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It finally happened. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 235 - Basement of the VAB - YouTube NASA's Artemis II Live Mission Coverage (Official Broadcast) - YouTube NASA's Artemis II Crew Launches To The Moon (Official Broadcast) - YouTube Off-Nominal/artemis-history Artemis II was decades in the making, but what’s next for space travel? - YouTube Follow Off-Nominal Subscribe to the show! - Off-No...

Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about NASA’s Ignition event, and the unbelievably fast-moving space policy landscape. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 234 - FREEDOM! (with Lori Garver) - YouTube Ignition - NASA NASA Unveils Initiatives to Achieve America’s National Space Policy - NASA Lori Garver on X : “Acknowledgement of shortcomings in the curre...

Jake and Anthony play a 3-year-delayed round of Anomaly Feud! Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube 233 - How Fuzzy the Fuzzy Is - YouTube Follow Off-Nominal Subscribe to the show! - Off-Nominal Support the show, join the Discord Off-Nominal (@offnom) / Twitter Off-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martia...

Jake and Anthony sort through the news mayhem that has been the last few weeks. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 232 - Repurpose, Reprogram, Reconfigure, or Reassign - YouTube The US Senate empowers NASA to fully engage in lunar space race - Ars Technica Congress extends ISS and tells NASA to get moving on private space stations - Ars Technica NASA and SpaceX disagree about manual controls for...

Jake and Anthony are joined by Justin Cyrus, CEO and Founder of Lunar Outpost, to talk about their rovers—Eagle and MAPP—and everything else they’re working on. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Home | Lunar Outpost NASA seeks a “warm backup” option as key decision on lunar rover nears - Ars Technica NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on X : “Yesterday, I had the privilege of speaking at the @a16z Ameri...

Jake and Anthony catch up on Starliner’s no good very bad report, Artemis II’s no good very bad fueling tests, and Vulcan’s no good very bad solid rocket boosters. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 230 - Bequeathed in the divorce - YouTube NASA Invites Media to Discuss Next Steps for Artemis Campaign - NASA NASA says it needs to haul the Artemis II rocket back to the hangar for repairs - Ars Te...

Jake and Anthony are joined by Jeff Hill, Chairman of SATELLITE, to talk about their upcoming event, SATShow Week 2026, and trends in the industry that are sure to be a focus—direct-to-cell services, data centers in space, megaconstellations, and the defense market. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 229 - 40% Rule (with Jeff Hill) - YouTube SATShow 2026 - SATShow Week Why the economics of orbit...

Mars is dead! Long live the Moon! Jake and Anthony kick around the recent flurry of SpaceX news—the IPO, data centers, and a focus on the Moon. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 228 - The SpaceX Reverse Mortgage - YouTube SpaceX acquires xAI, plans to launch a massive satellite constellation to power it - Ars Technica Why would Elon Musk pivot from Mars to the Moon all of a sudden? - Ars Techni...

Jake and Anthony are joined by author Alastair Storm Browne to talk about developing space, and his new book, Building the Space Infrastructure. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 227 - They Make the Rocket from One Factory (with Alastair Storm Browne) - YouTube Amazon.com: Building the Space Infrastructure: Developing the Cis-Lunar Neighborhood eBook : Browne, Alastair: Kindle Store Amazon.com:...

Jake and Anthony are joined by noted industry watcher Pat O to talk about Rocket Lab’s development of Neutron in the Mid-Atlantic. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 226 - Missiles are Rockets (with Pat O) - YouTube Rocket Lab's Electron's First Launch from Wallops Island - YouTube pat o. 🚀 on X : “Here's a treat to whet your appetite for Mid-Atlantic Rocket Lab happenings, while we wait for th...

Jake and Anthony are joined by Jeff Foust of SpaceNews to catch up on the news: Artemis II on the pad, Blue Origin’s upcoming first reuse of a New Glenn first stage, TeraWave, and more. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 225 - Industry Watcher (with Jeff Foust) - YouTube Blue Origin on X : “New Glenn’s third mission, NG-3, will send @AST_SpaceMobile’s next generation Block 2 BlueBird satellites...

Anthony is joined by Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, and Casey Handmer, Founder of Terraform Industries, to talk about Eric’s visit to NASA HQ for a meeting on the Orion heat shield, the upcoming Artemis 2 mission, and Administrator Isaacman’s first few weeks. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 224 - Gotta Wear the Pants (with Eric Berger and Casey Handmer) - YouTube Is Orion’s...

Jake and Anthony are joined by Emilee Speck, Senior Content Editor at AccuWeather, to look back at their 2025 predictions, and make a few for 2026. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 223 - Not a Friend, But a Customer (with Emilee Speck) - YouTube Follow Emilee Emilee Speck (@EMSpeck) / X Emilee Speck | LinkedIn Follow Off-Nominal Subscribe to the show! - Off-Nominal Support the show, join the D...

Jake and Anthony are joined by Brendan Byrne, News Director at Central Florida Public Media and host of Are We There Yet?, to present the 2025 Off-Nominees: the most bizarre space news stories of the year. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 222 - Way to Gaureau (Presenting the 2025 Off-Nominees with Brendan Byrne) - YouTube The Off-Nominal Awards - Off-Nominal Eutelsat resolves OneWeb leap year...

Jake and Anthony are joined by Jeffrey Kluger to talk about his new book, Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, the Untold Story . Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube 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 Follow Jeffrey Jeffrey Kluger (@jeffreykluger) / X Jeffrey...

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. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 220 - I Will Always Follow the Law, Senator (with Loren Grush) - YouTube SpaceX Backer, Vying to Run NASA, Downplays Ties...

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. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 219 - ITAR-Certified Auction Houses (with Ed Ge) - YouTube Aethero - Space Data, Re-Imagined Cosmic Shielding works with Aethero t...

Jake and Anthony watch the ESCAPADE launch on New Glenn, and catch up on some other news. Topics 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 comeb...

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. Topics 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 M...

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. Topics 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 administ...

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. Topics 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...

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. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 214 - Blasting Through the Pork Chop - YouTube Trump, Billionaire Isaacman Said to Meet About Top NASA Job - Bloomberg Stoke Spa...

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. Topics 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 Bo...

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. Topics 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 Ser...

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 . Topics 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, Chris...