Off-Nominal
Two friends, two beers, and a casual conversation about space. Landing monthly in your podcast feed.
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- Sep 18, 2026
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- Jul 10, 2026
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257 - Can You Fix Our RV? (with Nick Cialdella) (opens the original)
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Nick Cialdella, CTO of Varda Space Industries, to talk about manufacturing pharmaceuticals in space, the reentry technology that brings them back to Earth, Varda’s hypersonic testbed, and the business case for making things in orbit.
256 - The Ellis Number (opens the original)
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Jake and Anthony talk about Blue Origin building the Mars Telecommunications Network, Stoke splashing the cash and talking up Nova Block 2, and Anthony has a weird theory about Jared Isaacman.
255 - Sorry, Reno (with Matt Gjertsen) (opens the original)
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Matt Gjertsen, Founder of BUILT, to talk about his book, Minimum Viable Manager: Three Essential Skills for Leading Technical Teams That Solve Big Problems, the recovery of Starship at Christmas Island, and Starbase Louisiana.
254 - An Advocate of Crazy (with Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen) (opens the original)
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, Former Associate Administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate and leader of ETH Zurich Space, to talk about the state of science missions at NASA.
253 - Dome is Your Strategy (opens the original)
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It’s time for actual stock tips. Jake and Anthony draft competing $100,000 space portfolios and lock them in for a year.
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