Best Anthony Colangelo Podcasts (2025)

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210 - Hufflepuff Ships (with Greg Gillinger) 59:40

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Jake and Anthony are joined by Greg Gillinger of Integrity ISR to talk about what Russia and China are up to lately with their space assets. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 210 - Hufflepuff Ships (with Greg Gillinger) - YouTube Integrity ISR: Forged by Service. Proven in Action. Integrity Flash Newsletter | ISR University Home - ISR University…

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T+309: EchoStar’s Spectrum Sale, Starlink’s Financials (with Caleb Henry, Director of Research at Quilty Space) 43:01

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Caleb Henry, Director of Research at Quilty Space, joins me to talk about EchoStar’s spectrum sales and constellation cancellation, SpaceX’s spectrum purchase, and the financials of Starlink. This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 34 executive producers—Bob, Heiko, Creative Taxi, Josh from Impulse, Russell, Donald, Will and Lars f…

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209 - Mars Life Pushers (with Chris Temby and Jan Špaček) 1:00:01

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Chris Temby and Jan Špaček join Jake and Anthony to talk about the Agnostic Life Finding Association and the search for life on Mars. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 209 - Mars Life Pushers (with Chris Temby and Jan Špaček) - YouTube ALFA Mars Agnostic Life Finding Association, Inc. (@alfamarsinc) / X ALFA Mars - YouTube Follow Off-Nominal Sub…

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208 - 1-0 Freedom 59:11

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Jake and Anthony talk about Starship Flight 10, what the future holds for the Starship program, and the Chinese lunar program. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 208 - 1-0 Freedom - YouTube SpaceX - Starship's Tenth Flight Test After recent tests, China appears likely to beat the United States back to the Moon - Ars Technica Follow Off-Nominal Su…

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T+308: Chatting with Casey Handmer 36:09

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Casey Handmer, Founder of Terraform Industries, joins me to talk about the state of NASA in 2025, talent acquisition and retention, productivity, and so much more. This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 34 executive producers—Kris, Joakim (Jo-Kim), Creative Taxi, Heiko, Joel, Frank, Josh from Impulse, The Astrogators at SEE, David…

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207 - Replacement Money (with Randy Riddle, LeonRunningMan!) 1:01:46

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Jake and Anthony are joined by Randy Riddle, retired small rocket chief engineer and long time anomaly (it’s LeonRunningMan, himself!), to talk about his career in the Air Force, how appropriated money actually works from the government side, and to tell a ton of stories. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 207 - Replacement Money (with Randy Ridd…

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T+307: Executive Order on Regulatory Reform (with Tom Marotta) 30:47

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Tom Marotta of The Spaceport Company joins me to talk about the executive order this week focused on commercial space regulatory reform, what problems it seeks to solve, his experience on both sides of those issues, and how we should understand the positioning of the order. This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 34 executive produ…

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206 - Coalition for Deep State Exploration 58:49

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Jake and Anthony kick around the news, from Vulcan and Ariane 6 launches on the same day, Blue Origin’s MTO, and some licensing talk, because that’s super fun. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 206 - Coalition for Deep State Exploration - YouTube After first operational launch, here’s the next big test for ULA’s Vulcan rocket - Ars Technica ESA …

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205 - Knives Out for Kansas 59:30

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Jake and Anthony decide which spaceship(s) they would like to steal from a museum. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 205 - Knives Out for Kansas - YouTube NASA’s new chief has radically rewritten the rules for private space stations - Ars Technica Lawmakers writing NASA’s budget want a cheaper upper stage for the SLS rocket - Ars Technica Is the…

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T+306: Lunar Outpost (with Michael Moreno, VP of Strategy) 41:56

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Michael Moreno, VP of Strategy at Lunar Outpost, joins me to talk about what they’ve been up to at the company, the NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services contract, the idea of services as a business on the Moon, and more. This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 35 executive producers—Lee, Russell, Fred, The Astrogators at SEE, David,…

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The Nanas in the Village: Hospitality & Anticipation as a Superpower 52:24

