Main Engine Cut Off Podcast
1) T+290: Jared Isaacman Nominated NASA Administrator
Jared Isaacman, the man with a private space program, has been nominated NASA Administrator, to run the nation’s space program.
2) T+307: Executive Order on Regulatory Reform (with Tom Marotta)
Tom Marotta of The Spaceport Company joins me to talk about the executive order this week focused on commercial space regulatory reform, what problems it seeks to solve, his experience on both sides o...Show More
3) T+306: Lunar Outpost (with Michael Moreno, VP of Strategy)
Michael Moreno, VP of Strategy at Lunar Outpost, joins me to talk about what they’ve been up to at the company, the NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services contract, the idea of services as a business on ...Show More
4) T+305: The Starship 36 Explosion, and ESA Policy (with Adrian Biel, NASASpaceflight)
A special simulcast of this week’s Off-Nominal—the other show I do, if you somehow haven’t heard of it!—because it’s exactly the topic list with exactly the guest I had up next on my list. I’m joined ...Show More
5) T+304: The Musk/Trump Breakup, Jared Isaacman’s Withdrawn Nomination, and Starship Flight 9 (with Lori Garver)
Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator, joins me to talk about the chaos of the last week: the withdraw of Jared Isaacman’s nomination for NASA Administrator, Starship Flight 9, and of course, ...Show More
6) T+303: The Trump 2024 Transition (with Mark Albrecht)
Mark Albrecht joins me to talk about his time on the Trump 2024 Transition Team, the thinking behind some of the policy decisions we’re starting to see in the space and national security spheres, and ...Show More
7) T+302: A Tour of Marotta Controls
We take a tour of Marotta Controls in Montville, New Jersey, to see how they work, how they develop, produce, and test products at rate, and we learn about the most feared topic in space—valves!
8) T+301: Hypersonics and Constellations (with Caleb Henry)
Caleb Henry, Director of Research at Quilty Space, joins me to talk megaconstellations, the hypersonics industry, and more.
9) T+300: Isaacman’s Confirmation Hearing, NASA and NOAA Budgets, NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 Awards
Jared Isaacman was in Congress for a confirmation hearing for his nomination as NASA Administrator, which was followed up by reports of huge proposed budget cuts at NASA and NOAA. And as expected, Spa...Show More
10) T+299: Starliner, According to Butch and Suni (with Eric Berger)
Eric Berger of Ars Technica joins me to talk about his recent interviews with Butch and Suni in the aftermath of their flight, the update NASA put out about Starliner, and how it all lands from where ...Show More