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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
  • Updated Friday
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Episodes255

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  • February 27 · 1 hr

    230 - Bequeathed in the Divorce

    Jake and Anthony catch up on Starliner’s no good very bad report, Artemis II’s no good very bad fueling tests, and Vulcan’s no good very bad solid rocket boosters.

  • February 20 · 58 min

    229 - 40% Rule (with Jeff Hill)

    Jake and Anthony are joined by Jeff Hill, Chairman of SATELLITE, to talk about their upcoming event, SATShow Week 2026, and trends in the industry that are sure to be a focus—direct-to-cell services, data centers in space, megaconstellations, and the defense market.

  • February 13 · 1 hr

    228 - The SpaceX Reverse Mortgage

    Mars is dead! Long live the Moon! Jake and Anthony kick around the recent flurry of SpaceX news—the IPO, data centers, and a focus on the Moon.

  • January 29 · 1 hr 2 min

    226 - Missiles are Rockets (with Pat O)

    Jake and Anthony are joined by noted industry watcher Pat O to talk about Rocket Lab’s development of Neutron in the Mid-Atlantic.

  • January 23 · 1 hr 1 min

    225 - Industry Watcher (with Jeff Foust)

    Jake and Anthony are joined by Jeff Foust of SpaceNews to catch up on the news: Artemis II on the pad, Blue Origin’s upcoming first reuse of a New Glenn first stage, TeraWave, and more.

  • January 16 · 1 hr 4 min

    224 - Gotta Wear the Pants (with Eric Berger and Casey Handmer)

    Anthony is joined by Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, and Casey Handmer, Founder of Terraform Industries, to talk about Eric’s visit to NASA HQ for a meeting on the Orion heat shield, the upcoming Artemis 2 mission, and Administrator Isaacman’s first few weeks.

  • Dec 5, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min

    220 - I Will Always Follow the Law, Senator (with Loren Grush)

    Jake and Anthony are joined by Loren Grush of Bloomberg to talk about Jared Isaacman’s second nomination hearing and everything else going on around the industry, like maybe Sam Altman’s foray into rockets. Also, a little side quest into AI.

  • Nov 21, 2025 · 1 hr

    219 - ITAR-Certified Auction Houses (with Ed Ge)

    Jake and Anthony are joined by Ed Ge, CEO and co-founder of Aethero, a space computing startup focused on building the best integrated hardware and software in space. Also we randomly go eBay shopping for old Russian space hardware.

  • Nov 6, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min

    217 - Buran DMCA Takedown (with Paul Fjeld)

    Jake and Anthony are joined by space artist and illustrator Paul Fjeld to review their rocket tier list, adjust some rankings, and add some new contenders to the mix.

  • Oct 31, 2025 · 1 hr 1 min

    216 - Golden Llama (with Eric Berger)

    Jake and Anthony are joined by Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, to talk about the fight to be NASA Administrator, and to provide the lander for Artemis 3.

  • Oct 9, 2025 · 1 hr 1 min

    214 - Blasting Through the Pork Chop

    Jake and Anthony do a good ol’ news roundup—Jared Isaacman may be back as NASA Administrator, Stoke Space raises a ton of money, New Glenn gets ready for its next launch, and we have thoughts about the communication of phasing orbits.

  • Sep 26, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min

    212 - Subcontractor Voltron

    A guest scheduling snafu, a sickness at Anthony’s house, and a great idea from a future guest leads to an old school late night Off-Nominal where the boys have some fun making a tier list of rockets.