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A Fleet for Lunar Science

Talking Space returns after a hiatus to discuss the landing attempts by the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. First a successful soft landing of the Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost 1 mission on the plans of Mare Cr...

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A Fleet for Lunar Science

Recent Episodes

March 24, 2025

A Fleet for Lunar Science

Talking Space returns after a hiatus to discuss the landing attempts by the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. First a successful soft landing of the Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost 1 mission on the plans of Mare Cr...

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Nov. 9, 2024

Episode 1614: Talking Space Retrospective, Part 2

This time, our entire on-air team (as it existed on Sept. 19, 2023) again reminisces in Part 2 of the Talking Space retrospective about audience feedback, launch anomalies, podcast burnout, and more!

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Oct. 13, 2024

Episode 1613: Talking Space Retrospective, Part 1

This time, our entire on-air team (as it existed on Sept. 19, 2023) reminisces about how Talking Space got started back in the earliest days of podcasting. Plus, much more!

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Aug. 18, 2024

Episode 1612: EPA, TCEQ Cite SpaceX for Starbase Clean Water Act Viol…

EPA, TCEQ cite SpaceX with Starbase Clean Water Act violations. Talking Space has an in-depth analysis of the CNBC story and the SpaceX response.

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July 13, 2024

Episode 1611: Dissimilar Redundancy

NASA has tried to get Extra Vehicular Activity Number Ninety underway since June 13th. The first attempt was thwarted by a space suit comfort issue, the second by a water leak that created a blizzard of ice inside the Quest ...

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July 8, 2024

Episode 1610: How GOES-U?

Truly a GOES fest, with GOES-U Falcon Heavy launch audio and a total of FOUR launch day interviews by our own Mark Ratterman at KSC, including the NWS director.

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Recent Blog Posts

Feb. 7, 2024

A Mea Culpa, An Explanation, and Sincere Thanks

Dear Friends, And if you have downloaded even one episode of Talking Space, I consider you to be a friend.  The following is a “mea culpa” and one, I think our long-term listeners deserve. As the classic story “A Tale of Tw…

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