NASA’s Office of the Inspector General has released a scathing report on the US Space Agency’s “Management of the Mobile Launcher 2 Project".  Blue Origin’s New Shepard launches six passengers to the Kármán line. The CEO of Millennium Space, Boeing's satellite manufacturing subsidiary, has quietly stepped down from the company, and is joining Firefly Aerospace as CEO, and more.

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T-Minus Guest

Our guest today is David Alexander, Director of the Rice Space Institute.

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Selected Reading

Final Report - IG-24-016 - NASA's Management of the Mobile Launcher 2 Project

https://x.com/blueorigin/status/1829134028303393185

First NASA-Supported Researcher to Fly on Suborbital Rocket

Banijay Asia Seeks “New Horizons” By Sending Indian Citizen Into Space On Television

The CEO of Boeing’s satellite maker, Millennium Space, has quietly left the company

Firefly Aerospace Names Jason Kim As New Chief Executive Officer

Air Force Selects Outpost for $33.2 Million Award to Develop Scalable Earth Return Vehicle for Hypersonic Testing and Re-Entry Missions- Business Wire

Notorious Iranian Hackers Have Been Targeting the Space Industry With a New Backdoor- WIRED

NASA Assigns Astronaut Jonny Kim to First Space Station Mission

NASA Expands Human Exploration Rover Challenge to Middle Schools

South Africa to Launch its National Astro-Tourism Strategy

Department of Defense Awards $190 Million Cooperative Agreement to Deliver National STEM Education and Outreach Programs

New lunar tech turns moon dust into drinking water

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