I’m Anthony Colangelo.

With Jake away, Swapna Krishna and Caleb Henry join Anthony for a very Philadelphia-themed episode.

Jared Isaacman of the Polaris Program joins me to talk about how the program began, how it’s envisioned, how they choose what to take on and solve, how they interact with SpaceX, and why he’s chosen to contribute to spaceflight in this way.

Elizabeth Howell of Space.com joins Jake and Anthony to talk about her new book, Why Am I Taller, with astronaut Dave Williams.

Ben Brockert joins Jake and Anthony to tell stories from his various adventures in the space industry.

Last week, I took a visit to Pittsburgh to visit Astrobotic, who is working on a few different landers and rovers destined for the Moon. I got to sit down with several team members for a series of conversations about what they’re working on, how things are going, and how the company is approaching the next few years in the industry.

Anthony took a trip to Pittsburgh to visit Astrobotic this week, and he’s back to talk about it with Jake.

In the wake of Axiom-1, NASA has revised the requirements for future Private Astronaut Missions. It seems to put pressure on the market to focus on a certain customer base, like research and national astronauts, and it definitely changes the math for future flights.

Jake and Anthony are joined by Kristin Fisher of CNN to talk about Artemis I, and the coverage out there in the world in all the places us space nerds aren’t.

Bob Pearce, Associate Administrator of NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, joins me to talk about Aeronautics at NASA. We talk about how the directorate fits into the agency overall, how they develop its strategic direction, how they choose which projects to take on, how they transfer technology to industry, what they’re working on right now, and what they’ll tackle in the future.

Jake and Anthony are joined by Matthew Russell of the The Interplanetary Podcast to talk about his trip to French Guiana to commentate the first launch of Vega C.