{"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":"Phobos Sample Bid, Contested Orbital Maneuvers and Starship Reuse Test — October 24, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/7d2f8d08\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":370,"description":"This week’s recap follows a Phobos sample-return launch, risky satellite maneuvers and Starship ambitions.\nJapan launching bold sample-return mission to Mars moon Phobos today: Watch it live — Space.com\nRussian satellite stalked ICEYE spacecraft in potentially dangerous on-orbit maneuvers — Breaking Defense\nSpaceX to attempt Starship catch on next flight, with eye on rapid cadence increase — Ars Technica\nChapters\n00:00 Today's headlines\n00:33 Japan's MMX Phobos sample-return mission\n02:01 Cosmos 2612 maneuvers near ICEYE-X36\n03:53 SpaceX plans Starship tower catches\nSource links\nscience.nasa.gov\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}