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Jake and Anthony are joined by Howard Mostrom, Audio Director for Kerbal Space Program 2, to talk about how he recorded audio for the latest in the hit franchise of space video games. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 97 - Figure This One Out, Howard! (with Howard Mostrom) - YouTube Kerbal Space Program – Create and Manage Your Own Space Program Kerbal Space Program 2: Episode 7 - Recording Roc...

Jake and Anthony are joined once again by Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator, to talk about the newest class of Brooke Owens fellows, what she’s been up to lately, and who knows, maybe we’ll randomly argue about commercial space stations on this one, too. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 96 - Lori’s Mom’s Favorite (with Lori Garver) - YouTube Episode 66 - My Next One is “Fiction” (w...

Jake and Anthony are joined by Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, to talk about Super Heavy’s static fire, Progress doing its best Soyuz, and to somewhat randomly argue about Commercial LEO Destinations. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 95 - Horsesh (with Eric Berger) - YouTube Last year marked the end of an era in spaceflight—here’s what we’re watching next | Ars Technica Space...

Jake and Anthony talk about the Chinese balloons that floated over the Americas in the last few weeks, balloons in space history, UFO shit, and do a random follow-up news segment. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 94 - Let’s Do Some UFO Shit - YouTube Why Shooting Down China’s Spy Balloon Over The U.S. Is More Complicated Than It Seems U-2 Spy Planes Snooped On Chinese Surveillance Balloon | Th...

Jake and Anthony talk about Jake’s decision to end WeMartians, and what goes on behind the scenes of Making Stuff™. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 93 - Go Touch Some Grass - YouTube Goodbye, for now The Off-Nominal Discord - Off-Nominal @Nostradambot Dashboard Wilson on Twitter : “Launching Boeing Astronauts in a Boeing Capsule on a Boeing Rocket under a Boeing Jet from Boeing Soil @offnom”...

Jake and Anthony talk about the state of smallsat launch and tell some stories from Anthony’s trip to Virginia to see an Electron launch. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 92 - We Should Buy a Bar - YouTube Twitter thread of our trip Main Engine Cut Off, Spacey Space : “Pretty great day trip down to Wallops to see the Rocket Lab flight! Electron really has a kick, I was impressed. Beautiful and...

Jake and Anthony are joined by Ben Feist, Data Visualization & Informatics Software Engineer and Historian at NASA Johnson Space Center, to talk about his work, including the amazing Apollo in Real Time experience. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Apollo in Real Time From Apollo 17 to NASA – Ben Feist Follow Ben Ben Feist Ben Feist (@BenFeist) / Twitter Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity...

Brendan Byrne, of WMFE and Are We There Yet?, hosts the first edition of The Off-Nominallyweds , a game to find out if Jake or Anthony knows the other one better. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 90 - This is a Complete Conspiracy (with Brendan Byrne) - YouTube Submit questions for Anomaly Feud Follow Brendan Brendan Byrne (@SpaceBrendan) / Twitter 90.7 WMFE - Public Radio for Central Florida...

Jake and Anthony are joined by Loren Grush of Bloomberg to talk about and predict what’s to come in space this year. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 89 - The Final Year (with Loren Grush) - YouTube Off-Nominal Happy Hour - Dec 30, 2021 (with Jeff Foust) - YouTube Follow Loren Loren Grush (@lorengrush) / Twitter Loren Grush - Bloomberg Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey...

Jake and Anthony are joined by Miriam Kramer of Axios to talk about the weirdest and funniest space news of the year, to announce the Off-Nominees, and to crown the winner of the 2022 Off-Nominal Award. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 88 - But, Nonetheless (with Miriam Kramer) - YouTube The Off-Nominal Awards - Off-Nominal Follow Miriam Miriam Kramer (@mirikramer) / Twitter Axios Newsletter S...

Marina Koren of The Atlantic joins Jake and Anthony to talk about her recent viewing and reviewing of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 87 - Grippy Socks (with Marina Koren) - YouTube '2001: A Space Odyssey' Is the Most Overhyped Space Movie - The Atlantic 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - IMDb The Hopeful Traveler: The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas: Reception Lobby & Video Pillars...

Jake and Anthony catch up on Artemis I and everything else going on in space news lately. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 86 - Is that Callisto? - YouTube Artemis I | Flickr Artemis I Flight Day 13: Orion, Earth, and Moon | art001e000… | Flickr Flight Day 14: Orion's Solar Array Divides Earth and Moon | Flickr Primal Space on Twitter : “Orion has now reached the Moon, here's how it will get b...

Mat Kaplan, host of Planetary Radio for The Planetary Society, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about the 20th anniversary of the show, his upcoming retirement, and what it’s been like to cover space in this way for all those years. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 85 - The Highest I’ve Been (with Mat Kaplan) - YouTube Visibly Loose Nuts - UNISEX | WeMartians Podcast Dr. Pete Flavored Soda - Sod...

