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Anthony Colangelo

MECO is opinion and analysis of spaceflight, exploration, policy, and strategy, by Anthony Colangelo.

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Episodes (341)

Sep 29th T+340: Starliner’s Future and the Demand Signal
Aug 28th T+339: Starbase Louisiana, the Falcon Fade, and the Next Wave of Launch Vehicles
Aug 27th T+338: Zhuque-3, Long March 10B, Chang’e-7 (with Andrew Jones)

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Sep 29, 2026
33½ minutes
31 MB

NASA and Boeing laid out Starliner’s return-to-flight plan as SpaceX prepares to leave Dragon behind. I talk through the weak demand signal for crewed flight in LEO, how NASA’s commitment to the ISS and commercial stations boxed themselves into this decision, and what to do between here and the Moon. This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 33 executive producers—Theo and Violet, Miles O’Brien, Joakim, Steve, Warren, Joel, Frank, Joonas, Natasha Tsakos, Will and Lars from Agile, David, Matt, Jan, Matt from Built, Lee, Josh from Impulse, Russell, Heiko, Kris, Ti...

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T+340: Starliner’s Future and the Demand Signal

Anthony Colangelo

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