39 - Europe Saved Cassini’s Ass

Leo Enright, the guy from Irish TV, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about covering space from a non-traditional space country, how he got started covering space, some current topics including Perseverance, ESA’s new Director General, and to generally have a great time.

Drinks

• O'Hara's Irish Stout - O'Hara's Brewery - Untappd
• O'Hara's Irish Pale Ale - O'Hara's Brewery - Untappd
• Visions - Offshoot Beer Co. - Untappd
• Old Cellar Dweller - Driftwood Brewery - Untappd

Topics

• Off-Nominal - YouTube
• See Mars Like Never Before! NASA's Perseverance Rover Sends New Video and Images of the Red Planet - YouTube (Timecode at Leo’s question)
• New ESA director general sees EU relations and commercialization as priorities - SpaceNews
• Leo Enright on Twitter: “@offnom @OHarasBeers”

Picks

• Wigtown Book Festival
• Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX, by Eric Berger – HarperCollins
• This is MARS in 4K UHD - YouTube
• Mars 2020 Mastcam Z Sol 4 Horizon Panorama

Follow Leo

• Leo Enright (@Ollopa) / Twitter

Follow Jake

• WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars
• WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | Twitter
• Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | Twitter

Follow Anthony

• Main Engine Cut Off
• Main Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | Twitter
• Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | Twitter

Off-Nominal Merchandise

• Off-Nominal Logo Tee
• WeMartians Shop | MECO Shop