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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Nov 2, 2023 · 1 hr 1 min
130 - Crossfire Between Scientists and Engineers
Planetary Scientist Stefano Nerozzi joins Jake and Anthony to talk about science on Mars, from Sample Return to mapping Mars’ Ice!
Oct 27, 2023 · 1 hr 1 min
129 - Tier 1 Gifts
Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Gordon Osinski from the University of Western Ontario and member of the Artemis 3 Geology team which will develop surface science plans for the first lunar EVAs since Apollo.
Oct 20, 2023 · 1 hr
128 - These Were Bad Movies
Jake and Anthony are joined by Stephen Hackett, co-founder of Relay FM and fellow space nerd, to talk about the ever-present SLS drama of the day, how Relay’s St. Jude fundraiser went, and partake in the first Terrible Space Movie Review Show™ in which we try to convince Stephen to watch our favorite of a bad batch of movies we watched.
Oct 13, 2023 · 1 hr
127 - Hot Moon Takes
Jason Davis of The Planetary Society makes his long-awaited return, to hang out with Jake and Anthony and talk about Psyche, OSIRIS-REx, solar eclipses, and surely a bunch of other stuff, too.
Sep 29, 2023 · 1 hr
126 - Whatever, Russell
Jake and Anthony are joined by Brendan Byrne, of WMFE and Are We There Yet?, to talk about watching spaceships return to Earth, talking to astronauts, a change of leadership at Blue Origin, and what’s been up in the Florida space scene of late.
Sep 22, 2023 · 58 min
125 - The Ball Pit
Jake and Anthony are joined by Alec Maestas, OSIRIS-REx Systems Engineer and Real-Time Operations, to talk about the asteroid sample return mission on the eve(ish) of sample arrival.
Sep 15, 2023 · 59 min
124 - Accidental Cadence
Jake and Anthony check in on human spaceflight with a bit of a roundup—Axiom-3, Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, SpaceX, and more.
Sep 8, 2023 · 1 hr 2 min
123 - An Exciting Time
Jake and Anthony are joined by Loren Grush of Bloomberg to talk about her new book, The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts.
Sep 1, 2023 · 1 hr
122 - Space.com Bubble
Jake and Anthony talk about recent financial news in the world of spaceflight and add some predictions to the 2023 list.
Aug 25, 2023 · 1 hr
121 - Status: Future
Jake and Anthony are joined by Mark Panning from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and PI of the Farside Seismic Suite to talk about the Chandrayaan-3 and Luna-25 Moon landings and what we can look forward too from CLPS coming soon.
Aug 17, 2023 · 1 hr
120 - Big Dumb Satellites
Jake and Anthony are joined by Karan Kunjur, Co-Founder of K2 Space, to talk about what they’re building, and what it means to build for a post-Starship future.
Aug 11, 2023 · 1 hr 2 min
119 - Don’t Train for the Nominal Shit
Jake and Anthony are joined by space artist and illustrator Paul Fjeld to talk about his career and to hear some stories from interesting projects and programs he’s worked on.
Aug 8, 2023 · 1 hr 10 min
118 - Experienced Drunk Idiots
Anthony is joined by Jonathan Vaughters, Founder and CEO of EF Education-EasyPost, and Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, to talk about space and cycling, who knows in what amounts. Sorry, Jake.
Jul 27, 2023 · 59 min
117 - ⅃ L
Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Phil Metzger to talk about his research into launch and landing pad debris.
Jul 21, 2023 · 1 hr 1 min
116 - Hot NSSL Summer
Jake is back, so Anthony will help get him caught up on the news, including the Mars Sample Return Hot Drama.
Jul 14, 2023 · 1 hr
115 - I’m Getting a Twinkie Vibe
Anthony is joined by Loren Grush (Bloomberg) and Rachael Zisk (Payload), to talk about Loren’s recent trip to see Virgin Galactic’s first commercial flight, to catch up on some news, and to do a mid-year check in on our 2023 predictions.
Jul 7, 2023 · 1 hr 1 min
114 - Starship Blue
Jake and Anthony are joined by Adrian Beil of NASASpaceFlight.com (and a long-time beloved member of the Off-Nominal Discord) to talk about how he got his start via an epic spreadsheet, and to tell some stories from his trip to Boca Chica for Starship.
Jun 23, 2023 · 1 hr
113 - AutoNav Road Rage
Jake and Anthony check in on the ongoing planetary missions around the solar system.
Jun 16, 2023 · 1 hr 3 min
112 - Big Microgravity
Jake and Anthony are joined by Grant Bonin to talk about his new venture, gravityLab, focused on partial gravity research.
Jun 9, 2023 · 1 hr 1 min
111 - Extended Warranty, New Fairings
Jake and Anthony are joined by Joey Roulette of Reuters to talk about the state of NASA’s fixed-price contracts in the face of the Starliner situation and lunar lander awards.