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    #144: Elon Being Elon and the Early Days of SpaceX, with Eric Berger

    February 23rd, 2021 · 52 minutes

    Jason and Stephen are joined by Eric Berger to discuss his new book Liftoff, which covers the origins of SpaceX. Eric is the Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica and the book comes out on March 2.

    Guest Starring: Eric Berger

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    Links and Show Notes

    Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX – HarperCollins
    Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) / Twitter
    NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Provides First Audio Recording on Mars | NASA
    The Insane Engineering of the Perseverance Rover - YouTube
    Linux has made it to Mars - The Verge
    How NASA Designed a Helicopter That Could Fly Autonomously on Mars - IEEE Spectrum
    The FAA is no longer concerned with SpaceX’s Starship SN9 and SN8 - The Verge
    Starship SN10 hopeful for launch "this week" - Super Heavy waiting in the wings - NASASpaceFlight.com
    A politician who said politicians shouldn’t run NASA wants to run NASA | Ars Technica
    Breaking Defense on Twitter on Nelson/Melroy Rumor
    Green Run Update: NASA Investigating Valve Performance Before Second Hot Fire – Artemis
    NASA sees “reasonable chance” of first SLS launch this year - SpaceNews