In today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude spoke to NASA’s Nate Hickman and Nick Kindred about Orion’s launch-abort system. Orion, which will be used on NASA’s Artemis mission, is designed to send humans further than they’ve ever gone before. We’ll find out what happens when suitable tasks go awry today.
Amanda Schuier, Senior Vice President of Quality Transport Company, tells us about her bloodlines. Schuier is the third generation of her family to work in the trucking industry, and she was named one of Women In Trucking’s “Top Women to Watch” in 2020. She’ll also tell us about what happened at the TMC conference recently.
Another shortage has arisen, this time in the form of tires. Are the wheels of the supply chain coming off? We’re speaking with Bob Bortner, IMI’s Mid-Atlantic Territory Manager, about it.
In addition, the feds claim that scammers received $70 billion in questionable PPP loans; California’s Amazon-focused AB701 gets the governor’s signature; Emerge raises $130 million in Series B funding to scale its digital freight marketplace; the “Mission Impossible” train collides with a bridge; and more.
