Space News for Thursday, February 01, 2024

The Gist: Space News · Feb 1, 2024 · 11m

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Orbital Composites and Virtus Solis announce space-based solar power demonstration(00:58) NASA workshop to examine options for Apophis asteroid mission(01:23) Final preparations underway for launch of first Intuitive Machines lunar lander(01:53) Office of Space Commerce seeks SpaceX’s constellation coordination expertise(02:30) Space Systems Command weather group to review requirements and long-term plans(02:59) Space Force seeks to clear up confusion over selection of…