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#356 – Tim Dodd: SpaceX, Starship, Rocket Engines, and Future of Space Travel

#356 – Tim Dodd: SpaceX, Starship, Rocket Engines, and Future of Space Travel

Lex Fridman Podcast vor 3 Jahren

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Tim Dodd is host of the Everyday Astronaut YouTube channel, where
he teaches about rocket engines and all things space travel.
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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(06:18) – SpaceX rockets

(26:56) – Falcon 9

(31:08) – Starship

(35:27) – SpaceX rocket engines

(43:05) – Elon Musk

(58:41) – Twitter

(1:04:46) – How rocket engines work

(1:09:37) – Rocket fuel

(1:13:03) – Rocket engine cycles

(1:25:27) – Rocket cooling

(1:40:24) – Multistage rockets

(1:43:57) – Single-stage-to-orbit

(1:49:33) – Aerospike engine

(1:57:18) – Greatest car engine of all time

(2:02:27) – Starship

(2:05:19) – Wet dress rehearsal

(2:11:29) – Landing

(2:25:47) – Seeing starship in person

(2:34:54) – Starship orbital test

(2:41:32) – Gwynne Shotwell

(2:46:43) – dearMoon project

(3:05:46) – Fear of death

(3:14:12) – Everyday Astronaut origin story

(3:40:04) – Soviet Rocket Engine History

(3:58:51) – Russia, China, USA

(4:13:20) – Starlink

(4:21:06) – First human on Mars

(4:24:04) – Moon landing

(4:30:11) – Nuclear propulsion

(4:37:51) – Bob Lazar

(4:44:54) – Aliens

(4:48:42) – Sci-fi books

(4:52:00) – Long-term space travel

(4:58:47) – SpaceX competitors

(5:10:07) – Kerbal Space Program

(5:16:33) – Advice for young people