_NTQL, Zigi SC - Temple Gydra - Ikra (Jade Venom Remix) Cyntax - Laser Beam IHR, Merikan - Delta Invariant (Maztek Remix) Instinkt - Zeus Merikan, IHR - Roll Cage Mean Teeth - Shut Them Down (Myselor Remix) Liveon - Rapido Merikan - Absolute Zero Sub Focus - X-Ray (Metrik Remix) Tantrum Desire - Reach (Push The Feeling (Merikan Bootleg) Mean Teeth - Keepin It Dirty (MNDSCP Remix) Audio - Genesis Device (Black Sun Empire Remix} Notequal, O&P - Tumble Burr Oak feat. KNARS, Multiplex - Dystopia 2.0 Pythius, June Miller - Akkoord (Redpill Remix) Disphonia - Can't Hold Back Despersion - Jedi A.M.C - Look Out (The Clamps Remix) Despersion - Offensive Neonlight - The Towering Inferno VIP Pythius - Implant IHR - Dirt (Disphonia Remix) Mr. Frenkie - Bass Symptom (Audio Remix) The Clamps, Tryst Temps - Blumhouse Stonx - Graveyard Filler Smooth - Roly-Poly Prolix - Drop Bombs (Redpill Remix) Prdk - Ragga Dagga Prolix - We Do Our Thing Phenom & Discharge - Goblin Noisia, The Upbeats - Dead Limit (SAINTONE Hard Edit) The Clamps - Click Clack Joe Ford, Shrike - Face Dancer XYLYM - Dread Stomp Merikan - Warhammer Erb N Dub - Loud Mouth (Disruption Remix) June Miller - Spin Test Transforma - Ghouls QO, Computerartist, Merikan - Blockade Mizo feat. Coppa - Sink Ephyum - Mysterious Figure Sinister Souls - FCKN Hostile Sinister Souls, Zombie Cats - Hard Spin Audio - Collision 2023 Mizo - Mechanical Paw (Joe Ford Remix) Neonlight - Heavy Bettie VIP Neonlight - Project Flare (Pythius Remix) Prolix - Danger QO - Hyper Sinister Souls, Pythius - Ultimatum (Merikan Remix) Teddy Killerz - Shine (Saint Robbers Remix) Tenzor, Dreaman - Maybe Shield The Clamps - Perception Zigi SC, Prdk - Burning Inside Prdk - In The City Audio - Flip Mode Merikan - Witch Hunter Prolix, Richter, Fallen feat. Maey - Don't Let Me Go Killbox - Ultimatum Prdk - Photonomy MNDSCP - Rascals Mob Tactics - Double Bubble Misanthrop - Infinite Hysteria Burr Oak - Strafe Black Sun Empire, Burr Oak - Steppenwolf

Almost all national economic signals are looking good as the nation prepares for a presidential transition to a more “space-minded” administration under Donald Trump. As the incoming president established the U.S. Space Force five years ago, the belief is he could double that service branch's budget to solidify his legacy and infuse cash into the U.S.-based space economy. Laura Winter speaks with The DownLink regulars Chris Quilty, founder of Quilty Space; and George Pullen, Partner and Chief Economist at MilkyWayEconomy.

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In this episode, Claude Rousseau, Research Director at Analysys Mason and expert in space and satellite, speaks with Peter Wilczynski, Chief Product Officer, Maxar Intelligence. They discuss the demand for Earth observation (EO) very-high-resolution (VHR) imagery and its impact on data downlink and artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML). Peter shares his knowledge and perspectives on: the value proposition for VHR imagery and the specific uses cases that this can enable the impact of VHR imagery on data downlink with regards to latency and data rates the downstream analytics solutions that have developed as a result of VHR, and Maxar's role in the downstream market the impact and role of AI/ML in EO products and services, and the associated benefits for internal efficiency and customer-facing applications how the EO market will move away from being a niche, government/military-focused market to being a more-enterprise-focused space. Tune in to gain valuable insights and learn more about very-high-resolution imagery and how it is reshaping the Earth observation data downlink and AI markets.

Space Money: Q3 Take - “Money Doesn't Care” The Fed lending rate reduction was nice, but is it enough pressure on investors to empty their money market accounts and invest in space companies, even if it's answering a defense-related demand signal? Laura Winter speaks with The DownLink regulars, Chris Quilty, Founder of Quilty Space; and George Pullen, Chief Economist at Milky Way Economy.

Spaceflight News-- First polar-orbiting crewed mission announced (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com)Short & Sweet-- New solid rocket game in town (breakingdefense.com) (spacenews.com)-- Spaceport Rundown (flyingmag.com) (europeanspaceflight.com) (cnbc.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections-- From Espen Urkedal via email: Raptor 3 is not as incomplete as it looks (twitter.com/gwynne_shotwell)Interview -- Rocket Lab's Cristophe Mandy and Sarah Blyde-- There's also a brief appearance by Lane Cook, Senior Program Manager-- Thank you so much to the Rocket Lab team for making their time and facility available to us!-- rocketlabusa.comThis Week in Spaceflight History-- 24 Aug, 1958: The failed launch of Explorer 5 (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nasa.gov)-- Next week (8/27 - 9/2) in 1985: Big Astronaut, Little Astronaut

Spaceflight News-- Falcon 9 Return to Flight (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet-- ABL Static fire failure (spacenews.com)-- Starliner Debugging (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections-- The RAX bug was caused by differing clocks (youtube.com)Interview -- Martin Frederick, Northrop Grumman Corporate Director, Civil Space Programs-- linkedin.com-- Further reading: -- JWST (northropgrumman.com) -- TRMM (gpm.nasa.gov) (trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov)This Week in Spaceflight History-- July 31, 1992: Launch of Atlantis on STS-46 (en.wikipedia.org) (americaspace.com) -- EURECA was also the subject of a TWSF about STS-57 (theorbitalmechanics.com) -- TSS-1 was also the subject of a TWSF about STS-75 (theorbitalmechanics.com)-- Next week (8/6 - 8/12) in 1992: The zeroth argonaut.

