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[@FC-cz6zd]

Living here on the Space Coast of FL, I can attest to the fact that SpaceX is kicking butt.

[@dcoker1234]

Hi neighbor. Titusville here, I still love having my windows shake everytime it happens. I try to watch every launch I can.

[@devoof]

Lucky. Weekly launches

[@lilathompson6326]

Diligent, strategic, hard work can lead to great successes. This should be celebrated.

[@Mrbfgray]

NOT by those who celebrate failure to comfort their own sense of inadequacy and failure.

[@PsychicThursday]

And a touch of insanity.

[@Mrbfgray]

@@PsychicThursday Have U ever accomplished anything highly difficult without looking a tad insane? I haven't.

[@editman145]

Instead they get LAWFARE ... It seems that under the Biden-Harris administration agencies have become politicized!!!!! Especially if you aint a Democrat *ss kisser!!!! Today it's SPACEX.....tomorrow it will be YOU, YOUR FAMILY and loved ones. !!!!!

[@jamesengland7461]

Eric, we need space travel to no longer be a political football, but just another thriving industry.

[@1AirRN]

A thing to remember is Elon’s sense of humor can be a little warped, not everything he says is serious

[@ellieinspace]

True that He is the meme lord

[@peterwilson7532]

Great cover for when you eff up. Not buying it and nobody should allow it.

[@Pranav_Bhamidipati]

@@peterwilson7532 Eh, he is socially awkward and is probably on the spectrum. Crude jokes are just a reflection of an inability, not a desire to stoke fires.

[@WJSpies]

Nor should be firing people on a whim using their email address. Elon Musk is an idiot, maybe smart about a few narrow things, but still an idiot (more likely an idiot-savant yet still idiotic). He has no place in such a special field. He breaks things apart with a wrecking ball, then let's his remaining few employees fix everything he ultimately breaks, taking credit for their hard work and remaining sweat equity. He'll never make Mars a reality, it's only a token achievement that he can falsely use to suck off the Gov tit.

[@javiervasquez29]

​@peterwilson7532 I allow him to believe in any political side he wants. That is a thriving democracy were you can be free to vote for whoever you want and aren't punish for it. Anything but that isn't.

[@rsn66125]

It occurs to me we can go to Mars on Elon’s terms, letting Elon be Elon, or we can pay 40-times what it costs without him and go on someone else’s terms. I believe I’ll let Elon be Elon and get there when he makes it please…

[@zinjanthropus322]

Or never get there at all.

[@pabloescobarr744]

I think its worse than that, I think that Space X is the only current realistic option for getting to Mars. I cant see anyone else doing anything activity tranding to zero. Not to mention that we wont have the energy of resources for it in the future the way things are going

[@zakariamoshi]

@@zinjanthropus322 Only if China is not working on space as well...Vision to Mars has and will bring many other gains such as starlink ..

[@peterjackson1240]

If Elon did not dream Where would you be

[@markwebster8371]

Dead.

[@chrischeshire6528]

Always a problem when television and movies have astronauts landing on planets or travelling at warp and doing it in one hour. The public expects the same and expects SpaceX to light the candle yesterday. Just don't get bored, these things take time.

[@jeffjames3111]

You're entirely correct but as a species we should be trying to expand to Mars like we only have a few years to accomplish it; might be the case.

[@GrigoriZhukov]

THIS! This right here... is for the gulls out there sqauwking about this are just utterly uninformed.

[@Jeremy9697]

Ya i don't think anyone actually expects things in real life to be like a sci-fi movie...

[@rosswarren436]

Boeing and Lockheed were never going to make any rockets reusable as long as they could keep charging $200 million + to the government (in 1980's dollars) for a launch. The EELV program of the 1990s was all about increasing reliability, not about reducing costs.

[@jrodthegreat1]

Yeah now they can’t justify the cost so now they are mad. Probably dirty officials and politicians are getting payouts from them (Lockheed,Boeing, blue origin to name a few) to slow or even halt SpaceX.

[@Mrbfgray]

And they didn't/don't have the culture or talent to accomplish such a difficult task.

[@rosswarren436]

@@Mrbfgray I think they could have done it, but they had no incentive. Early on some had looked at making the S-IC (1st stage) of the massive Saturn V recoverable and reuseable, but they only did a study on it. And it was never funded by NASA. Boeing wasn't going to do it on their own.

[@Mrbfgray]

@@rosswarren436 I don't think so. Both companies literally laughed at Elon's notion of landing and reusing rockets, and look how inept they turned out to be. It's just barely physically possible to do what SpaceX has made routine.

[@rosswarren436]

@@Mrbfgray reuse of rocket stages was contemplated long ago. One of my aerospace engineering classes did some basic calculations on it in the early 1980s as a "what if" exercise; to examine the thermal aerodynamic heating on a 1st stage to see how much we'd need to slow it down such that it wouldn't be too damaged. Of course, SpaceX has use of some incredible ceramic tiles used at the bottom of the 1st stage around the engines today which helps immensely. Boeing and Lockheed had no incentive to make anything reuseable as long as they could charge $150 to $250 million per launch in 1990 dollars. You have to give SpaceX credit though for many of the technological innovations on the Falcon vehicles...Cold gas thrusters, benign pneumatic systems for vehicle separation and fairing separation, and most of all what must be some very good avionics for GNC. That have honed all that down to a fine art. Falcon 9 and Starlink go hand in hand. Launching so many satellites would never have been economically viable on throwaway vehicles like the Atlas 5. Now, everyone else is playing catch up, including the communist Chinese who are making a clone of the Falcon 9. The large "Goliath" aerospace companies did laugh at little "David" SpaceX when they first started. They hoped they'd fail. It was documented well in AW&ST. They aren't laughing now.