Somehow, it’s almost time for Artemis I. Again. Yes, again. And then we break down some hot planetary drama from this week. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 84 - JPL Christmas Party - YouTube NASA leaves its Artemis I rocket exposed to winds above design limits | Ars Technica Off-Nominal on Twitter : “lol” WeMartians Podcast on Twitter : “I’m seeing a lot of commentary about how SLS is "unluck...

Photographer Roland Miller returns to the show to talk to Jake and Anthony about his newest book, The Space Shuttle: A Mission-by-Mission Celebration of NASA's Extraordinary Spaceflight Program , out next week. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 83 - Bubba the Rocket Scientist (with Roland Miller) - YouTube Roland Miller Photography Abandoned In Place — Roland Miller Photography Interior Space —...

With Jake away, Swapna Krishna and Caleb Henry join Anthony for a very Philadelphia-themed episode. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 82 - Gatekeeping Hubble (with Swapna Krishna and Caleb Henry) - YouTube Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story: Bloom, John + Free Shipping Project Artemis: Back to the Moon | Smithsonian Channel Chris G - NSF on Twitter : “OK. This is long-range GFS. Take this with...

Elizabeth Howell of Space.com joins Jake and Anthony to talk about her new book, Why Am I Taller , with astronaut Dave Williams. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube ECW Press | A Canadian Indie Book Publisher | Publishing Curiously Compelling Books Since 1974 Follow Elizabeth Space Writer | Elizabeth Howell Elizabeth Howell, PhD (she/her, 🖖💉😷) (@howellspace) / Twitter Elizabeth Howell | Space Follow J...

Ben Brockert joins Jake and Anthony to tell stories from his various adventures in the space industry. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 80 - Vaguely a Mutiny (with Ben Brockert) - YouTube Masten Space Lunar Lander Challenge Level II Attempt 1 landing and fire - Xoie - YouTube Masten Space Lunar Lander Challenge Flight 2 - YouTube Xombie in-air relight view from the ground. - YouTube Stig-B fli...

Anthony took a trip to Pittsburgh to visit Astrobotic this week, and he’s back to talk about it with Jake. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 79 - A Wake of Creative Destruction - YouTube 127 - Checking in on CLPS (feat. Anthony Colangelo) T+223: Viper Delayed, Masten Unravels, CLPS Moves On - Main Engine Cut Off Astrobotic Unveils Peregrine Lunar Lander Flight Model | Astrobotic Technology Anno...

Jake and Anthony are joined by Kristin Fisher of CNN to talk about Artemis I, and the coverage out there in the world in all the places us space nerds aren’t. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 78 - John Grunsfeld’s Babysitter (with Kristin Fisher) - YouTube Artemis I rocket rolled back inside as Hurricane Ian treks toward Florida | CNN Video: Why NASA had to scrub Artemis I rocket launch due to...

Jake and Anthony are joined by Matthew Russell of the The Interplanetary Podcast to talk about his trip to French Guiana to commentate the first launch of Vega C. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 77 - Accidental Shareholder (with Matthew Russell) - YouTube Vega C - Arianespace Interplanetary Podcast #281 - Vega C and James Webb Space Telescope Vega-C launch - YouTube The Interplanetary Podcast...

Jake and Anthony are joined by Rae Paoletta, Editorial Director at The Planetary Society, to tell some stories from their trip to Artemis 1, the Off-Nominal meetups, and Rae’s encounter with a snake owner, licensed in the state of Florida. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 76 - Walter Cronkite was Faking It (with Rae Paoletta) - YouTube Launch of Apollo 4 first Saturn V as seen LIVE on CBS w/ W...

Jake and Anthony are joined by Emily Calandrelli, speaker, writer, and Emmy-Nominated Host of Emily's Wonder Lab, to talk about the Brooke Owens Fellowship, which is just about to start recruiting the next class of students, and everything else she is up to lately. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 75 - Four of Us Married Each Other (with Emily Calandrelli) - YouTube Brooke Owens Fellowship Pat...

With just a single weekend remaining between us and Artemis 1, Jake and Anthony pregame the launch, mission, and meetups, and talk about the Artemis program overall. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 74 - All the Garys We Know - YouTube Artemis 1 Launch Events - Off-Nominal Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address - YouTube The SLS rocket is the worst thing to happen to NASA—but maybe als...

Jake and Anthony are joined by Gary Jordan, NASA Public Affairs Officer and host of the official podcast of Johnson Space Center, “Houston We Have a Podcast.” Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 73 - Podcast is Not an Option (with Gary Jordan) - YouTube Crew Demo-2 | Launch - YouTube NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 Returns Home: Splashdown - YouTube Axiom Mission 1 Launches to the Space Station (Official NA...