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  • 223 - Not a Friend, But a Customer (with Emilee Speck)

    223 - Not a Friend, But a Customer (with Emilee Speck)
    Jan 9 2026

    Jake and Anthony are joined by Emilee Speck, Senior Content Editor at AccuWeather, to look back at their 2025 predictions, and make a few for 2026.

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    • Off-Nominal - YouTube
    • Episode 223 - Not a Friend, But a Customer (with Emilee Speck) - YouTube

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  • 222 - Way to Gaureau (Presenting the 2025 Off-Nominees with Brendan Byrne)

    222 - Way to Gaureau (Presenting the 2025 Off-Nominees with Brendan Byrne)
    Dec 19 2025
    Jake and Anthony are joined by Brendan Byrne, News Director at Central Florida Public Media and host of Are We There Yet?, to present the 2025 Off-Nominees: the most bizarre space news stories of the year.TopicsOff-Nominal - YouTubeEpisode 222 - Way to Gaureau (Presenting the 2025 Off-Nominees with Brendan Byrne) - YouTubeThe Off-Nominal Awards - Off-NominalEutelsat resolves OneWeb leap year software glitch after two-day outage - SpaceNewsJeff Foust on X: “NASA says there could be delays in the next Cygnus mission to the ISS after its shipping container sustained damage. NASA will alter the cargo manifest for the next cargo Dragon mission to put more consumables on it.”Isar Aerospace’s first Spectrum launch fails - SpaceNewsLivestream: First test flight of Isar Aerospace - YouTubeBOOM! ISAR Spectrum Rocket Launch Failure - YouTubeJeff Bezos Faceplants at Blue Origin Rocket Launch Capsule LandingUnpacking claims Jeff Bezos opening the Blue Origin capsule hatch was staged | Snopes.comAlpha FLTA006 "Message In A Booster" - YouTube[EXCLUSIVE] ERIS | Test Flight 1 SUCCESS | Gilmour Space Technologies - YouTubeAir Safety #OTD by Francisco Cunha on X: “Here´s an international mess... Today, a Zambian-registered light aircraft, carrying 400 pounds of drugs with "SpaceX" labels, inbound from Colombia, crashed in Brazil, killing the pilot, who was Australian.”Before a Soyuz launch Thursday someone forgot to secure a 20-ton service platform - Ars TechnicaKatya Pavlushchenko on X: “New photos of the damaged launch pad at Site 31 of Baikonur Kosmodrome were published in Telegram channels and on Novosti Kosmonavtiki forum. Sad to see it like this.”R-7 ICBM/Soyuz rocket launch facilities in BaikonurAlejandro Alcantarilla Romera (Alex) on X: “More than two and a half years after the last Proton launch, another one is out on the pad for launch in a few days.”Jake’s Original Falcon Heavy TakeBooster 18 suffers anomaly during proof testing - NASASpaceFlight.comRoscosmos replaces cosmonaut on next Crew Dragon mission to ISS - SpaceNewsSo how do Russian cosmonauts feel about Russia’s war on Ukraine? - Ars TechnicaNASA rebukes Russian use of space station for propaganda purposes [Updated] - Ars TechnicaFollow BrendanBrendan Byrne (@SpaceBrendan) / XBrendan ByrneAre We There Yet? : NPRFollow Off-NominalSubscribe to the show! - Off-NominalSupport the show, join the DiscordOff-Nominal (@offnom) / TwitterOff-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceFollow JakeWeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to MarsWeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceFollow AnthonyMain Engine Cut OffMain Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | TwitterMain Engine Cut Off (@meco@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | TwitterAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘Off-Nominal MerchandiseOff-Nominal Logo TeeWeMartians Shop | MECO Shop
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  • 221 - Ornithopter of Spacecraft (with Jeffrey Kluger)

    221 - Ornithopter of Spacecraft (with Jeffrey Kluger)
    Dec 11 2025

    Jake and Anthony are joined by Jeffrey Kluger to talk about his new book, Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, the Untold Story.

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    • Episode 221 - Ornithopter of Spacecraft (with Jeffrey Kluger) - YouTube
    • Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, the Untold Story: Kluger, Jeffrey: 9781250323002: Amazon.com: Books
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  • 220 - I Will Always Follow the Law, Senator (with Loren Grush)

    220 - I Will Always Follow the Law, Senator (with Loren Grush)
    Dec 5 2025

    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.

