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Off-Nominal Studios

Two friends, two beers, and a casual conversation about space. Landing monthly in your podcast feed.

Episodes

20 of 268 episodes

263 - Eric’s Burger Article

Jake and Anthony break down the oh-my-god-how-long-is-this-update Artemis III and IV updates, and the current SpaceX-turning-away-from-the-i...

01:08:27Oct 30, 2026

262 - Barely Moons

Jake and Anthony run through the news to talk about MMX and its Phobos sample return, the return of Venus missions, and the always-talked-ab...

01:00:24Oct 23, 2026

261 - I am the LEO Economy (with Eric Berger)

Jake and Anthony are joined by Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, to talk about the latest Starliner situation, LEO beyond Dr...

00:59:57Oct 16, 2026

260 - Launching on Thursday (with Scott Edwards)

Jake and Anthony are joined by Scott Edwards, Director and Executive Producer of To the Black, a documentary chronicling Firefly’s journey f...

01:02:09Oct 9, 2026

259 - Overhead (with Chris Kemp)

Jake and Anthony are joined by Astra founder and CEO Chris Kemp to talk about the company’s road back from the brink, Rocket 4, and why he s...

01:00:34Oct 2, 2026

258 - Not a Space Guy (with Daniel Drew)

Jake and Anthony are joined by Daniel Drew of the University of Hawaiʻi to talk about SPARK, his concept for exploring Titan’s caves with ae...

01:09:29Sep 25, 2026

257 - Can You Fix Our RV? (with Nick Cialdella)

Jake and Anthony are joined by Nick Cialdella, CTO of Varda Space Industries, to talk about manufacturing pharmaceuticals in space, the reen...

01:01:26Sep 18, 2026

256 - The Ellis Number

Jake and Anthony talk about Blue Origin building the Mars Telecommunications Network, Stoke splashing the cash and talking up Nova Block 2,...

01:01:44Sep 11, 2026

255 - Sorry, Reno (with Matt Gjertsen)

Jake and Anthony are joined by Matt Gjertsen, Founder of BUILT, to talk about his book, Minimum Viable Manager: Three Essential Skills for L...

01:03:41Sep 4, 2026

254 - An Advocate of Crazy (with Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen)

Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, Former Associate Administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate and leader of ETH...

01:00:57Aug 27, 2026

253 - Dome is Your Strategy

It’s time for actual stock tips. Jake and Anthony draft competing $100,000 space portfolios and lock them in for a year.

01:01:54Aug 20, 2026

252 - Paying Now and Later (with Eric Berger and Joe Barnard)

Anthony is joined by Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, and Joe Barnard to talk about crewed spaceflight in the 2030s, what o...

01:03:43Aug 13, 2026

251 - Yada Yada Yada (with Dan Rasky, Charles Miller, and Charlie Camarda)

Jake and Anthony are joined by Dan Rasky, Charles Miller, and Charlie Camarda—the sources of the heat shield discourse!—to talk about Starsh...

00:59:51Aug 6, 2026

250 - Tile Enthusiast

Jake and Anthony talk about Starship Flight 13, the heat shield discourse, Dragon beyond 2030, and shockingly, Jake was the one to say “Let’...

01:01:05Jul 31, 2026

249 - Peeing Out Your Bones (with Ethan Barajas and Jamie Palmer)

Jake and Anthony are joined by Ethan Barajas and Jamie Palmer, co-founders of Icarus Robotics, to talk about—what else?—robots in space!

01:01:03Jul 24, 2026

248 - Earth Quality (with Jason Dunn)

Jake and Anthony are joined by Outpost Co-Founder and CEO Jason Dunn to talk about their Earth return vehicles across national security, in-...

01:00:42Jul 17, 2026

247 - RTGs Don’t Grow on Trees

Jake and Anthony talk about the PROMISE rover, the state of decisions in NASA’s Isaacman era, Rocket Lab buying Iridium, and they give Jerem...

01:02:01Jul 10, 2026

246 - Stock Tips

Jake catches Anthony up on the news he missed while on vacation, and also how expensive stage adapters have become.

01:00:13Jun 26, 2026

245 - Polar Bears and Penguins (with Jonathan Goff and Mike Loucks)

Jake and Anthony are joined by Jonathan Goff, Director of Advanced Concepts at Gravitics, and Mike Loucks, CEO at SEE, to talk about where t...

01:03:01Jun 12, 2026

244 - Helen from Everywhere (with Lindy Elkins-Tanton)

Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Principal Investigator of Psyche, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about Leadership on big NASA missions in her new book...

01:06:15Jun 5, 2026