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This week Richard and Joe are still unpacking Second Harvest leading to some insights into the concept of hospitality as a skill. Convening the right people, the right way, and letting uncommon outcomes happen is a skill both Richard and Joe have developed over decades and applying these ideas to clients and relationships can yield profound outcome…

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204 - It’s Not Delivery, It’s Deorbit (with Joe Barnard) 1:01:38

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Jake and Anthony are joined by Joe Barnard to catch up and finally discuss High Steaks! Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 204 - It’s Not Delivery, It’s Deorbit (with Joe Barnard) - YouTube Can Supersonic Heating Cook Steak? - YouTube High Steaks Flight 1 - Onboard Footage 50% Speed with Data Overlay - YouTube Smallest 4K 120fps Camera Possible -…

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Second Harvest! Behind the Scenes 54:57

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Richard and Devon launched Second Harvest in Austria successfully and he's here to spill a ton of behind the scenes details, insights into the event, deeper dives into the unique philosophy behind Second Harvest, how it went, and where it goes from here. This is a must-listen if you've followed this event at all along the way!https://www.secondharv…

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203 - 20 Tree and Me 55:16

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Jake and Anthony return from their travels with stories, and a ton of news to catch each other up on. And we’ll find out if Jake was the person who bought NWA 16799. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 203 - 20 Tree and Me - YouTube The largest Mars meteorite on Earth has sold for $4.3 million | Space Congress passes budget reconciliation bill wit…

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T+305: The Starship 36 Explosion, and ESA Policy (with Adrian Beil, NASASpaceflight) 1:06:14

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A special simulcast of this week’s Off-Nominal—the other show I do, if you somehow haven’t heard of it!—because it’s exactly the topic list with exactly the guest I had up next on my list. I’m joined by Adrian Beil of NASASpaceflight to talk about the recent mayhem at Starbase, and to kick around European space policy topics in the run up to the ES…

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202 - Rapidly Adjusting (with Adrian Beil) 1:03:56

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Anthony is joined by Adrian Beil of NASASpaceflight to talk about the recent mayhem at Starbase, and to kick around European space policy topics in the run up to the ESA Ministerial later this year. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 202 - Rapidly Adjusting (with Adrian Beil) - YouTube Following the Loss of Ship 36, SpaceX now Focuses on Rebuildi…

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201 - Bad Ass, But Also Bad (with Casey Dreier and Eric Berger) 1:04:30

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Anthony is joined by Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society, and Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, to talk about the NASA 2026 budget proposal, the Jared Isaacman saga, and all the space policy storylines you could imagine. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 201 - Bad Ass, But Also Bad (with Casey Dreier and …

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200 - On the Interstages of Giants (with Matt Gjertsen) 59:52

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Jake and Anthony are joined by Matt Gjertsen, founder of Better Every Day Studios, to talk about leadership and management development in the space industry (and elsewhere!). Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 200 - On the Interstages of Giants (with Matt Gjertsen) - YouTube Better Every Day Studios Follow Matt Easily listen to Leadership Launchp…

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T+304: The Musk/Trump Breakup, Jared Isaacman’s Withdrawn Nomination, and Starship Flight 9 (with Lori Garver) 49:36

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Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator, joins me to talk about the chaos of the last week: the withdraw of Jared Isaacman’s nomination for NASA Administrator, Starship Flight 9, and of course, the wild public breakup of Elon Musk and President Trump. This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 33 executive producers—David, Donal…

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199 - The Thing That We Grow Plants 58:04

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It returns. Hot drama. Also a moon lander is happening right now. Also Twitter fights break out. Also a moon lander doesn’t happen. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 199 - The Thing That We Grow Plants - YouTube Isaacman: people with ‘axes to grind’ about Musk caused withdrawn NASA nomination - SpaceNews White House to withdraw Isaacman nominati…

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Alliance Has Direction 51:43

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In this episode, Joe and Richard explore the difference between community and alliance: “An alliance is going someplace… it has direction.” They trade time-travel hypotheticals, reflect on the problem-solving joy of The Martian and The Last of Us, and debate whether their businesses are behaving like nouns or verbs. “Do something with this,” Joe in…

