Houston, we have a podcast.

Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center episode 42,

The Space Launch System Part 2.

I'm Gary Jordan and I'll be your host today.

So in this podcast we bring in the experts,

NASA scientists, engineers, and astronauts all to let you know the coolest

information about what's going on right here at NASA. So today we're talking

about the most powerful rocket since the Saturn 5 Moon rocket NASA's space launch system.

We've got two guests from the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama here with us today

to tell us about the rocket, the payloads it can carry, and where it will go.

spoiler alert.

It will bring people, big stuff, and little stuff,

all farther than we've ever gone before.

See, I did it again.

You had a second chance for part two and you blew it Gary. If you're slightly confused it's because this is

part two of our two-part episode on NASA's Space Launch System. There's still some good

stuff in here but if you want the full story just go back and listen to part one. So continuing our conversation with us

today are David Smith and Paul Bookout. David is the vice president for advanced programs at

Victory Solutions in Huntsville, Alabama. He has a long career in aerospace engineering and is a subject matter

expert on rocket architecture and how payloads will fit into the rocket. He wrote the SLS Mission

Planners Guide, which gives payload developers a general idea of the capabilities of the

rocket and some technical specifications so they can determine how their payloads might fit

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