Spaceflight News-- Luch (Olymp) 2 “caught” snooping (sattrackcam.blogspot.com) (sattrackcam.blogspot.com) (russianspaceweb.com) (thespacereview.com)Short & Sweet-- The Poles make it to space! (europeanspaceflight.com)-- ISRO announces major size increase to Indian space station (x.com/ISROSpaceflight)Interview -- MSI-DFAT-- We talked to: -- Alex Carrella, VP Strategy & Growth -- Bradley Hope, Business Manager -- Max Myers, Systems Engineer/Lead Rigger-- Before DFAT (and RFAT), we had feet. (youtube.com)-- msidfat.com-- linktr.ee/msidfatThis Week in Spaceflight History-- July 12, 2001. Launch of Artemis GEO satellite (en.wikipedia.org) (esa.int) (PDF: esa.int)-- Next week (7/16 - 7/22) in 1977: One month now, 312 months later

Spaceflight News-- More Starliner Delays (spacenews.com) (HT deltaV: twitter.com/jeff_foust) (spacenews.com) (HT deltaV: https://arstechnica.com)Short & Sweet-- U.S. accuses Russia of launching countersat weapon (spacenews.com) (payloadspace.com) -- Redwire wins award for European lunar lander's robot arm (europeanspaceflight.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections-- From the intro: Bepi-Colombo power failure (esa.int)-- Ryan R: Technology Connections talked about heterodyne radios (youtube.com VIA discord.com)Interview -- Justin Fiaschetti, CEO and Co-Founder of Inversion-- twitter.com/InversionSpace-- inversionspace.com-- linkedin.com-- linkedin.com This Week in Spaceflight History-- 2 Jun, 2003. Launch of Mars Express (en.wikipedia.org) (russianspaceweb.com) (universetoday.com)-- Next week (6/4 - 6/10) in 1959: A short-term version of the above

Spaceflight News— Chang'e-6 mission underway (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (nature.com) (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Starliner delayed (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com)— Long March 6C makes first flight (cgtn.com) (spacenews.com)— Neutron debut slips into 2025 (payloadspace.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Zubrin opinion piece on MSR (spacenews.com)Interview -- Adam Higginbotham— Preorder Challenger: A True Story of Heroism & Disaster on the Edge of Space (simonandschuster.com)— adamhigginbotham.com— twitter.com/HigginbothamAThis Week in Spaceflight History— 14 May, 2009: Launch of Herschel Space Observatory (en.wikipedia.org) (cosmos.esa.int) (planetary.org) — Next week (5/21 - 5/27) in 1999: Putting schoolchildren to work

Spaceflight News— Voyager is communicative! (blogs.nasa.gov)— ESA debris removal mission finds a new target (satellitetoday.com)Short & Sweet— China releases a lunar landing update (spacenews)— TESS enters safe mode… again (nasa.gov)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Dennis O: SOFIA clarifications (discord.com) (youtube.com)— VAXheadroom shot SOFIA some footage in 2012 (youtube.com) (youtube.com)Interview -- Jeff Williams, CEO/CTO Exum Instruments— Jeff co-authored a paper that is a good primer on spectroscopy and Massbox (spectroscopyonline.com)— exuminstruments.com — linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-williams-372118128 This Week in Spaceflight History— 9 Apr, 1999: Titan IVB (402) takes DSP-19 (USA 142) to GEO (astronautix.com) (klabs.org)— 30 Apr, 1999. Titan IVB (401) takes Milstar-3 (USA 143) to GEO (washingtonpost.com) (PDF: direct.mit.edu VIA direct.mit.edu)— Next week (5/7 - 5/13) in 1963: Not a good day for trypanophobics

Oberst Markus Reisner über zukünftige Kriege: "Nehmen wir zum Beispiel Drohnen. Sie haben eine Brille aufgesetzt, die verknüpft ist mit einer Kamera und sie haben einen Up- und Downlink zur Drohne, können also sehr zielgerichtet fliegen. Das macht sie zu perfekten Waffen, wenn sie mit Sprengstoff beladen sind, denn sie können bis zum Einschlag den Zielpunkt genau mitbestimmen. Das heißt aber, sie können mit dieser Drohne auch eine andere Drohne verfolgen und gut sie zum Absturz springen. Das Gleiche spielt sich auch mit Landsystemen ab, also Systemen, die auf Rädern oder Kette unterwegs sind."Ob Maschinen besser kämpfen als der Mensch: "Ich gebe Ihnen ein Beispiel. Ein Think Tank in den USA hat einen Roboter gegen einen Menschen im Luftkampf antreten lassen. Also quasi „Terminator“ gegen Tom Cruise, den besten Navypiloten. Es wurden sieben Szenarien im Luftkampf virtuell durchgespielt und es hat jedes Mal die Maschine gewonnen."Wer im Ukrainekrieg die Oberhand behalten wird: "Das kann man aus der jetzigen Sicht nicht sagen. Es handelt sich um einen Abnützungskrieg, der wird nicht bestimmt von Manövern und schnellen Entscheidungen, sondern von der teuflischen Logik, dass er so lange geht bis die Ressourcen verbraucht sind."Sein Appell an Österreich: "Wir dürfen den Glauben an diesen Staat nicht verlieren, an dieses Österreich. Aber wir müssen uns ein bisschen lösen von unserer Bequemlichkeit. Wir haben es selber in den Händen, aber wenn wir es nicht tun, es wird niemand für uns tun."  Hier können Sie den Newsflix-Newsletter abonnieren.Behalten Sie hier all unsere Podcasts im Überblick.Zuschriften richten sie bitte an: c.nusser@newsflix.at

Interview — Professor Dante Lauretta— The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist's Journey to the Dawn of our Solar System (hachettebookgroup.com)— facebook.com/AZAstrobiology— threads.net/@azastrobiology— instagram.com/azastrobiology— Thanks to Grand Central Publishing (twitter.com/GrandCentralPub) (instagram.com/grandcentralpub)

