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+319: Headlines, December 22, 2025
A holiday special! Enjoy this week’s episode of Headlines free. It’s an absolute monster episode—way longer than usual Headlines episodes, I promise—but it’s a great example of what you get when you s...Show More
3) T+318: General Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force
Yesterday, I had the chance to visit the Pentagon and sit down with General Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations—the head of the United States Space Force. We talk about the service 6 years into...Show More
4) T+317: Isaacman Renomination Hearing, Starliner Flights Cut, Starship at SLC-37, Zhuque-3 Almost Sticks the Landing, and More (with Stephen Clark)
Stephen Clark of Ars Technica joins me to talk about a ton of stories in the news—Jared Isaacman was back in front of Congress, a few Starliner flights have been cut from the ISS manifest, Starship re...Show More
5) T+316: New Glenn’s Second Launch, First Landing, and Upgrade Roadmap
Blue Origin is fresh off an incredible few weeks—a successful second launch and first landing of New Glenn, followed by an exciting unveil of upgrades to the vehicle, including an enormous new version...Show More
6) T+315: Autonomy in Space (with Simone D’Amico, DJ Bush, and Al Tadros)
Simone D’Amico of Stanford and EraDrive, DJ Bush of NVIDIA, and Al Tadros of Redwire join me to talk about autonomy in space, to get into the specific details of what they’re working on and how it com...Show More
7) T+314: Jockeying for the Artemis 3 Lander, and the NASA Administrator Position
Thinking through the chaos that has ensued over the NASA Administrator role, the Artemis 3 lander acceleration movement, the SpaceX Starship HLS update, and a bit on how we actually got here.
8) T+313: Starlink, Kuiper, Project Bromo, and More (with Caleb Henry)
Caleb Henry, Director of Research at Quilty Space, joins me (in studio!) to talk about Starlink V3, Starlink satellite relay, Kuiper’s rollout, the Airbus-Thales-Leonardo merger, and the future of Iri...Show More
9) T+312: Starship Flight 11, Space Policy, and Priorities (with Miles O’Brien)
Miles O’Brien, science correspondent for PBS News and CNN space analyst, joins me to talk about Starship Flight 11, the current space policy landscape including the ongoing government shutdown, the po...Show More
10) T+311: Phil McAlister on Commercial LEO and NASA’s Human Spaceflight Budget
Phil McAlister, former Director of NASA’s Commercial Space Division, joins me to talk about the Commercial LEO Destinations program, the budgetary issues facing NASA and its human spaceflight programs...Show More