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198 - Gotahm 1:01:15

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Jake and Anthony figure out if we should panic about Starship, or just Starship Block 2, or not. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 198 - Gotahm - YouTube Starship’s Ninth Flight Test - SpaceX - Launches Northrop Grumman Invests $50 Million in Firefly Aerospace to Advance Medium Launch Vehicle Named Eclipse™ Introducing the new Northrop Grumman l…

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197 - Valves and Cranberries 59:30

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Anthony is in his new studio! He and Jake catch up on his recent trip to Marotta Controls, Anthony shares the good news about valves, and they try to figure out what the hell is going on with VIPER. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 197 - Valves and Cranberries - YouTube T+302: A Tour of Marotta Controls - Main Engine Cut Off Controls Engineerin…

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Solid Diagonal Line Up: Anthony Colangelo & MECO's origin story 51:54

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While Richard was away Joe catches up with Anthony Colangelo, partner at Pine Works, host of Main Engine Cut Off & cohost of Off-Nominal, Engineering leader, iOS product developer, birds fan, dad, and Joe's spiritual nephew. Anthony has grown a space flght, exploration, and policy podcast empire rooted in his sincere passion and strong opinions re:…

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196 - ❌ Lady Telescope ❌ 59:03

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Jake and Anthony talk about Firefly’s latest spectacular Alpha failure, and the skinny budget request. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 196 - ❌ Lady Telescope ❌ - YouTube Trump Proposes $6 Billion Cut to NASA – SpacePolicyOnline.com NASA scrambles to cut ISS activity due to budget issues - Ars Technica Firefly Alpha launches FLTA006 Message In …

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T+303: The Trump 2024 Transition (with Mark Albrecht) 53:42

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Mark Albrecht joins me to talk about his time on the Trump 2024 Transition Team, the thinking behind some of the policy decisions we’re starting to see in the space and national security spheres, and more. This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 33 executive producers—Joonas, The Astrogators at SEE, Will and Lars from Agile, Theo a…

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T+302: A Tour of Marotta Controls 1:38:45

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We take a tour of Marotta Controls in Montville, New Jersey, to see how they work, how they develop, produce, and test products at rate, and we learn about the most feared topic in space—valves! This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 33 executive producers—Joonas, Josh from Impulse, Heiko, Donald, Stealth Julian, Warren, Kris, Fra…

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T+301: Hypersonics and Constellations (with Caleb Henry) 42:05

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Caleb Henry, Director of Research at Quilty Space, joins me to talk megaconstellations, the hypersonics industry, and more. This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 33 executive producers—Joonas, Josh from Impulse, Heiko, Donald, Stealth Julian, Warren, Kris, Frank, Steve, Bob, Better Every Day Studios, The Astrogators at SEE, Joaki…

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195 - Dirtiest Thing in the Cleanroom (with Dante Lauretta) 58:46

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Jake and Anthony are joined by Dante Lauretta, Principal Investigator of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, and Professor of Planetary Science at the University of Arizona, to talk about—take a guess!—returning and studying pristine samples from Bennu. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 195 - Dirtiest Thing in the Cleanroom (with Dante Lauretta) - YouTub…

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194 - St. Bart’s on a Tuesday (with Roman Chiporukha) 52:09

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Jake and Anthony are joined by Roman Chiporukha, founder of SpaceVIP, a travel agency for space. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 194 - St. Bart’s on a Tuesday (with Roman Chiporukha) - YouTube SpaceVIP | Your Gateway to the Cosmos Space Prize Blue Origin’s First All-Female Spaceflight Stunt - The New York Times Radian Aerospace – World’s First…

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T+300: Isaacman’s Confirmation Hearing, NASA and NOAA Budgets, NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 Awards 26:48

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Jared Isaacman was in Congress for a confirmation hearing for his nomination as NASA Administrator, which was followed up by reports of huge proposed budget cuts at NASA and NOAA. And as expected, SpaceX, ULA, and Blue Origin all received awards for NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2. This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 33 executive producers…