Starlight Thursdays Episode 199. Welcome SPACE CHUNK to the series! He's been behind the booth for the past 9 years. You may have had the pleasure of hearing him play at Forest Creatures 6, a few open decks and house parties around Bozeman. Let's take a closer look into the world of SPACE CHUNK Why did you get into it? Growing up in Minneapolis I was a midwest hip hop head and was introduced to the turntablist/beats side of DJing. Artists like DJ Abilities and Ant were big inspirations with a focus on sample based mixing and scratching on top of drum loops. When I moved to Bozeman in 2013 I got introduced to bass music by taking road trips up to Missoula to see a show and then driving back to Bozeman before class started the next day. At the time we really didn't know what we were doing but we were seeing these insane artists like Excision, Pretty Lights, Zeds Dead, and Odesza in venues like the Wilma and Tophat. After one of those shows I remember my friends and I downloading a cracked version of Ableton and started making mix tapes as a way to share music. Learning the basics of Ableton opened the door to producing and I eventually got into making my own tracks. Following those artists we saw at the Wilma; I ended up attending Shambhala 2015 for my first camping music festival, which gave me an introduction to festival culture and dance focused DJing. After my first Shambhala I bought my first DJ controller and ever since then DJing and producing have been my main creative outlets. What inspires you about electronic music? From an artistic standpoint I love the act of combining sounds to make something new. Like a classic liquid track might make me feel nostalgic and a modern tech-step track might make me feel groovy. What happens when I play them back to back, or double drop them together? I might end up with some new sound more complex than either song by itself. I think every sound has the ability to trigger a memory or idea, and I really try to lean into that when mixing songs together. What inspires you about electronic music culture? I love the insane amount of effort and creativity that goes into every event. From the organizers to the attendees, everyone is always giving it 100%. Also the culture of extreme acceptance is awesome. Tell us about your mix?   I start it off with my newest original remix, and then dive into a compilation of the floatiest DnB songs I've been able to find over the last year or so. I have a process where I'll freestyle a quick mix and then listen to the mix on a bike, ski, or drive making note on what tracks and combos fit the vibe of what I'm doing. This mix is sort of the "best of" from all those mixes and is my best interpretation of road tripping and recreating around Western Montana. Lots of funk, soul, and hip hop influence, with a backbone of DnB rollers and deep bass. Inspired by Diesel Boy, DownLink, and Alan Flava. For more SPACE CHUNK check out https://soundcloud.com/spacechunk

On today's program, sponsored by GE Aerospace, the award winning hosts of the Defense & Aerospace Report's award winning podcasts — Chris Cavas and Chris Servello of Cavas Ships, Laura Winter of the The Downlink, and JJ Gertler, the co-host of The Air Power Podcast — review the big stories from 2023 that will shape the coming year with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

Spaceflight News— Rocket Lab Failure Analysis (spacenews.com) (space.com) (rocketlabusa.com) (PDF: q4cdn.com VIA en.wikipedia.org)Short & Sweet— Astra's financial future (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)— X-37B readies for first launch on Falcon Heavy (spaceflightnow.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Dinkinesh adds a moon (planetary.org)Interview -- Jake Teufert CTO and Chris Carella CCO, Benchmark Space Systems— We last talked to Chris Carella in episode 373 (theorbitalmechanics.com)— benchmarkspacesystems.com— linkedin.com/company/benchmark-space-systems — linkedin.com/in/jake-teufert-86b375133/ — linkedin.com/in/christopher-carella-innovate/This Week in Spaceflight History— Nov 15, 1988: The first and only launch of Buran (en.wikipedia.org) (buran.ru) (buran.ru) (buran-energia.com)— Next week (11/21 - 11/27) in 1962: Clouds before Aurora

Spaceflight News— ABL Dusts Itself Off (spacenews.com) (harryohanley.substack.com)Short & Sweet— NASA struggles to open asteroid sample container (space.com)— Rocket Lab to return (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Blue Origin's latest Blue Moon mockup (spacenews.com)— Canopée to ferry Ariane 6 (fosstodon.org/@AkaSci)— You can register to send your name with Europa Clipper (europa.nasa.gov)— Mike Stewart's core rope memory reader (finally) debuted on CuriousMarc's channel (youtube.com)— Aaron Sawdey: Crew Dragon engine inventory (discord.com):Interview -- Daniel Faber, CEO and Adam Harris, CCO of Orbit Fab— Further reading — Furphy on ISS (issnationallab.org) — Analysis of a potential Orbit Fab shuttle/depot architecture (researchgate.net)— orbitfab.com— linkedin.com/in/adam-harris-363414a6— linkedin.com/in/danielfaber— linkedin.com/company/orbitfabThis Week in Spaceflight History— 4 Nov, 2011: The end of Mars-500 (space.com) (wikipedia.org) (bbc.com)— Next week (11/7 - 11/13) in 1995: Mission extension… of 4.7 m

Spaceflight News— Tiangong's expansion (hindustantimes.com) (cnn.com)— Northrop Grumman joins Starlab team (nasa.gov)— Orbital Reef may be abandoned (cnbc.com)Short & Sweet— Luna-25 failure “analysis” (spacenews.com)— Stoke Space gets more funding (spacenews)Interview -- Ben Reed, CTO Quantum Space— quantumspace.us — linkedin.com/company/quantumspace-us/ — linkedin.com/in/ben-b-reed/ This Week in Spaceflight History— 11 Oct, 2000: STS-92, the100th shuttle mission (en.wikipedia.org) (nasa.gov) (ntrs.nasa.gov) (nasa.gov VIA web.archive.org)— Next week (10/17 - 10/23) in 2007: Face forward

Spaceflight News— Chandrayaan-3 landing (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (en.wikipedia.org) (isro.gov.in) (indianexpress.com VIA 12ft.io)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Starship Booster 9 static fire (with deluge) (twitter.com/SpaceX)Interview -- IEEE Senior Member David Witkowski— Further reading: Public Wifi Blueprint (PDF: pages.nist.gov)— twitter.com/w6dtw— okusolutions.com — linkedin.com/company/okusolutions This Week in Spaceflight History— 30 Aug, 1984. Launch of STS-41D (space.nss.org)— Next week (9/5 - 9/11) in 2006: Icicle and pebble

This week I had an amazing conversation with Wubmama, Courtney Stillwell, who is a 25 year old talented, independent up-and-coming producer and DJ based in Seattle, WA, originally from Portland, OR. Self taught, she is making a name for herself as a heavy bass artist, but doesn't stop there- she is talented at making many other genres such as hybrid trap, experimental, melodic bass and more- a ” jack of all trades” of EDM. She also produces hip-hop style beats for rappers and more. Her longtime love and passion for music, music events and festivals has made her at home in the music scene, and is where she got the inspiration for her one-of-a-kind name. In her sets, she includes not only heavy bass and hybrid trap, but also uniquely incorporates influences of hip hop and rap, making her sets the perfect blend of breaking your neck and vibing out. Her fan-base and branding are known as #WUBBYGANG Only 4 years into her music career, she has played some of the filthiest lineups the United States has to offer, including Bass Canyon, Beyond Wonderland, Downlink, Big n Slim, Jessica Audiffred, Jeanie, and can't forget her many sold out headlining shows across the country and many more. During quarantine, she had also played an array of live streams and virtual festivals, not skipping a beat even during the shut down. Not only has she played these shows, but she also dropped her neck-breaking debut original heavy dubstep track “Evil” in Sept of 2020 and launched her website, where she dropped her multiple lines of originally designed merch. She dropped her second original track “Mind Control” on Finland based record label “Ay Yo Trip Records” in February of 2021. She solo-released her next single entitled “Nightmare” in 2022 and her latest track, Sinister, which was signed to MTune records, dropped August 2023. This powerful, sound wave bending producer has been taking the EDM scene by storm, and she has done it all while staying completely independent.  https://wubmama.com/

