Tim Dodd: SpaceX, Starship, Rocket Engines, and Future of Space Travel | Lex Fridman Podcast #356

Tim Dodd is host of the Everyday Astronaut YouTube channel, where he teaches about rocket engines and all things space travel. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
0:48 – SpaceX rockets
21:26 – Falcon 9
25:37 – Starship
29:57 – SpaceX rocket engines
37:35 – Elon Musk
53:10 – Twitter
59:15 – How rocket engines work
1:04:07 – Rocket fuel
1:07:33 – Rocket engine cycles
1:19:57 – Rocket cooling
1:34:54 – Multistage rockets
1:38:27 – Single-stage-to-orbit
1:44:03 – Aerospike engine
1:51:48 – Greatest car engine of all time
1:56:57 – Starship
1:59:48 – Wet dress rehearsal
2:05:59 – Landing
2:20:17 – Seeing starship in person
2:29:24 – Starship orbital test
2:36:02 – Gwynne Shotwell
2:41:12 – dearMoon project
3:00:16 – Fear of death
3:08:42 – Everyday Astronaut origin story
3:34:33 – Soviet Rocket Engine History
3:53:20 – Russia, China, USA
4:07:49 – Starlink
4:15:36 – First human on Mars
4:18:34 – Moon landing
4:24:41 – Nuclear propulsion
4:32:21 – Bob Lazar
4:39:24 – Aliens
4:43:11 – Sci-fi books
4:46:29 – Long-term space travel
4:53:17 – SpaceX competitors
5:04:37 – Kerbal Space Program
5:11:02 – Advice for young people

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