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 between.

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• Off-Nominal - YouTube
• Episode 260 - Launching on Thursday (with Scott Edwards) - YouTube
• To the Black – Movie
• Firefly co-founder Markusic to step down as CEO - SpaceNews
• Feds who forced Ukrainian investor to sell rocket company backtrack years later - Ars Technica

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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 - YouTube
• Episode 259 - Overhead (with Chris Kemp) - YouTube
• Astra Rocket 4.0 | Private Space Launch Company
• Astra is Poised to Rewrite the 'Commercial' Rocket Equation with its 2027 Rocket 4 Launch - The Debrief
• Astra Launches NASA's ELaNa 41 Mission - YouTube

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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 - YouTube
• Episode 258 - Not a Space Guy (with Daniel Drew) - YouTube
• SPARK
• This Crazy Robot Could Explore the CAVES of Titan [NIAC 2026] - YouTube
• Huygens's descent to Titan's surface - YouTube
• Oryctes rhinoceros - Wikipedia
• Spotted lanternfly - Wikipedia
• Spotted Lanternfly Alert | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• Here’s Why You Should Kill Spotted Lanternflies - The New York Times

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• The Drew Research Lab

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