From a promising newcomer to a revered trendsetter, Eliminate has revolutionized the world of electronic music with his unparalleled creativity. Since joining Disciple's exclusive roster in 2018, Eliminate has been on a remarkable journey of success. His extensive discography traverses various genres, including dubstep, electro house, trap, and drum and bass, all while maintaining his distinctive and captivating signature sound that initially caught Disciple's attention.In 2019, Eliminate unleashed his groundbreaking Cyber Whale EP, featuring chart-topping tracks such as "Weeble Wobble" and "Them" featuring Virus Syndicate. These hits resonated with audiences at EDC Las Vegas, landing them a spot among the top 10 most-played tracks of the event. "Weeble Wobble" even claimed the title of the 10th most-played electro house track of the entire year. During that same year, Eliminate astounded fans with his diverse Dead Sea EP and collaborations alongside esteemed artists like Barely Alive and PhaseOne. His live performances have been nothing short of extraordinary, sharing stages with renowned acts such as Sullivan King, Downlink, Dirt Monkey, and captivating crowds at the sold-out Disciple Takeover concert series. Moreover, Eliminate's engaging social media and YouTube presence has kept his devoted fan base continuously entertained and eager for more.Discover exclusive never-before-seen content from Eliminate on the 1st episode of “The XLNT Show” where we discuss the origin of Girth Gang, collaborating with Shaquille O'Neal, signing with Disciple and much more!⭐️ #1 Sample & Preset Packs [Use code "THEXLNTSHOW" for 10% off your next purchase ⭐️bit.ly/XLNTSOUNDPACKS

Welcome To The Second Half Of 2023! It is time to take a look back at the first six months to see how the space market, space capital, and the space economy have fared. This episode also ferrets out the top space finance events from Q1 and Q2 that are shaping spending, investment, and business strategies for the next two quarters and beyond. Laura Winter speaks with Chris Quilty, founder of Quilty Space; and George Pullen, Chief Economist at Milky Way Economy. If you want to listen to what George and Chris said at the beginning of the year, check out The DownLink's January 8, 2023 episode “Four Space & Finance Experts: What You Need to Know for a “Weird” 2023” here: https://defaeroreport.com/2023/01/08/the-downlink-jan-09-23-four-space-finance-experts-what-you-need-to-know-for-a-weird-2023/.

On today's program, sponsored by HII, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses Ukraine's drone attack today on Russia's Black Sea Fleet base in Sevastopol, what to expect from Kyiv's upcoming offensive and defensive Russian preparations, Moscow's latest “manly” recruiting campaign, and comments by Armenia's president that suggest trading Nagorno-Karabakh to secure the country's territorial integrity on the 108th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide; Laura Winter, the host of The DownLink podcast, on key takeaways from the National Space Symposium and SpaceX's Starship launch; and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners with highlights from last week's congressional hearings, outlook on raising the debt ceiling as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy put's his plane for a one-year extension and spending cuts to a vote, Lockheed Martin's first quarter 2023 earnings, and a look at the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

**Use the code NINDADS at checkout to receive 20% plus free shipping at Manscaped.com****Get an extra 15% Off @conzuri with the code NINDADS at https://www.conzuri.com/NINDADS. That's a total of 45% off your order! #ConzuriPod**On this week's episode of the Nintendo Dads Podcast with Patreon Producer Dave Ernsberger:NewsDeadline.com is predicting that the Super Mario Bros. Movie will bring in at least $90 million in the first 5 daysTears of the Kingdom have already surpassed BotW pre-orders in JapanNintendo uploads digital version of BotW Explorer's Guide for freeGamestop posts a quarterly profit for the first time in two yearsNintendo Switch firmware update 16.0.1 brings even MORE stability to our systemsAtelier Ryza will have an anime adaptation of the first game releasing in Japan this summerMega Man NT Warrior episodes available on YouTube in the Capcom USA channelGame Release UpdatesLet's DiscussOur MUST HAVE 3DS and Wii U games before their eShops close downLink to video Jesse mentioned about Find Mii from E3 2011 https://youtu.be/qz0_brkMKjoEventsTetris 99 32nd MAXIMUS CUPBreakfast Table planned for April 12Dinner Table planned for April 21#OneLastPass during the Super Mario Bros. Movie opening weekendGames we've been playingTownsmen VRMetroid FusionPiczle Lines 2: Into the PuzzleversePicross 2Mother 3Have a Nice DeathSuper Mario Maker 2Powerwash SimulatorKraino OriginsCommunity Spotlight

Space Force Budget, Plus Science Chief Mozer: “We are in a hinge of history moment” This week the DownLink serves up a deep dive into what's in the Department of Defense's FY ‘24 United States Space Force budget request and an interview with the service branch's Director of Science, Technology, and Research, Joel Mozer. In addition to the chief scientist, Laur Winter Speaks with Chris Stone, Senior Fellow for Space Deterrence-National Institute for Deterrence Studies and author of the book “Reversing the Tao: A Framework for Credible Space Deterrence”; Peter Garretson, a senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and co-author of the coming book “The Next Space Race: A Blueprint for American Primacy”; and Sam Wilson, senior policy analyst for the Center for Space Policy and Strategy at The Aerospace Corporation.

