26: NASA's Artemis Woes, Chinese Debris, and Global Space Industry Shifts. Bob Zimmerman discusses NASA's Artemis program, noting Administrator Sean Duffy is using a social media feud with Elon Musk as a "shiny object" to distract from the Orion capsule's unt

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🗓️ 25 October 2025

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NASA's Artemis Woes, Chinese Debris, and Global Space Industry Shifts. Bob Zimmerman discusses NASA's Artemis program, noting Administrator Sean Duffy is using a social media feud with Elon Musk as a "shiny object" to distract from the Orion capsule's untrustworthy heat shield risks. Other space issues include China's dangerous rocket debris crashes, some using highly toxic fuels, and European satellite companies consolidating into Project Bromo due to competition. Zimmerman also highlights the discovery of a large asteroid orbiting near Venus and Lockheed Martin's investment in Venus Aerospace's radical rocket engine design. 1960

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0:31.2	This is CBSI on the world. I'm John Batchel, Bob Zimmerman, my good colleague who keeps the website behind the black, takes us immediately to NASA headquarters, now dominated by the voice of Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation,
0:40.3	former member of Congress, who is the interim administrator of NASA. He's also a man who's
0:46.8	entered into what appears to be social media top tussle with Elon Musk and other luminaries
0:53.6	in spacefaring.
0:55.7	Bob, a very good evening to you.
0:57.5	NASA is all excited about the Duffy exchange with Elon Musk, we can presume Jeff Bezos,
1:04.9	and others.
1:06.0	What can we gain from Mr. Duffy's style?
1:08.7	Good evening to you.
1:09.7	Good evening, General.
1:10.3	Well, as I said when we talked
1:12.4	earlier this week, this was Sean Duffy's shiny object. Hey, look at that shiny object. Pay no
1:20.1	attention to the man behind the curtain. Don't worry about the fact that we might kill astronauts
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