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

Tim Dodd is host of the Everyday Astronaut YouTube channel, where
he teaches about rocket engines and all things space travel. Please
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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (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