{"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":"Starship's Next Catch and the Price of Readiness — October 22, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/ecc85d43\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":473,"description":"SpaceX is targeting a November Starship test flight with an attempt to catch both stages, while its weekly-launch ambition depends on flight results and FAA licensing. The episode also covers Canada’s standby launch-pad agreement, China’s developing cargo and reusable vehicles, a lunar-site study recommendation, and NASA’s RS-25 engine test.\nNordSpace gets $20 million DND deal for standby launch pad at Atlantic Spaceport Complex — SpaceQ Media Inc.\nChina readies first commercial resupply craft, first booster reflight, and next landing attempt — NASASpaceFlight.com\nStudy recommends four locations for human lunar missions beyond the south pole — SpaceNews on X\nNASA Conducts RS-25 Engine Test in Support of Future Artemis Missions — NASA\nSpaceX to attempt Starship catch on next flight, with eye on rapid cadence increase — Ars Technica\nChapters\n00:00 Today's headlines\n00:46 Canada pays for standby launch pad access\n01:19 China's reusable rocket and spaceplane steps\n02:26 NASA fires RS-25 engine No. 10001 at Stennis\n03:14 Starship catch of both stages\n05:01 Catches versus a weekly launch schedule\nSource links\nspacenews.com\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}