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    • Off-Nominal - YouTube
    • Episode 220 - I Will Always Follow the Law, Senator (with Loren Grush) - YouTube
    • SpaceX Backer, Vying to Run NASA, Downplays Ties With Musk - Bloomberg
    • SpaceX Pitches Accelerated Moon Landing Plan After NASA Pressure - Bloomberg
    • Bezos’ Blue Origin Lofts NASA Craft, Nails Booster Landing - Bloomberg
    • Exclusive | OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Has Explored Deal to Build Competitor to Elon Musk’s SpaceX - WSJ
    • Roscosmos replaces cosmonaut on next Crew Dragon mission to ISS - SpaceNews
    • Telegram: View @roscosmos_gk
    • Telegram Widget

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

    219 - ITAR-Certified Auction Houses (with Ed Ge)
    Nov 21 2025
    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.TopicsOff-Nominal - YouTubeEpisode 219 - ITAR-Certified Auction Houses (with Ed Ge) - YouTubeAethero - Space Data, Re-ImaginedCosmic Shielding works with Aethero to protect Nvidia Jetson Orin NX GPU - SpaceNewsROSCOSMOS COSMONAUT SERGEY RYZHIKOV SPARE WINTER JACKET SOYUZ MS-27 ISS EXP. 73 | eBayPREFLIGHT THE CHALLENGE MOVIE COSMONAUT A. SHKAPLEROV JACKET SOYUZ MS-19 | eBayCosmonaut Oleg Novitsky Jersey T-shirt Soyuz MS-18 ISS Expedition 65 Gagarin :) | eBayLOK Lunar Lander LK Salyut Space Station Periscope Extremely Rare Artifact | eBayActual Console Panel Soyuz TM/Mir Space Station Extremely Rare | eBayFollow EdEdward (@somefoundersalt) / XFollow Off-NominalSubscribe to the show! - Off-NominalSupport the show, join the DiscordOff-Nominal (@offnom) / TwitterOff-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceFollow JakeWeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to MarsWeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceFollow AnthonyMain Engine Cut OffMain Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | TwitterMain Engine Cut Off (@meco@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | TwitterAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘Off-Nominal MerchandiseOff-Nominal Logo TeeWeMartians Shop | MECO Shop
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  • 218 - How Many Boeing 737s Tall

    218 - How Many Boeing 737s Tall
    Nov 14 2025

    Jake and Anthony watch the ESCAPADE launch on New Glenn, and catch up on some other news.

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    • Off-Nominal - YouTube
    • Episode 218 - How Many Boeing 737s Tall - YouTube
    • Replay: New Glenn Mission NG-2 Webcast - YouTube
    • New Glenn launches NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars mission, lands booster - SpaceNews
    • What would a “simplified” Starship plan for the Moon actually look like? - Ars Technica
    • In a stunning comeback, Jared Isaacman is renominated to lead NASA - Ars Technica
    • NASA is kind of a mess: Here are the top priorities for a new administrator - Ars Technica
    • China continues assessment of Shenzhou-20 crew return after suspected debris strike - SpaceNews

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  • 217 - Buran DMCA Takedown (with Paul Fjeld)

    217 - Buran DMCA Takedown (with Paul Fjeld)
    Nov 6 2025

    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.

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    • Episode 217 - Buran DMCA Takedown (with Paul Fjeld) - YouTube
    • Episode 217 Outtakes
    • Rocket Tier List Rebuttal ※ veridical.net
    • Off-Nominal Official Rocket - TierMaker (First Take)
    • Off-Nominal Rocket Tiers Mark 2 - TierMaker (Spoilers)

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  • 216 - Golden Llama (with Eric Berger)

    216 - Golden Llama (with Eric Berger)
    Oct 31 2025

    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.

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    • Off-Nominal - YouTube
    • Episode 216 - Golden Llama (with Eric Berger) - YouTube
    • Why did NASA’s chief just shake up the agency’s plans to land on the Moon? - Ars Technica
    • Elon Musk just declared war on NASA’s acting administrator, apparently - Ars Technica
    • How America fell behind China in the lunar space race—and how it can catch back up - Ars Technica
    • Actually, we are going to tell you the odds of recovering New Glenn’s second launch - Ars Technica
    • GEORGE SANTOS reviewing NASA space suit 🚀🚀🚀 - YouTube

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