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Just one today, here's the PDF. Apologies for the file size, there are a lot of pictures for this presentation.

The Space Shot- Google Drive PDF Link

Dropbox link if there are issues with Google Drive- Dropbox PDF Link

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Chariots for Apollo- NASA History PDF Link

Stratolaunch Layoffs

Stratolaunch Main Website

Stratolaunch and SpaceX part ways

Virgin Galactic Goes for Two, Helps NASA Mature Space Tech- NASA.gov

Bezos emphasizes altitude advantage of New Shepard over SpaceShipTwo- SpaceNews.com

SpaceX- Crew Demo 1 Launch

SpaceX successfully returned Crew Dragon to Earth. At the time of recording this had not happened. Here's a link to the landing. Demo-1 Post-Splashdown Remarks from Benji Reed- NASA Commercial Crew Blog

Demo-1 Concludes With Crew Dragon Splashdown- NASA.gov

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Check out this video from Virgin Galactic, it's got some awesome footage and pilot Dave MacKay, the Virgin Galactic's Chief Pilot.
VSS Unity First Powered Flight

Virgin Galactic Aims to Fly Space Tourists in 2018, CEO Says- Space.com

NASA, Boeing May Evolve Flight Test Strategy

Parachute Testing Lands Partners Closer to Crewed Flight Tests

CRS-8 Launch and Landing- SpaceX

CRS-8 Landing (From Webcast, starts at 27 minutes, 15 seconds

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Subcommittee on Space Hearing - An Update on NASA Commercial Crew Systems Development

SpaceX and customers defend Falcon 9 performance after Zuma mission

Powering Up NASA’s Human Reach for the Red Planet

From NASA-
Thursday, Jan. 18, Noon: NASA and partners discuss power for future space exploration. From the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, NASA and its partners will discuss a recent experiment involving a new power source that could provide the safe, efficient and plentiful energy needed for future robotic and human space exploration missions. Live streaming audio of the news conference and presentation slides will be available on this page.

Here's the Forbes piece. I didn't have time to address everything in the article, but you can read it here and check it out. Thompson admits he's a bit biased because he's worked for Boeing and Lockheed Martin in the past. The difference between SpaceX and ULA is that ULA and its parent companies have been around since the beginning of the space age, not just 2002 like SpaceX.
Doubts About SpaceX Reliability Persist As Astronaut Missions Approach

On Atlantis’ anniversary, USA’s future space fleet closing in on maiden flights-
Chris Bergin NASA SpaceFlight.com

I didn't mention this in the episode, but I will discuss this in a future episode. The Liberty Bell 7 Capsule was restored by SpaceWorks the restoration team at the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Kansas. Here's an old CNN.com article from the day the capsule was recovered from the ocean floor.

Liberty Bell 7 capsule raised from ocean floor
Cosmosphere- SpaceWorks

NASA Mission Archives- Mercury-Redstone 4
Liberty Bell 7

Space Shuttle Atlantis-

STS-135 NASA Mission Information
STS-135 The Final Voyage

STS-65 NASA Mission Information
STS-65 Press Release
STS-65 Experiments

JFK Rice University Speech
JFK Urgent National Needs

President Nixon's 1972 Announcement on the Space Shuttle

Challenger: President Reagan's Challenger Disaster Speech

President Obama's April 2010 Remarks on Space Exploration in the 21st Century
President Obama Speech Transcript

NASA Provides Coverage of Vice President Pence’s Visit to Kennedy Space Center
Trump Executive Order on Reviving the National Space Council

On its third try, SpaceX delivers a heavy satellite to high orbit

SpaceX CRS-7 Investigation Update
NASA FAQ on CRS-7 Incident

Eric Berger- Ars Technica. After nine launches in 2017, it’s tough to be an honest critic of SpaceX