Spaceflight News— TROPICS-1 mishap investigation (HT Mike Stewart: astra.com)Short & Sweet— HST impacted by satellite trails (nature.com)— China's secret spacewalk (spacenews.com)Interview -- D. Geoff Carter, PE— RollAide.com— artemis-space.comThis Week in Spaceflight History— Mar 9, 2008: The launch of the first ATV: Jules Verne (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: esa.int) (PDF: esa.int)— Next week (3/14 - 3/20) in 1986: Slap a renaissance painter.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Chris Servello, our producer who is a retired Navy public affairs officer and co-founder of the Provision Advisors PR firm, discusses lessons in the wake of the controversy caused by a draft email by Gen. Mike Minihan, the commander of the Air Mobility Command, urging his force to improve its warfighting focus, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses the latest on Russia's war on Ukraine including new Marker UGV as well as Israel's drone attacks on Iran; Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm firm Capital Alpha Partners with a look at the week ahead; and Laura Winter, the host of The Downlink, our space podcast, discusses the global great power game on ground stations with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

Spaceflight News— Artemis I Launch (nasaspaceflight.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (planetary.org) (HT MCC: twitter.com/derekdotspace) — SLS suffered slight hurricane damage prior to launch (spacenews.com) — SLS still had LH2 leaks (nasaspaceflight.com) (HT deltaV: twitter.com/ZachSellinger) — A bad ethernet switch took down range assets (HT deltaV: twitter.com/thesheetztweetz) — Post-launch photo opportunities were limited (twitter.com/SciGuySpace) (twitter.com/wapodavenport)— Artemis I Ride-alongs and little ‘uns (twitter.com/jeff_foust) (parabolicarc.com)— CAPSTONE arrives at the Moon (spacenews.com)— Orion completes TLI (spacenews.com) (youtu.be)Short & Sweet— Hermeus completes key test towards hypersonic aircraft (HT Czarified, Csaba: defenseone.com) (HT Czarified: youtube.com)— Busy week of spacewalkin' (space.com) (space.com) (space.com) (americaspace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)— Japan formalizes its commitment (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Cygnus array jam photo (twitter.com/Space_Pete)— Csaba: Real-time Artemis I tracker (nasa.gov) (eyes.nasa.gov)— DeltaV: Rocket 4 Payload User's guide (twitter.com/Astra)Interview -- Margaret Weitekamp, Curator and Chair of the Space History department at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum— airandspace.si.edu — twitter.com/mgtwspace— facebook.com/margaret.weitekamp.12— Buy the book: (amazon.com) (barnesandnoble.com) (smithsonianbooks.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 27 Nov, 2012. The end of Falcon 9 Air's development (flightglobal.com VIA 12ft.io) (en.wikipedia.org) (en.wikipedia.org) — Orbital designed Pegasus II “Thunderbolt” as a replacement (space.com)— Next week (11/29 - 12/5) in 2014: [Audio clue]

Spaceflight News— ISS EVAs resumed (spacenews.com) (blogs.nasa.gov) — Back in March, Matthias Maurer had a leak in his suit (spacenews.com) (phys.org) (blogs.nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— Geotail in Jeopardy (space.com)— ESA turns to SpaceX (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com)— Tiangong nears completion (spacenews.com)— Polaris Dawn mission scheduled for March 2023 (space.com)— NASA orders three more Orion spacecraft (lockheedmartin.com)Interview – Joel C. Sercel PhD, CEO of TransAstra— TransAstra recently formed a partnership with Celestron (spacenews.com)— transastra.com— linkedin.com/in/joelsercel/— twitter.com/JoelSercel This Week in Spaceflight History— Oct 28, 2014: the failure of Cygnus Orb-3 (en.wikipedia.org) (everydayastronaut.com) (spaceflightnow.com) (PDF: nasa.gov) (youtube.com) — Kunetsov saved 80 NK-33s (HT Csaba: youtu.be)— Next week (11/1 - 11/7) in 2000: Making a new home, then pulling Dennis away from it.

Spaceflight News— Test Fest III — Ariane 6 test fires upper stage engines (esa.int) — Aerojet-Rocketdyne tests new solid motor (rocket.com) (PAYWALL: aviationweek.com) — BE-4 full-duration firing (Video: twitter.com/torybruno) — Stoke Space ring firing (ifiberone.com) (twitter.com/stoke_space) (MP4: uploads-ssl.webflow.com VIA stokespace.com/vision) (twitter.com/jenakuns) (arstechnica.com)Short & Sweet— Ireland's first satellite readies for launch (bbc.com) (eirsat1.ie)— Crew-5 launches to Station (americaspace.com)— Engineers regain control of CAPSTONE (spacenews.com)Interview – UVic ORCASat team: Alex Doknjas, Project Manager and Biarki Weeks, Undergrad Technical Lead— The team published a wonderful assembly timelapse (youtube.com)— Orcasat.ca— uvsd.ca— youtube.com— twitter.com/AlexDoknjas— linkedin.com/in/alexander-doknjas-5b30b310b— twitter.com/biarkiweeks— linkedin.com/in/biarki-weeks-463a9579This Week in Spaceflight History— 11 October 1968: The launch of Apollo 7 (en.wikipedia.org) (collectspace.com)— Next week (10/18 - 10/24) in 2008: Let's start with a weather satellite

Spaceflight News— CAPSTONE safe mode update (advancedspace.com) (advancedspace.com) (spaceflightnow.com)Short & Sweet— SLD lander RFP (spacenews.com)— NASA requests private missions (spacenews.com)— ArianeGroup reveals reusable crewed vehicle for Ariane 6 (twitter.com/EuropeSpace360) (HT ArcadeEngineer: twitter.com/Melissandre_L)— Morpheus Space raises funds (spacenews.com)Interview – Araz Feyzi, Kayhan Space Co-Founder and CTO— twitter.com/kayhanspaceThis Week in Spaceflight History— Sept 26, 1983: Pad Abort of Soyuz T-10A (en.wikipedia.org) (russianspaceweb.com) (americaspace.com) (PDF: starsem.com)— Next week (9/27 - 10/3) in 2011: Wait two months for a robot, seven months for a human

Spaceflight News— Artemis I — First attempt (nasaspaceflight.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (americaspace.com) — Second attempt (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) — Future attempts (blogs.nasa.gov) (twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) — Just for fun: AR Orion model (americaspace.com)Short & Sweet— ThrustMe and Astra make propulsion sales (spacenews.com) (smallsatnews.com) (spacenews.com)— China proposes orbital nuclear reactor (space.com) (spacenews.com)— South Korea seeks funding for ambitious lunar project (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Correction Burns— Project TOMTOM: The Orbital Mechanics Think Of Missions — Check Discord#snoopy to join in on the fun! (discord.com)Interview -- Jason Armstrong, Director of Launch and Integration Services for TriSept; Chris Craddock, RocketStar CEO; Addie Dove, UCF Physics Professor and Walkabout the Galaxy co-host — Trisept.com— twitter.com/rocketstarspace— facebook.com/RocketStarSpace/— instagram.com/RocketStarSpace/— linkedin.com/company/rocketstar-llc— RocketStar's Youtube channel (youtube.com)— Walkabout the Galaxy (sciences.ucf.edu)— The Stephen W. Hawking Center for Microgravity Research and Education (ucf.edu)This Week in Spaceflight History— 9 Sept, 1982. First and only successful launch of Conestoga (en.wikipedia.org) (youtube.com) (youtube.com)— Next week (9/13 - 9/19) in 2007: Sponsored in part by ad revenue.

