{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Space Stakes: The Business of the New Space Race","title":"Japan’s Phobos Sample Return: A Launch, Then Five Years of Work — October 19, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/2fa5c2c8\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":811,"description":"Japan's MMX mission is scheduled to launch toward Phobos, where it aims to collect material and return it to Earth in 2031. The episode also covers a reported close approach between Russian and commercial satellites and Elon Musk's pledge of SpaceX shares to American children.\nRussian Satellite Kosmos-2612 Closes to Within 26 Meters of ICEYE-X36 During Pursuit — Mіlіtarnyi\nMusk pledges 1 SpaceX share for every child in America — Axios reporting via Yahoo Finance\nReturning the first samples from a Martian moon: Inside the science of Japan's bold MMX mission to Mars — Space.com\nJapan launching bold sample-return mission to Mars moon Phobos today: Watch it live — Space.com\nChapters\n00:00 Today's headlines\n00:38 Kosmos-2612 approached ICEYE-X36\n02:31 Musk's SpaceX share pledge for every kid\n03:50 Japan's MMX mission to study Phobos\n05:01 Japan's MMX mission to return Phobos sample\n08:33 Hype Check on Japan's MMX mission\nSource links\n@elonmusk on X\n@JAXA_jp on X\nSpace Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.\nFollow Space Stakes: subscribe on YouTube · Apple Podcasts · Spotify\nMore from Brian Lampert: Quickly Quantum, the daily quantum computing briefing, and Concrete Compute, the daily AI infrastructure briefing. Transcripts and every episode: space-stakes.kngoworld.chatgpt.site.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/nyaLFXa2ttfx9M9mPzUM3GElEJH7pfmkmAcNiSR-ELQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mZGY1/NTM1MDE3MTIwNjMx/ZDJhOGJmOGM4OGZl/ODFhOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}