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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Apr 25, 2024 · 1 hr
150 - Bullets and Cheetos
Erin Edwards joins Jake and Anthony to talk about flying helicopters, making the leap from the military to space, and being a Canadian CAPCOM at NASA.
Apr 19, 2024 · 1 hr 6 min
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.
Apr 11, 2024 · 1 hr
148 - Keep the Meter Running
Jake and Anthony catch up after some travels, unfortunate events, clouds, news, and hijinks.
Mar 29, 2024 · 1 hr 2 min
147 - Bouncy Castle Payload Adapter
Jake is joined my Simon Stähler from ETH Zürich to talk about the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
Mar 21, 2024 · 59 min
146 - Stocking the Shelves
Jake and Anthony are joined by Paul Niles, CLPS project scientist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, to talk about the science side of CLPS.
Mar 15, 2024 · 1 hr 4 min
145 - Space Elevator Jazz
Jake and Anthony are joined by Michael Sheetz, space reporter from CNBC, to talk about Starship’s third flight, recent earnings calls, whatever Astra is up to, and…there’s way too much on our list.
Mar 8, 2024 · 59 min
144 - The Tube Man
Jake and Anthony are joined by Swapna Krishna to catch up on space science news, and to talk about her projects like Ad Astra, Stargazing, and more.
Feb 29, 2024 · 1 hr 1 min
143 - Maneuver Without Regret (feat. Warfighting Domain) (feat. Tim Fernholz)
Jake and Anthony are joined by journalist and author Tim Fernholz to talk about some of his recent stories on the Space Force, Kam Ghaffarian, and let’s be honest, we’ll probably get distracted by Intuitive Machine’s first lunar landing attempt.
Feb 16, 2024 · 1 hr 8 min
142 - Multivariate Disaster
Jake and Anthony are joined by Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society, to talk about the latest on Mars Sample Return, JPL layoffs, and everything space policy.
Feb 9, 2024 · 1 hr 1 min
141 - TRL Valley of Death
Jake and Anthony are joined by Elizabeth Frank to talk about the future of the CLPS program, JPL’s Mars-focused Commercial Services Studies, and a whole bunch more, including Elizabeth’s epic travel photos.
Feb 2, 2024 · 1 hr
140 - Cultivating a Vibe
Jake and Anthony are joined by Rae Paoletta of The Planetary Society to pour one out for Ingenuity, breakdown the epic SLIM landing, and do some eclipse planning.
Jan 26, 2024 · 1 hr 1 min
139 - Sourdough Software Starter
Jake and Anthony are joined by John Conafay to talk about what he’s been up to since founding Integrate, and we’ll probably dish out some hot takes, too.
Jan 19, 2024 · 1 hr 2 min
138 - Double SPAC
Jake and Anthony are joined by Will Francis, Chief Commercial Officer at Agile Space Industries, to talk about his path through the industry—from co-founding Roccor, to being acquired by Redwire, to joining Agile—and what he’s learned along the way.
Jan 12, 2024 · 1 hr 4 min
137 - Daddy Space Force
Jake and Anthony are joined by Eric Berger to lay out our predictions for 2024!
Dec 21, 2023 · 1 hr 8 min
136 - A Little Bit Better Than Arianespace
Jake and Anthony are joined by Joe Barnard to present The Off-Nominees: the most bizarre space news stories of the year. We’ll debate what went the most comedically wrong this year, crown a winner, and also score some 2023 predictions.
Dec 15, 2023 · 1 hr 1 min
135 - Stupid Vertical Dogleg Machine
Jake and Anthony are joined by Tom Marotta of The Spaceport Company to talk about what they’re working on, spaceport operations, and the FAA licensing process.
Dec 8, 2023 · 1 hr 1 min
134 - Artemis II.5
Jake and Anthony check in on Starship, Artemis, spreadsheets, and a lost tomato on the ISS.
Nov 30, 2023 · 1 hr 2 min
133 - I’m an Adult with a Job
Jake and Anthony are joined by photographer Andrew McCarthy to talk about his journey into astrophotography, his process, and let’s be real, to gawk at his work. And also to convince Jake to buy telescopes.
Nov 17, 2023 · 1 hr
132 - Boneless Skineater
Jake and Anthony are joined by Tom Mueller, founder, CEO, and CTO of Impulse Space and former Propulsion CTO at SpaceX. We’ll talk about what Impulse Space is up to, including their literally-just-launched first mission to space.
Nov 10, 2023 · 59 min
131 - AAA for Science
Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Tanya Harrison to talk about the Earth and Planetary Institute of Canada that she—along with very-recent guest, Dr. Gordon Osinski!—founded and announced just a few weeks back.