149 - Bob from Valves, Inc.

Jake and Anthony are joined by Aria Alamalhodaei, reporter at TechCrunch, to talk about valves, getting footage of Astra’s explosions, Mars Sample Return, and everything else that has been going on lately, including cursed eclipses.

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• Aria Alamalhodaei on X: “my most unpopular opinion is that I hated the eclipse, felt cursed”
• Why valves are a spacecraft engineer’s worst nightmare | TechCrunch
• Footage from 2020 shows Astra rocket exploding during prelaunch testing | TechCrunch
• Internal pre-Starlink SpaceX financials show big spending on moonshot bets | TechCrunch
• Is NASA Actually Committed to Returning Samples From Mars? - jakerobins.com
• NASA to look for new options to carry out Mars Sample Return program - SpaceNews

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