Spaceflight News— Artemis III landing site candidates released (nasa.gov) (spacenews.com) — Artemis I rolled out August 16 (nasaspaceflight.com)— Russian spacewalk cut short (nasaspaceflight.com) (cnet.com)Short & Sweet— Northrop Grumman to start astronaut training program (northropgrumman.com)— Starship gets commercial satellite customer (spacenews.com)— Spaceplane buddies (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Correction Burns— Masten bankruptcy bids… whole or piecemeal? (spacenews.com)— Espen Urkedal via email: SLS FTS batteries?Interview - Chris Carella, Benchmark Space Systems and Mahadevan Krishnan, AASC— benchmarkspacesystems.com— aasc.spaceThis Week in Spaceflight History— 29th August 2001, Maiden launch of H-IIA (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: mhi.com) — Two payloads were onboard: VEP-2 and LRE (space.skyrocket.de) (astronautix.com)— Next week (8/30 - 9/5) in 2002. That's no moon. That's some of Huntington Beach's finest work.

Spaceflight News— Wentian launched (nasaspaceflight.com) — An array of new research facilities is onboard (twitter.com/CNSpaceflight) — CZ-5B may experience an uncontrolled reentry (twitter.com/TheSpaceGal)Short & Sweet— Impulse and Relativity announce joint mission to Mars (nasaspaceflight.com)— Nancy Grace has a ride to space (spacenews.com)— First private company to launch from French Guiana (isaraerospace.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Gopal via Discord: BE-4 reuse plans (discordapp.com) (twitter.com)— Unc' Willy via Discord: Titan II bwooop (discordapp.com) (youtu.be)Interview – R. Matt Villarreal, Founder and CEO of Infinite Composites— infinitecomposites.com— twitter.com/infinite_c_t— twitter.com/mattvillarreal — linkedin.com/company/infinite-composites — linkedin.com/in/rmattvillarreal— instagram.com/infinitecomposites— facebook.com/infinitecompositesThis Week in Spaceflight History— July 28 1961: NASA invitation to bids for Apollo prime contract (astronautix.com) (PDF HT Mike Stewart: ia800308.us.archive.org VIA archive.org) — Ep 220 featured the LEM contract (thanks The Greek!) (theorbitalmechanics.com)— Next week (8/2 - 8/8) in 1993: Space is dangerous, and another word for space is gap.

The pods finally get in contact with each other, but a power trip from the Captain makes the chances of rescue seem slim…until a new voice cuts through the noise.CONTENT WARNINGS: Emotional distress, peril, entrapment, existential fear, alcohol, manipulation.This episode, “Uplink/Downlink”, was written by Emma Johanna Puranen and directed by Rook Mogavero and Emma Johanna Puranen. The script was edited by Rook Mogavero and Shaoni C. White. Sound editing was by Emma Johanna Puranen. Our cover art is by Tatyana Archtander. Music was composed by Emily Branam using copyright cleared content (or free content) within Emily's licensed and registered version of FL Studio 20. Sound effects are from freesound.org under CC 0, CC BY 3.0, and CC BY 4.0 licenses. For a list of freesound.org sound effects used in this episode, see here. A transcript of this episode can be found here.In order of appearance, this episode featured the voices ofEmma Johanna Puranen as ShipAxandre Oge as Valencio “Trip” TriptychBonnie Calderwood Aspinwall as Pascal AlmagestAlexandra Rose DeAngelis as Woh OllumOmar Camps-Kamrin as Lowkey MadiganNhea Durousseau as Alyss ObelusLiz Morey as Kuzha TvaskSam Yeow as No GoAlasdair Stuart as Malachi TesseraStephen Indrisano as TarsulRook Mogavero as Chasma Jump CannonSam LaPorte as Jawn BatalhaOur vibe checker was Bruce the Cat.Buy us a coffee at http://ko-fi.com/roguemaker 

In this part two episode of The Downlink's coverage of the State Of The Space Industrial Base Conference And Workshop, organized by New Space New Mexico, Laura Winter speaks with Jim Keravala, CEO, Chief Architect and Chairman of the Board of Off World. Keravala, like other commercial space leaders involved in anything from cargo delivery to support NASA's Artemis program, to space domain awareness, and even mining the moon and asteroids, is preparing his organization to go to the lunar neighborhood and set up shop. He and others wonder whether the Department of Defense is going to join them in the cis-lunar region to sustain friendly commercial activity, and are concerned about the future if it doesn't. You can listen to part one here: https://defaeroreport.com/2022/06/06/the-downlink-jun-06-22-should-americas-military-go-to-the-moon/

Spaceflight News— Psyche launch (sike!) (space.com) (spacenews.com) (spaceflightnow.com)Short & Sweet— Airbus wins contract to build LISA (airbus.com)— China prepares for next crewed launch (spacenews.com) (cnet.com)— Starliner, Present and Future (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)Interview – Kineo Wallace, Lead Propulsion Design Engineer and Mickael “Buzzy” Buswell, Primary Structures Engineer of Vaya Space— Further reading: ABS 3D printed fuel grain studies at the University of Tennessee (sci-hubtw.hkvisa.net) (sci-hubtw.hkvisa.net)— Kineo and Buzzy — linkedin.com/in/kineowallace — twitter.com/kineo_wallace — instagram.com/buzzedwell— Vaya Space — Vayaspace.com — twitter.com/vayaspace — instagram.com/vayaspace — facebook.com/VayaSpace — linkedin.comThis Week in Spaceflight History— June 4, 1996: The maiden launch of Ariane 5, flight V88 (en.wikipedia.org) (bugsnag.com) (mit.edu) (HT Csaba: hownot2code.com)— Next week (6/7 - 6/13) in 2012: Making it harder for ourselves.

