Casey is the man. Fellas. The interrupting in this interview is BRUTAL. I beg of you, especially when you realize there’s a lag in the video feed, let your guests talk. 🙏
Hi Casey. I follow your blog and learn a lot from it. Regarding the Mars Sample Return mess, that will be sorted out much sooner than 2040, NASA's estimated time to actually land those samples on Earth. Elon says that uncrewed Starships will reach Mars by 2027, and the first SpaceX astronauts will reach Mars in 2030. My guess is that the first crewed Starships will head for Mars in the 2033 window of opportunity. Assuming a successful landing, I'm sure that one of those Starships will be outfitted with state-of-the-art biological and geophysical laboratory equipment and among the crew will be trained scientists to gather and analyze hundreds and thousands of samples. Information that's gained will be sent to Earth at the speed of light (microwave and laser comm links). Actual samples would be launched to Earth in the 2035 window and arrive there 200 days later. Side note: I'm a retired aerospace lab and project engineer (1965-97, Gemini, Apollo Applications, Skylab, Space Shuttle, X-33).
This is the best episode of Off Nominal! While I agree that the interruptions weren't great, the content was exactly what the show is all about. Every episode should be this spicy!
Casey Handmer is too serious a person for this show, Jake and Anthony are clearly only interested in clowning, they visibly made Casey feel like a nerd being laughed at for being too nerdy, but the world is advanced by people like Casey, not by clowning.
I enjoy listening to this conversation. As a young boy, I drank the cool aid and so wanted to be a part of it. I ended up working on very earthly matters (I am an environmental scientist - I cleanup industrial waste sites). I used a lot of the remote sensing technologies and test methods that have been associated with some of these robotic and manned programs. I also spent eight years in the U.S. Army as an infantryman and NCO during the Cold War looking at East Germany and the Iron curtain (we called it the Trace). The only thing with the manned space program that has been worth the cost and effort was working with the Russians and to build relationships with an old adversary. But, the warmongering and power hungry types have messed this up, too. I guess I can get behind robotic missions to some degree if done right, but manned spaceflight is a joke. All this effort to get a few glorified civil servants into space for very little return. I don't drink the cool aid anymore, but I do check in to see what the latest Artemis delay looks like. Then I chuckle and give thanks that my childhood prayers weren't answered.
Casey is the man. Fellas. The interrupting in this interview is BRUTAL. I beg of you, especially when you realize there’s a lag in the video feed, let your guests talk. 🙏
Loved Handmers rant
Great interview, Casey. Much of what you're saying here is fractally true of government.
I like this guy!
Listening a rant from Casey while waiting for Flight 5, love it!
Hi Casey. I follow your blog and learn a lot from it.
Regarding the Mars Sample Return mess, that will be sorted out much sooner than 2040, NASA's estimated time to actually land those samples on Earth.
Elon says that uncrewed Starships will reach Mars by 2027, and the first SpaceX astronauts will reach Mars in 2030. My guess is that the first crewed Starships will head for Mars in the 2033 window of opportunity.
Assuming a successful landing, I'm sure that one of those Starships will be outfitted with state-of-the-art biological and geophysical laboratory equipment and among the crew will be trained scientists to gather and analyze hundreds and thousands of samples. Information that's gained will be sent to Earth at the speed of light (microwave and laser comm links). Actual samples would be launched to Earth in the 2035 window and arrive there 200 days later.
Side note: I'm a retired aerospace lab and project engineer (1965-97, Gemini, Apollo Applications, Skylab, Space Shuttle, X-33).
Please stop interrupting his rants. He tried to recover several times and you kept cutting him off.
I was very invested in what he had to say.
With love: the audio levels could be better normalized
Alright I take back, podcast hosts got much better in 2nd half. Great watch!
This is the best episode of Off Nominal! While I agree that the interruptions weren't great, the content was exactly what the show is all about. Every episode should be this spicy!
Huh very interesting guest. I'm very disappointed by the hosts though, they keep interrupting him.
Casey Handmer is too serious a person for this show, Jake and Anthony are clearly only interested in clowning, they visibly made Casey feel like a nerd being laughed at for being too nerdy, but the world is advanced by people like Casey, not by clowning.
Let me work for u. I’m stupid
Nah... it's just that Casey's sarcasm is very dry.
I enjoy listening to this conversation. As a young boy, I drank the cool aid and so wanted to be a part of it. I ended up working on very earthly matters (I am an environmental scientist - I cleanup industrial waste sites). I used a lot of the remote sensing technologies and test methods that have been associated with some of these robotic and manned programs. I also spent eight years in the U.S. Army as an infantryman and NCO during the Cold War looking at East Germany and the Iron curtain (we called it the Trace). The only thing with the manned space program that has been worth the cost and effort was working with the Russians and to build relationships with an old adversary. But, the warmongering and power hungry types have messed this up, too. I guess I can get behind robotic missions to some degree if done right, but manned spaceflight is a joke. All this effort to get a few glorified civil servants into space for very little return. I don't drink the cool aid anymore, but I do check in to see what the latest Artemis delay looks like. Then I chuckle and give thanks that my childhood prayers weren't answered.
The hosts should spend more time allowing the guest speak....