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Off-Nominal Studios
Two friends, two beers, and a casual conversation about space. Landing monthly in your podcast feed.
- 1 hour 3 minutes221 - Ornithopter of Spacecraft (with Jeffrey Kluger)
Jake and Anthony are joined by Jeffrey Kluger to talk about his new book, Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, the Untold Story.
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- Episode 221 - Ornithopter of Spacecraft (with Jeffrey Kluger) - YouTube
- Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, the Untold Story: Kluger, Jeffrey: 9781250323002: Amazon.com: Books
- Gemini
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11 December 2025, 7:53 pm - 1 hour 3 minutes220 - I Will Always Follow the Law, Senator (with Loren Grush)
Jake and Anthony are joined by Loren Grush of Bloomberg to talk about Jared Isaacman’s second nomination hearing and everything else going on around the industry, like maybe Sam Altman’s foray into rockets. Also, a little side quest into AI.
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- Off-Nominal - YouTube
- Episode 220 - I Will Always Follow the Law, Senator (with Loren Grush) - YouTube
- SpaceX Backer, Vying to Run NASA, Downplays Ties With Musk - Bloomberg
- SpaceX Pitches Accelerated Moon Landing Plan After NASA Pressure - Bloomberg
- Bezos’ Blue Origin Lofts NASA Craft, Nails Booster Landing - Bloomberg
- Exclusive | OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Has Explored Deal to Build Competitor to Elon Musk’s SpaceX - WSJ
- Roscosmos replaces cosmonaut on next Crew Dragon mission to ISS - SpaceNews
- Telegram: View @roscosmos_gk
- Telegram Widget
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- Loren Grush - Bloomberg
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- Loren Grush (@lorengrush.bsky.social) — Bluesky
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5 December 2025, 2:01 am - 1 hour 3 seconds219 - ITAR-Certified Auction Houses (with Ed Ge)
Jake and Anthony are joined by Ed Ge, CEO and co-founder of Aethero, a space computing startup focused on building the best integrated hardware and software in space. Also we randomly go eBay shopping for old Russian space hardware.
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- Off-Nominal - YouTube
- Episode 219 - ITAR-Certified Auction Houses (with Ed Ge) - YouTube
- Aethero - Space Data, Re-Imagined
- Cosmic Shielding works with Aethero to protect Nvidia Jetson Orin NX GPU - SpaceNews
- ROSCOSMOS COSMONAUT SERGEY RYZHIKOV SPARE WINTER JACKET SOYUZ MS-27 ISS EXP. 73 | eBay
- PREFLIGHT THE CHALLENGE MOVIE COSMONAUT A. SHKAPLEROV JACKET SOYUZ MS-19 | eBay
- Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky Jersey T-shirt Soyuz MS-18 ISS Expedition 65 Gagarin :) | eBay
- LOK Lunar Lander LK Salyut Space Station Periscope Extremely Rare Artifact | eBay
- Actual Console Panel Soyuz TM/Mir Space Station Extremely Rare | eBay
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21 November 2025, 12:26 am - 1 hour 20 minutes218 - How Many Boeing 737s Tall
Jake and Anthony watch the ESCAPADE launch on New Glenn, and catch up on some other news.
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- Off-Nominal - YouTube
- Episode 218 - How Many Boeing 737s Tall - YouTube
- Replay: New Glenn Mission NG-2 Webcast - YouTube
- New Glenn launches NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars mission, lands booster - SpaceNews
- What would a “simplified” Starship plan for the Moon actually look like? - Ars Technica
- In a stunning comeback, Jared Isaacman is renominated to lead NASA - Ars Technica
- NASA is kind of a mess: Here are the top priorities for a new administrator - Ars Technica
- China continues assessment of Shenzhou-20 crew return after suspected debris strike - SpaceNews
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14 November 2025, 3:03 am - 1 hour 3 minutes217 - Buran DMCA Takedown (with Paul Fjeld)
Jake and Anthony are joined by space artist and illustrator Paul Fjeld to review their rocket tier list, adjust some rankings, and add some new contenders to the mix.
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- Off-Nominal - YouTube
- Episode 217 - Buran DMCA Takedown (with Paul Fjeld) - YouTube
- Episode 217 Outtakes
- Rocket Tier List Rebuttal ※ veridical.net
- Off-Nominal Official Rocket - TierMaker (First Take)
- Off-Nominal Rocket Tiers Mark 2 - TierMaker (Spoilers)
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6 November 2025, 9:00 pm - 1 hour 1 minute216 - Golden Llama (with Eric Berger)
Jake and Anthony are joined by Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, to talk about the fight to be NASA Administrator, and to provide the lander for Artemis 3.
