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SPEXcast

SPEXcast is a weekly podcast diving into a variety of space topics. Come with us as we discuss the cutting edge of spacecraft engineering, potential future missions to outer space, and exciting scient... Read more

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76: SpaceX DM-2 and the Impact of Commercial Crew

76: SpaceX DM-2 and the Impact of Commercial Crew

This week on SPEXcast, we discuss SpaceX's historic Demonstration Mission 2 for NASA as part of the Commercial Crew Prog... Read more

1 Jun 2020

59mins

Ranked #2

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41: SPEXcast Book Club: Ignition Chapter 1 and 2

41: SPEXcast Book Club: Ignition Chapter 1 and 2

Today's episode is a new format; SPEXcast Book Club! We will be choosing a space-related book, and reading through it a ... Read more

2 Nov 2017

1hr 1min

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44: NASA Budget 2019

44: NASA Budget 2019

SPEXcast sits down with SPEX alumn, Anthony Hennig, to discuss the proposed changes in the FY2019 NASA budget. We delve ... Read more

25 Feb 2018

1hr 29mins

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47: GOES-S, StarLink, and the Challenges of Space Engineering Programs

47: GOES-S, StarLink, and the Challenges of Space Engineering Programs

Engineering space to be useful to humans is hard work. Today on SPEXcast we sit down to discuss two space satellite netw... Read more

10 Mar 2018

1hr 29mins

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70: SpaceX Starlink Takes Flight

70: SpaceX Starlink Takes Flight

This week on SPEXcast we recap Space'x first operational Starlink launch. SpaceX plans to build and launch thousands of ... Read more

24 Sep 2019

59mins

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54: SpaceX's New Mars Rocket Factory and a Fully-Reusable Falcon 9

54: SpaceX's New Mars Rocket Factory and a Fully-Reusable Falcon 9

This week on SPEXcast, we dive into this developments and give the inside scoop on SpaceX’s recovery efforts. On April 9... Read more

27 Apr 2018

46mins

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60: SpaceX Flight Control, CRS-15 Payloads, and Chinese Lunar Missions

60: SpaceX Flight Control, CRS-15 Payloads, and Chinese Lunar Missions

This week on SPEXcast, we dive into the recent announcements by SpaceX on their new launch complex, the exciting new res... Read more

16 Jun 2018

55mins

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48: MIT New Space Age Conference and SXSW

48: MIT New Space Age Conference and SXSW

This week on SPEXcast, we delve into illegal cubesats, Blue Origin's plan for a cislunar economy, as well as Elon's thou... Read more

17 Mar 2018

1hr 8mins

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55: Digging into Mars with InSight's Troy Hudson, Instrument Systems Engineer

55: Digging into Mars with InSight's Troy Hudson, Instrument Systems Engineer

This week on SPEXcast, we sit down with Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) engineer Troy Hudson to discuss NASA's Mars InSi... Read more

4 May 2018

1hr

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53: NASA's New Administrator, OmegA, and Europa Clipper

53: NASA's New Administrator, OmegA, and Europa Clipper

This week on SPEXcast we talk about news from the 34th Space Symposium, political intrigue behind Europa Clipper, and th... Read more

20 Apr 2018

38mins

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58: Terraforming Mars: Challenges and Misconceptions

58: Terraforming Mars: Challenges and Misconceptions

This is the last part of our four part 'Mars May' series where we discuss the missions and technologies enabling Mars ex... Read more

1 Jun 2018

47mins

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57: Mars Rover Operations with Doug Klein

57: Mars Rover Operations with Doug Klein

The third installment of SPEXcast's "Mars May" leads us to a part of interplanetary missions that doesn't get much atten... Read more

21 May 2018

1hr

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71: In-Space Refueling with Orbit Fab's James Bultitude

71: In-Space Refueling with Orbit Fab's James Bultitude

This week on SPEXcast we sit down with James Bultitude, Lead Engineer at Orbit Fab. Orbit Fab aims to build 'gas station... Read more

20 Nov 2019

1hr 7mins

Ranked #14

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68: Space Policy with SpacePolicyOnline.com's Marcia Smith

68: Space Policy with SpacePolicyOnline.com's Marcia Smith

Whether it be NASA directives, FCC regulations or military operations in space, there's no doubt that policy has a signi... Read more

18 Jul 2019

1hr

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63: Student Innovation at Spaceport America Cup 2018

63: Student Innovation at Spaceport America Cup 2018

On June 19th, 2018 SPEXcast headed down to Las Cruces, New Mexico for the Spaceport America Cup. We were able to speak w... Read more

13 Sep 2018

2hr 11mins

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59: Copenhagen Suborbitals with Mads Wilson

59: Copenhagen Suborbitals with Mads Wilson

This week on SPEXcast, we sit down with Mads Wilson, communications lead for Copenhagen Suborbitals, a volunteer space p... Read more

4 Jun 2018

51mins

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61: Unlocking the Potential of Synthetic Aperture Radar with ICEYE's Pekka Laurila

61: Unlocking the Potential of Synthetic Aperture Radar with ICEYE's Pekka Laurila

This week on SPEXcast, we sit down with Pekka Laurila, Co-Founder of ICEYE, a New Space startup trying to revolutionize ... Read more

22 Jun 2018

38mins

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56: Mars Cube One, the first interplanetary CubeSats with Joel Steinkraus

56: Mars Cube One, the first interplanetary CubeSats with Joel Steinkraus

This week on SPEXcast we continue 'Mars May' with Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) engineer Joel Steinkraus to discuss tw... Read more

12 May 2018

59mins

Ranked #19

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64: SpaceX Raptor Breathes Fire and Virgin Galactic Takes Flight

64: SpaceX Raptor Breathes Fire and Virgin Galactic Takes Flight

This week on SPEXcast, we kick of 2019 with some of the biggest space stories of the year, so far. SpaceX has radically ... Read more

14 Feb 2019

47mins

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66: Robotic Exploration with SpaceIL and Hayabusa2

66: Robotic Exploration with SpaceIL and Hayabusa2

This week on SPEXcast, we dive into the exciting advancements and discoveries robotic science vehicles are making across... Read more

1 Apr 2019

46mins

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