T+221: Psyche Misses Its Launch Window, SIMPLEx Missions Struggle to Find Theirs (with Jake Robins)

Our good friend Jake Robins, host of WeMartians and my cohost on Off-Nominal, joins me to talk about Psyche missing its launch window, the state of the SIMPLEx program, its troubles with launch slots, and how NASA might approach this in the future.

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Topics

• WeMartians Podcast
• 124 - The Future of the Mars Program (feat. Scott Hubbard)
• Jake Robins | Patreon
• WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) / Twitter
• Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) / Twitter
• Off-Nominal
• NASA Announces Launch Delay for Psyche Asteroid Mission | NASA
• Software testing problem delays Psyche launch - SpaceNews
• Psyche launch delay forcing revamp of rideshare mission - SpaceNews
• NASA SOMA: SIMPLEx- Homepage
• NASA Mars smallsat mission passes review - SpaceNews
• NASA moves up Lunar Trailblazer launch - SpaceNews

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