The Bat Jet, the Base Breach & the Big Gettysburg Throwdown (July 3 24)

This week on Late For Changeover, the crew dives into pure orbital absurdity as ISS astronauts are told to prep a strainer—yes, a literal kitchen strainer—as a makeshift lifeboat. We also unpack how NASA is paying SpaceX $843 million to blow up the International Space Station. So basically, humanity’s greatest space achievement is getting a budget-friendly demolition courtesy of Elon’s side hustle. Welcome to the golden age of space podcasts, folks.

Back on Earth (barely), a Florida mom breaches Patrick Space Force Base with her four-year-old riding shotgun—because apparently security at launch command can be defeated by Goldfish crackers and a minivan. Plus, we salute a Marine Corps F-35 in Japan rocking a bat insignia (Gotham vibes, but with more thrust), and then get historical with the Battle of Gettysburg—because no episode is complete without a reminder that war was once fought with bayonets and terrible hygiene. It’s space news podcast meets military madness, all wrapped up in your weekly fix of News for Vets who prefer their intel with edge.