Ryan Katz on the Virtual Sessions presented by The DJ Sessions 5/24/22   About Ryan Katz -    Was active from 2012-2018. Signed to Plasmapool Records. Headlined shows in the Midwest and Southeast US, and was second tier on Cluxter Festival, Farm on Fire, and Radiate Festival. Shared stage directly with Cedric Gervais, Autoerotique, Downlink, Dieselboy, San Holo, and many others. Through massive rave series in Cleveland, Ohio called Audio Arena. Five shows, thousands of attendees at laser tag arenas and trampoline parks.   Every release charted on beatport, some in Top 10 spots. Had a song go #2 at its highest.    Left DJ/Producing in 2018 to join Audience of Rain, a post-grunge band. Wasn't necessarily my favorite style of music, but we had tremendous success with our highlight being a song thats currently at 550,000 spotify plays and well on its way to a million.   Left the band in July 2021 and started my own band, Killstreak, which is in the style of deathcore (very heavy modern metal). Our debut song and music video “No Scope” comes out independently on May 13th.   I also own and operate LiquidSound Records as my full time profession. It is the only full time underground music management agency in North America.   About The DJ Sessions -   “The DJ Sessions” is a Twitch/Mixcloud "Featured Partner” live streaming/podcast series featuring electronic music DJ's/Producers via live mixes/interviews and streamed/distributed to a global audience. TheDJSessions.com   The series constantly places in the “Top Ten” on Twitch Music and the “Top Five” in the “Electronic Music", “DJ", "Dance Music" categories. TDJS is rated in the Top 0.11% of live streaming shows on Twitch out of millions of live streamers.   It has also been recognized by Apple twice as a "New and Noteworthy” podcast and featured three times in the Apple Music Store video podcast section. UStream and Livestream have also listed the series as a "Featured" stream on their platforms since its inception.    The series is also streamed live to multiple other platforms and hosted on several podcast sites. It has a combined live streaming/podcast audience is over 125,000 viewers per week.   With over 2,300 episodes produced over the last 12 years "The DJ Sessions" has featured international artists such as: BT, Youngr, Sevenn, Plastik Funk, Party Shirt, Robert Babicz, Jens Lissat, Alex Bau, Elohim, Leandro Da Silva, The Space Brothers, Dave Winnel, Cuebrick, Protoculture, Jarod Glawe, Camo & Crooked, ANG, Amon Tobin, Voicians, Bingo Players, Coke Beats, Yves LaRock, Ray Okpara, Lindsey Stirling, Mako, Still Life, Saint Kidyaki, Distinct, Sarah Main, Piem, Tocadisco, Sebastian Bronk, Toronto is Broken, Teddy Cream, Mizeyesis, Simon Patterson, Morgan Page, Jes, Cut Chemist, The Him, Judge Jules, Patricia Baloge, DubFX, Thievery Corporation, SNBRN, Bjorn Akesson, Alchimyst, Sander Van Dorn, Rudosa, Hollaphonic, DJs From Mars, GAWP, Somna, David Morales, Roxanne, JB & Scooba, Kissy Sell Out, Massimo Vivona, Moullinex, Futuristic Polar Bears, ManyFew, Joe Stone, Reboot, Truncate, Scotty Boy, Doctor Nieman, Jody Wisternoff, Thousand Fingers, Benny Bennasi, Dance Loud, Christopher Lawrence, Oliver Twizt, Ricardo Torres, Alex Harrington, 4 Strings, Sunshine Jones, Elite Force, Revolvr, Kenneth Thomas, Paul Oakenfold, George Acosta, Reid Speed, TyDi, Donald Glaude, Jimbo, Ricardo Torres, Hotel Garuda, Bryn Liedl, Rodg, Kems, Mr. Sam, Steve Aoki, Funtcase, Dirtyloud, Marco Bailey, Dirtmonkey, The Crystal Method, Beltek, Dyro, Andy Caldwell, Darin Epsilon, Kyau & Albert, Kutski, Vaski, Moguai, Blackliquid, Sunny Lax, Matt Darey, and many more.   In addition to featuring international artists TDJS focuses on local talent based on the US West Coast. Hundreds of local DJ's have been featured on the show along with top industry professionals.   We have recently launched v3.1 our website that now features our current live streams/past episodes in a much more user-friendly mobile/social environment. In addition to the new site, there is a mobile app (Apple/Android) and VR Nightclubs (Oculus).   About The DJ Sessions Event Services -   TDJSES is a WA State Non-profit charitable organization that's main purpose is to provide music, art, fashion, dance, and entertainment to local and regional communities via events and video production programming distributed via live and archival viewing.   For all press inquiries regarding “The DJ Sessions”, or to schedule an interview with Darran Bruce, please contact us at info@thedjsessions.

Spaceflight News— Rocket Lab Helicopter Catch (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) — CAPSTONE's up next (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Astroscale performs close approach (spacenews.com)— Phantom Space makes big engine purchase (techcrunch.com)— Russian rocket motor breaks apart on-orbit (space.com)— Astra preparing for Canaveral launches (spacenews.com) (astra.com)Questions, comments, corrections— From the intro: Lockheed Martin's MAP docking port model (cad.onshape.com)Interview – Awais Ahmed, CEO and Co-Founder, PIXXEL— Shakuntala/TD-2 was one of the three demos, and it flew on Transporter-4 (pixxel.space)— The AVIRIS program also collects hyperspectral data, but from a much lower altitude (aviris.jpl.nasa.gov) (avirisng.jpl.nasa.gov)— Read more and get in contact: — pixxel.space — twitter.com/awaisahmedna — twitter.com/PixxelSpace — in.linkedin.com/in/awaisahmedna — linkedin.com/company/pixxelspace — contact@pixxel.spaceThis Week in Spaceflight History— 13 May, 1992: Intelsat VI captured by the STS-49 crew (nasa.gov) (youtube.com) — The plan for capture and kickstage attachment (orbiter-forum.net) (capcomspace.net)— Next week (5/17 - 5/23) in 1961: If a spacecraft falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it…

Spaceflight News— Peregrine preparing for flight (spacenews.com) (astrobotic.com) (en.wikipedia.org)Short & Sweet— TDRS to be replaced (spacenews.com)— Starlink books a flight (spacenews.com)— Bad weather holds up Crew-4 (spacenews.com)Interview – Daniel Bock, CEO and Co-Founder of Morpheus Space— FEEP technology is a subset of ion propulsion (en.wikipedia.org) (VIA archive.org: morpheus-space.com)— Some of Bock's prior research (researchgate.net) (researchgate.net)— Flown on UWE4 (PDF: digitalcommons.usu.edu)— LISA Pathfinder also used FEEP propulsion (PDF: sci-hubtw.hkvisa.net)— linkedin.com— twitter.com/DanMorpheus— twitter.com/morpheusspace — morpheus-space.com— facebook.com/MorpheusSpaceThis Week in Spaceflight History— Apr 29, 2002. Cancellation of the X-38 (nasa.gov) (astronautix.com) (nasa.gov) (youtube.com)— Next week (3/5 - 9/5) in 1997: MORE TINFOIL!

