In this episode we're joined by Emily Carney, David Hitt, John Mulnix, and via Zoom, astronaut and Skylab 3 pilot Jack Lousma and Mission Control Flight Director, Milt Windler, for “Skylab at 50: Blazing the Trail for ISS, Artemis and Beyond.” This live conversation will covered the history of Skylab and the effect its creation has had on the space program as a whole.

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Stratolaunch Layoffs

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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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Mercury Crewed Flights Summary

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Looking Back: The Mercury 7

Project Mercury Overview - Astronaut Selection

Project Mercury 40th Anniversary Website

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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

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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

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I referred to this as the "grasshopper" spacesuit, but pressure suit is a little more accurate. Apologies for the misuse of the word :)
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On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini- Barton C. Hacker and James M. Grimwood

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NASA- Mars Pathfinder Overview

Starliner Astronaut Spacesuit

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