Off-Nominal

Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo

Two friends, two beers, and a casual conversation about space. Landing monthly in your podcast feed.

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255 episodes
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Jul 15, 2022 · 1 hr 3 min
70 - Send Jupes
Nadia Drake joins Jake and Anthony to obsess over the JWST images released this week and to talk about the telescope’s first few months of operation.
Jul 8, 2022 · 1 hr
69 - Was That NASA or MythBusters?
Anthony is joined by Joe Barnard of BPS.Space and Tim Dodd (the Everyday Astronaut!) to talk about how to cook meat with a very fast rocket, what life is like in Boca Chica lately, and…what has NASA been doing with those chickens?
Jul 1, 2022 · 1 hr
68 - Pop It Back Up There
Eric Berger of Ars Technica joins Jake and Anthony to discuss Administrator Bill Nelson a year into his tenure and whether he’s been good or bad for NASA.
Jun 24, 2022 · 57 min
67 - Eating The Pie All The Way Through
Chris Gebhardt joins Jake to talk about the FAA's approval of Boca-Chica.
Jun 16, 2022 · 1 hr 8 min
66 - My Next One is “Fiction”
Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator, champion of commercial spaceflight, and longtime space pirate, joins Jake and Anthony to discuss her upcoming book “Escaping Gravity” and to tell some stories from her incredible career.
Jun 10, 2022 · 1 hr 1 min
65 - Star-Lionel Richie
Jake and Anthony catch up on the news, from Starliner’s flight to NASA’s announcement of new spacesuit contracts for ISS and lunar missions.
Jun 3, 2022 · 1 hr 2 min
64 - In Between is Hot Topic
Engineer, Consultant and STEM evangelist Lauren Lyons joins Jake and Anthony to talk about her diverse career at SpaceX, Blue Origin and Firefly, and the unique and interesting paths the space industry can take you on.
May 26, 2022 · 59 min
63 - Something Philosophical About Croissants
Space potter Amy Rae Hill joins Jake and guest host Debarati Das for a discussion on space and art.
May 20, 2022 · 56 min
62 - Anime Princess Telescope
Astronomer and podcaster Pamela Gay joins Jake and guest host Anna from But It Is Rocket Science to talk about all things astronomical!
May 13, 2022 · 1 hr 1 min
61 - Santa Claus is Hypersonic
Brian Weeden, Director of Program Planning for Secure World Foundation, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about the recent ASAT testing ban announced by Vice President Harris, and the effects the space industry has been having on the war in Ukraine.
May 6, 2022 · 1 hr 2 min
60 - Soviets Invented the Boostback
Jake and Anthony talk about the best/worst/most cursed rockets of all time, why they love them so much, and why you should, too.
Apr 29, 2022 · 1 hr 5 min
59 - Make it Rain in Alabama (with Casey Dreier)
Casey Dreier, Chief Advocate and Senior Space Policy Adviser at The Planetary Society, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about the NASA budget, the recently-released decadal survey, and other space policy storylines.
Apr 22, 2022 · 1 hr 2 min
58 - Wet Dress Rehearsal Dinner
Brendan Byrne, of WMFE and Are We There Yet?, joins Jake and Anthony talk about Artemis 1 and its “Wet” Dress Rehearsal, Axiom-1 on the ISS, and other goings-on in space.
Apr 15, 2022 · 1 hr 1 min
57 - Ford Taurus-Littrow
Caleb Henry of Quilty Analytics joins Jake and Anthony to talk about Amazon’s Kuipermania launch contract, and what it was like to moderate panels at the 2022 Space Symposium.
Apr 7, 2022 · 1 hr 2 min
56 - Export Control is Like Fight Club
Philip Sloss of NASASpaceflight joins Jake and Anthony to talk about the rollout and wet dress rehearsal for Artemis 1, and to go behind-the-scenes on how he does his incredibly-in-depth reporting and coverage of SLS.
Apr 1, 2022 · 1 hr 3 min
55 - I’ve Slept on a Torpedo
Tory Bruno, CEO of United Launch Alliance, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about how he got into space, his background in engineering, the shift from engineering to management, and the future of ULA and the rest of the space industry.
Mar 25, 2022 · 58 min
54 - A Really Long Dog on Mars
Matt Brealey joins Jake and Anthony to talk about martian terrain data and imagery, and to go behind the scenes on his incredible creation, AreoBrowser.
Mar 18, 2022 · 1 hr
53 - Venereal is Taken
Jake returns from LPSC 2022 and shares some stories with Anthony. #TacoGate2022
Mar 11, 2022 · 58 min
52 - We Have All of Them
Anthony is joined by Tim Dodd, the Everyday Astronaut, and Roland Miller, a photographer who has spent years documenting space hardware of all varieties. We’ll talk about Roland’s work, and go behind the scenes on his two published books (Abandoned In Place, Interior Space) and his next book (Orbital Planes) coming out this spring.
Mar 4, 2022 · 1 hr
51 - Hubbles In Reverse
Scott Tilley, an amateur satellite tracker, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about tracking Chang’e-5 back to the Moon and into a Distant Retrograde Orbit, how he and the wider community of amateur satellite trackers do what they do, and what else he’s been tracking lately.