Spaceflight News— Astra LV0008/ELaNA 41 failure analysis (spacenews.com) (astra.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet— OSAM-1 completes critical design review (nasa.gov)— China to commercialize Tiangong spacenews.com— Soyuz embargo leaves many satellites grounded (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Gravitational submarines — Matthew Bell (iopscience.iop.org) — Andrew not-Z via email suggests Re-entry Vehicle Dynamics (google.com) — Aaron Sawdey (twitter.com/sawdey) (en.wikipedia.org)Interview – Zachary Tong, creator of Breaking Taps on Youtube— youtube.com/c/BreakingTaps— twitter.com/BreakingTapsThis Week in Spaceflight History— 18 Mar, 2003. The authorization of Project Prometheus (everyspec.com, alt: web.archive.org)— Next week (3/22 - 3/28) in 1961: Ghost beetroot calls home.

In this year-end episode of The DownLink, Laura Winter unravels a space threat story through three key interviews with Donald Kessler, the now-retired NASA astrophysicist who first theorized what is now known as the “Kessler Syndrome”; Brian Weeden a space policy analyst and advocate from the Secure World Foundation; and Robin Dickey, a space policy and strategy analyst with the Aerospace Corporation. But first, Laura first gives us her top three 2021 data points with effects that she believes will punch through into 2022 and beyond.

This week on The DownLink, Laura Winter speaks with Iridium Communications, Inc. CEO Matt Desch to discuss what he hopes will remain a rare story - the hypersonic bust-up of his company's satellite in orbit. Many who serve the defense policy-making ecosystem, here in the United States and within multinational organizations are coming to better appreciate the fragile nature of the near-earth space environment. Nevertheless, debris and junk orbiting the earth at hypersonic speeds feels somewhat academic, even with last month's Russian anti-satellite missile test. Putting the Russia-Ukraine crisis to the side, but not completely out of view, Desch tells the story of the Iridium-33 and gives us his take on what policy-makers, leaders, and space operators need to do to preserve our freedom of action - a.k.a the ability to project power over the horizon - in low earth orbit.

In this episode of The DownLink podcast, Laura Winter is shedding light on satellite communications over the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum. It's called laser communication or optical wireless communication. DARPA, the Space Development Agency, the United States Space Force are already working with the commercial sector to develop and deploy laser satellite communication. What makes this recently recognized technology so special is that by all accounts it's near impossible to jam, spoof, intercept, or even detect. Laura speaks with Bridgecom CEO Barry Matsumori, who is a veteran of Qualcomm, SpaceX, and Virgin Galactic, about how optical wireless works to defeat adversaries. In the episode's second half she speaks with a laser communications pioneer, David Czajkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Space Micro. Space Micro has been in the news this week because Venture Space Holdings announced earlier this week that it is acquiring a majority stake in Czajkowski's company.

This week on The DownLinK, we're looking at U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris's four-day trip to Paris. She had a number of events, but what we're interested in is her discussion with French President Emanuel Macron, very specifically the portion of their chat at the Élysée that covered cooperation in space. There were three key developments. To unpack these developments, Laura Winter spoke to Xavier Pasco, director of the Foundation for Strategic Research; Dimitrios Stroikos, from the London School of Economics; and Todd Harrison, from the Center for Strategic and International Studies. They are space and defense experts from both sides of the Atlantic.

All the boys are back in town for this one! They get into how messed up Britney Spears situation is and how even the closest people to you can be your biggest enemy. Beanfield, Adiidas, and Downlink shows recap. Fun things coming up this month so keep it locked for all your local show needs!Follow the podcast on instagram @dirtyhz and facebook @DirtyHzPodcast for more content. We appreciate every one for tuning in and we'll see you next week with a brand new episode!

This week in SF history— 28 March, 1986: ISEE-3/ICE Comet Halley Distant Flyby (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— Crew Dragon is close, but not quite ready for human flight (and other SPX news) (spacenews.com) — Pre-launch presser (github.com) — Tested heat shield (engadget.com) — Hopper tests (spacenews.com) (nextbigfuture.com)Short & Sweet— Beresheet is on course for the moon (spacenews.com)— The ISS gets some fresh batteries (spaceflightnow.com)— NASA engineers still unclear on why InSight's heat probe is stuck (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Chris Birke via Discord: Molly Brown was the last gemini capsule that was named.Interview: Professor Erika Hamden— Applying to Small Explorer program (wikipedia.org)— TESS's orbit is weird (spaceflight101.com)— UV standard stars paper (researchgate.net)— twitter.com/ErikaHamden— ehamden.org— instagram.com/erika.hamden

This week in SF history— March 17, 1958 the US Naval Research Laboratory launched Vanguard 1 (wikipedia.org) — Thanks to another Ben for the assist (twitter.com/chairboy)Spaceflight news— Hayabusa2 touches down on Ryugu (planetary.org) (planetary.org)(hayabusa2.jaxa.jp) — Sampling Process (hayabusa2.jaxa.jp) (youtube.com) (PDF: hayabusa2.jaxa.jp) — Status blog (hayabusa2.jaxa.jp)Short & Sweet— Crew Dragon returns safely (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)— EELV comes to an end, but in name only. (spaceflightnow.com)— MAVEN begins aerobraking to a lower orbit (nasaspaceflight.com)Questions, comments, corrections— twitter.com/MarkChica: Minuteman III, actually does use hypergolic fuel, MMH and N2O4, not as it's main fuel, but in its PSRE (Propulsion System Rocket Engine).Interview: Anthony Scodary— Gridspace.com— Scodary.com— twitter.com/gridspaceinc