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Jake and Anthony are joined by Ethan Barajas and Jamie Palmer, co-founders of Icarus Robotics, to talk about—what else?—robots in space!

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Episode 249 - Peeing Out Your Bones (with Ethan Barajas and Jamie Palmer) - YouTube

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Icarus raises $6.1M to take on space’s 'warehouse work' with embodied-AI robots | TechCrunch

Voyager and Icarus Team Up on ISS Robotics Demo

Astrobee - NASA

Orbital hopping maneuvers with Astrobee on-board the International Space Station - ScienceDirect

NASA: Let’s Ketchup on International Space Station Tomato Research - NASA

The Case of the Missing Space Tomatoes - YouTube

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Jake and Anthony are joined by Outpost Co-Founder and CEO Jason Dunn to talk about their Earth return vehicles across national security, in-space manufacturing, and other industries.

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Episode 248 - Earth Quality (with Jason Dunn) - YouTube

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Jake and Anthony talk about the PROMISE rover, the state of decisions in NASA’s Isaacman era, Rocket Lab buying Iridium, and they give Jeremy Hansen a clap out.

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Episode 247 - RTGs Don’t Grow on Trees - YouTube

NASA may send a backup, nuclear-powered Mars rover to the Moon - Ars Technica

NASA Awards More Moon Base Science, Previews New Opportunities - NASA

We managed to glean some interesting details about the Artemis III mission - Ars Technica

NASA chief praises progress Blue Origin is making after launch failure - Ars Technica

Blue Origin, for the first time, is expected to raise private capital - Ars Technica

In a bold move, Rocket Lab acquires Iridium Communications - Ars Technica

There were not one, but two asteroid encounters this weekend - Ars Technica

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Jake catches Anthony up on the news he missed while on vacation, and also how expensive stage adapters have become.

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Episode 246 - Stock Tips - YouTube

Did Rocket Lab's Suborbital Rocket Reach Orbit?

SpaceX is now a public company valued for its AI potential, so what comes next? - Ars Technica

13 years and $500 million for a stage adapter? Report justifies NASA cancellations. - Ars Technica

With Starfall, SpaceX eyes an edge in global cargo delivery from orbit - Ars Technica

Ars Live: What's the latest in the aftermath of the New Glenn catastrophe? - Ars Technica

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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.

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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

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