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260 - Launching on Thursday (with Scott Edwards)

October 9, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

Jake and Anthony are joined by Scott Edwards, Director and Executive Producer of To the Black, a documentary chronicling Firefly’s journey from bankruptcy to almost bankruptcy again to international drama to orbit and all the moments in…
259 - Overhead (with Chris Kemp)

October 2, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

Jake and Anthony are joined by Astra founder and CEO Chris Kemp to talk about the company’s road back from the brink, Rocket 4, and why he still sees a path for it today. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTubeEpisode 259 - Overhead (with Chris Kemp)…
258 - Not a Space Guy (with Daniel Drew)

September 25, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

Jake and Anthony are joined by Daniel Drew of the University of Hawaiʻi to talk about SPARK, his concept for exploring Titan’s caves with aerobots powered by solid-state atmospheric ion thrusters. Seriously. Topics Off-Nominal…
257 - Can You Fix Our RV? (with Nick Cialdella)

September 18, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

Jake and Anthony are joined by Nick Cialdella, CTO of Varda Space Industries, to talk about manufacturing pharmaceuticals in space, the reentry technology that brings them back to Earth, Varda’s hypersonic testbed, and the business case…
256 - The Ellis Number

September 11, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

Jake and Anthony talk about Blue Origin building the Mars Telecommunications Network, Stoke splashing the cash and talking up Nova Block 2, and Anthony has a weird theory about Jared Isaacman. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTubeEpisode 256 - The…

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255 - Sorry, Reno (with Matt Gjertsen)

September 4, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

Jake and Anthony are joined by Matt Gjertsen, Founder of BUILT, to talk about his book, Minimum Viable Manager: Three Essential Skills for Leading Technical Teams That Solve Big Problems, the recovery of Starship at Christmas Island, and…
254 - An Advocate of Crazy (with Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen)

August 27, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, Former Associate Administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate and leader of ETH Zurich Space, to talk about the state of science missions at NASA. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube…
253 - Dome is Your Strategy

August 20, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

It’s time for actual stock tips. Jake and Anthony draft competing $100,000 space portfolios and lock them in for a year. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube 253 - Dome is Your Strategy - YouTube Follow Off-Nominal Subscribe to the show!…
252 - Paying Now and Later (with Eric Berger and Joe Barnard)

August 13, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

Anthony is joined by Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, and Joe Barnard to talk about crewed spaceflight in the 2030s, what options exist if and when Dragon stops flying, and what we should do about it. Topics Off-Nominal…
251 - Yada Yada Yada (with Dan Rasky, Charles Miller, and Charlie Camarda)

August 6, 2026 · 60 min

Jake and Anthony are joined by Dan Rasky, Charles Miller, and Charlie Camarda—the sources of the heat shield discourse!—to talk about Starship Flight 13 and thermal protection systems overall. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 251…
250 - Tile Enthusiast

July 31, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

Jake and Anthony talk about Starship Flight 13, the heat shield discourse, Dragon beyond 2030, and shockingly, Jake was the one to say “Let’s talk about the National Security Space Launch program.” Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode…
249 - Peeing Out Your Bones (with Ethan Barajas and Jamie Palmer)

July 24, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

Jake and Anthony are joined by Ethan Barajas and Jamie Palmer, co-founders of Icarus Robotics, to talk about—what else?—robots in space! Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 249 - Peeing Out Your Bones (with Ethan Barajas and Jamie…