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- Off-Nominal - YouTube
- Episode 216 - Golden Llama (with Eric Berger) - YouTube
- Why did NASA’s chief just shake up the agency’s plans to land on the Moon? - Ars Technica
- Elon Musk just declared war on NASA’s acting administrator, apparently - Ars Technica
- How America fell behind China in the lunar space race—and how it can catch back up - Ars Technica
- Actually, we are going to tell you the odds of recovering New Glenn’s second launch - Ars Technica
- GEORGE SANTOS reviewing NASA space suit 🚀🚀🚀 - YouTube
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- Author: Eric Berger - Ars Technica
- Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) / X
- Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age | West Houston's Neighborhood Bookshop
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31 October 2025, 2:35 am - 59 minutes 36 seconds215 - Gainesville-on-Ocala (with Craig Baerwaldt and Sarah Freese)
Jake and Anthony are joined by Craig Baerwaldt and Sarah Freese to talk about Space Happy Hour and the upcoming Sally’s Night event, honoring Sally Ride and celebrating women in aerospace.
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- Off-Nominal - YouTube
- Episode 215 - Gainesville-on-Ocala (with Craig Baerwaldt and Sarah Freese) - YouTube
- Sally's Night | Space Happy Hour Global Women's Night November 13, 2025
- Space Happy Hour | Space Industry Networking Events
- Space Happy Hour: Overview | LinkedIn
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17 October 2025, 1:50 am - 1 hour 1 minute214 - Blasting Through the Pork Chop
Jake and Anthony do a good ol’ news roundup—Jared Isaacman may be back as NASA Administrator, Stoke Space raises a ton of money, New Glenn gets ready for its next launch, and we have thoughts about the communication of phasing orbits.
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- Off-Nominal - YouTube
- Episode 214 - Blasting Through the Pork Chop - YouTube
- Trump, Billionaire Isaacman Said to Meet About Top NASA Job - Bloomberg
- Stoke Space gives us another reason to take it very seriously - Ars Technica
- Pentagon contract figures show ULA’s Vulcan rocket is getting more expensive - Ars Technica
- Actually, we are going to tell you the odds of recovering New Glenn’s second launch - Ars Technica
- ESCAPADE trajectory design creates new options for Mars smallsat missions - SpaceNews
- How America fell behind China in the lunar space race—and how it can catch back up - Ars Technica
- We’re about to find many more interstellar interlopers—here’s how to visit one - Ars Technica
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9 October 2025, 8:22 pm - 1 hour 1 minute213 - This is Why We Playtest (with Adam Wuerl and Rob Davis)
Jake and Anthony are joined by Adam Wuerl and Rob Davis, creators of Apogee Board Games (and longtime anomalies!), to talk about their new game, Scoundrels and Pirates Affiliated with Criminal Enterprises.
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- Off-Nominal - YouTube
- Episode 213 - This is Why We Playtest (with Adam Wuerl and Rob Davis) - YouTube
- S.P.A.C.E. - Scoundrels and Pirates Affiliated with Criminal Enterprises by Apogee Board Games
- Rocket Tier List Rebuttal ※ veridical.net
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3 October 2025, 1:40 am - 1 hour 2 minutes212 - Subcontractor Voltron
A guest scheduling snafu, a sickness at Anthony’s house, and a great idea from a future guest leads to an old school late night Off-Nominal where the boys have some fun making a tier list of rockets.
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- Off-Nominal - YouTube
- Episode 212 - Subcontractor Voltron - YouTube
- NASA Selects Blue Origin to Deliver VIPER Rover to Moon’s South Pole - NASA
- NASA, Sierra Space Modify Commercial Resupply Services Contract - NASA
- Sierra’s Dream Chaser is starting to resemble a nightmare - Ars Technica
- Artemis II Crew Members Name Their Orion Spacecraft - NASA
- NASA targeting early February for Artemis II mission to the Moon - Ars Technica
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26 September 2025, 2:45 am - 1 hour 30 seconds211 - The International Team (with Christian Davenport)
Jake and Anthony are joined by Christian Davenport of The Washington Post to talk about his new book, Rocket Dreams: Musk, Bezos, and the Inside Story of the New, Trillion-Dollar Space Race.
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- Off-Nominal - YouTube
- Episode 211 - The International Team (with Christian Davenport) - YouTube
- Rocket Dreams: Musk, Bezos, and the Inside Story of the New, Trillion-Dollar Space Race: Davenport, Christian: 9780593594117: Amazon.com: Books
- The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos: Davenport, Christian: Amazon.com: Books
- Christian Davenport on X: “So some personal news, as they say. I’m joining the amazing team @CBSNews as a contributor. So grateful they had me on to discuss Rocket Dreams.”
- Elon Musk Interview: Why the Starship Is Built of Stainless Steel
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