Off-Nominal

Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo

Booking Overview

A conversational space industry and policy show that mixes host-led coverage with recurring interviews featuring aerospace executives, NASA leaders, technical managers, and space-sector authors. Strong pitch candidates include credible aerospace founders, launch and spacecraft engineers, space-policy experts, NASA or research leaders, and authors with substantive space expertise; booking difficulty is medium because guests are accomplished industry professionals, though not uniformly celebrity-level.

Metrics

Episodes: 265

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Gender skew: Male

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 3.9k subscribers

Contact Information

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Host

Jake Robins - Spaceflight commentator and host of the WeMartians podcast, focused on human space exploration and Mars.

Anthony Colangelo - Space policy commentator and host of the Main Engine Cut Off podcast, focused on launch systems, aerospace policy, and the space industry.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Aerospace executives, founders, senior technical leaders, NASA or research administrators, space-policy experts, and authors with direct experience in space exploration or the space industry.

Required Achievements:

Leadership of aerospace or space-technology companies, Senior roles at NASA or major research institutions, Authorship on technical leadership or space-sector subjects

Recent Guest Discussions

Nick Cialdella - Manufacturing Pharmaceuticals In Space, In-space Reentry Technology, Hypersonic Testing, And The Business Case For Orbital Manufacturing.

Matt Gjertsen - Leadership Of Technical Teams, Aerospace Management, Starship Recovery, And Development Of Starbase Louisiana.

Thomas Zurbuchen - The State Of NASA Science Missions, Lunar Science, Planetary Exploration, And The Future Of Major Space Observatories.

Recent Topics

Science, Space Exploration, Aerospace, Space Policy, Launch Vehicles

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

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260 - Launching on Thursday (with Scott Edwards)

October 09, 2026

Jake and Anthony are joined by Scott Edwards, Director and Executive Producer of To the Black, a documentary chronicling Firefly’s journey from bankruptcy to almost bankruptcy again to international drama to orbit and all the moments in between.TopicsOff-Nominal - YouTubeEpisode 260 - Launching on Thursday (with Scott Edwards) - YouTubeTo the Black – MovieFirefly co-founder Markusic to step down as CEO - SpaceNewsFeds who forced Ukrainian investor to sell rocket company backtrack years later ...

259 - Overhead (with Chris Kemp)

October 02, 2026

Jake and Anthony are joined by Astra founder and CEO Chris Kemp to talk about the company’s road back from the brink, Rocket 4, and why he still sees a path for it today.TopicsOff-Nominal - YouTubeEpisode 259 - Overhead (with Chris Kemp) - YouTubeAstra Rocket 4.0 | Private Space Launch CompanyAstra is Poised to Rewrite the 'Commercial' Rocket Equation with its 2027 Rocket 4 Launch - The DebriefAstra Launches NASA's ELaNa 41 Mission - YouTubeFollow ChrisChris Kemp (@Kemp) / XFollow Off-Nominal...

258 - Not a Space Guy (with Daniel Drew)

September 25, 2026

Jake and Anthony are joined by Daniel Drew of the University of Hawaiʻi to talk about SPARK, his concept for exploring Titan’s caves with aerobots powered by solid-state atmospheric ion thrusters. Seriously.TopicsOff-Nominal - YouTubeEpisode 258 - Not a Space Guy (with Daniel Drew) - YouTubeSPARKThis Crazy Robot Could Explore the CAVES of Titan [NIAC 2026] - YouTubeHuygens's descent to Titan's surface - YouTubeOryctes rhinoceros - WikipediaSpotted lanternfly - WikipediaSpotted Lanternfly Aler...

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