[@DanielHamilton-lq5rt]

I saw a snip of the interview in the last episode and my brain was blown. I could write a book on this subject without thinking about it. Humanitarian first Tesla- no one believed and laughed. Success and proved them all wrong. Space X - took the lesser end of a multimillion dollar deal from the United States govt and proved not only his heroes wrong, but also the rest who said they could not compete with the likes of Boeing, but yet Space X will rescue stranded astronauts from the ISS due to Starliner failure. Twitter- Took the brand and reshaped the company into a better platform we now know as X. Neuralink, Boring Co, and a super advanced robot named Optimus that will help us all in daily life in the near future along with the anticipated Robotaxi that will utilize the Gen 1 Cybercab. I don’t know about the rest, but I am locked in as a huge supporter of Mr Musk and believe in him. Great work Ellie. Keep up the good work. 😊

[@ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958]

There are two heroic space histories. The first from nazi V2 weapons to Gagarin's first orbit, to the Apollo landings. It was pushing the limits, JPL did the Viking mars landers and the Voyagers to the outer planets, all with tech that was nowhere near up to the job. Then who knows what happened with shuttle or the ISS. Now the second history is SpaceX doing amazing things, pushing the limits of technology again.

[@MrZnarffy]

Because they are driven by PERSONS, not corporations or organisations.. Groups of people do nothing, individuals are the ones who matters.. von Braun, Musk, Bezos etc.. The difference between SpaceX and Blue Origin is only the top person.. You need a smart driven person who drives development forward, all the rest of people don't matter really

[@ThomasTomiczek]

@@MrZnarffy Yep. Space Shittle - hundreds of cooks with specs that at the end made no sense. And congress holding the purse strings.

[@MrZnarffy]

@@ThomasTomiczek Yeah, like Mush said, Space Shuttle could have been pretty good if they kept iterating on it and fixed the issues they found... However NASA didn't work like that anymore after the Saturn V era

[@lordgarion514]

The shuttle was not NASA's idea. Congress didn't give NASA enough money to build the reusable shuttle they wanted, so they had to go to the military, who also wanted a launch vehicle. The shuttle ended up being a three-way cluster*ck between nasa, the military, and congress.

[@MrZnarffy]

@@lordgarion514 Absolutely, but when they shuttle was done and flown, it should then have been rebuilt as v2, and then maybe a v3.. But big companies and govt doesn't work like that.. Once it works, you stop. You should only stop when the next version really doesn't change much at all. For example, while starship is great, and will get to Mars and the Moon, it isn't a great interplanetary ship. Then it's time to start developing a nuclear saltwater interplanetary ship.. You got to do that in orbit or on the moon, as that shit is DANGEROUS.. But compared to space itself, it is not that bad... That is necessary for truly becoming interplanetary...

[@lukebaumann2531]

Elon has the right to his political position and freedom of speech. It's America.🇺🇸🇺🇸👍

[@klimenkor]

Even people at SpaceX disagree with you about Elon's political position

[@Nocluespops1]

We often ask the wrong question. The Question is why does our government not want to go to space!!! That is the Question and until we as citizens raise the right questions, nothing will ever go good for the human race.

[@greyveteran7007]

Really want to know? The Elites cannot have another Columbus moment! When the New World was found millions of would be serfs escaped to it. Thus began the breakdown of Feudalism. The Elite Kings of old have never given up on their way of life and are pushing today to regain it. Short driving cars (Electric) Making price of fuel and travel to expensive for the common person. Remember the ability to travel broke the system, escaping to the new world then throwing of that system destroyed it. The Elites are not going to make that same mistake again. From Gates to British Royal Family they are all stating that Space travel is a waste of Resources! Another escape to a "New World" Would destroy everything the Inbred Elites have planed for the last 250 years. Elon must succeed for all of humanity. I for one will not be a pod person Living under Feudalism, never moving more than a couple of miles from where I was born. Will you?

[@BobDeWitt-pl9qp]

The funniest thing may be how people see the SpaceX workforce celebrating and they say it's phony. I pity people who cannot process joy.

[@jarodforbes1207]

I find it funny the BO fanboy writes books about SpaceX yet wishes they would change leadership because he personally does not like Musk. This is the sort of thinking that has kept the USA from doing any manned missions other than SpaceX. So funny for him to talk out of both sides of his mouth on this. He really needs to stay out of the politics if he wants to write more SpaceX books.

[@georgesroux520]

Not Only Space Industry, Elon Musk have an impact over the Industry all over the world

[@rosswarren436]

Looking forward to reading this from an historical perspective. As an engineer, I'd love a more "technical" book chronicling the engineering, design, and manufacturing decisions made during Falcon 9's journey to the Block 5 vehicle. Years ago, you could buy such books on airplanes and such from the AIAA, but there of course isn't one for the Falcon 9. Maybe one day Elon will open up the records and such a book could be written.

[@rodgerraubach2753]

Elon is unique, and his behavior is his own business. Each of us is an individual with his own opinions and that's his right.

[@ThienNguyen24]

Without SpaceX, BO would still have Bob Smith as CEO right now.

[@BBBrasil]

And NASA would be still paying cost+

[@lordgarion514]

@BBBrasil Just so you know, Congress directly ordered SLS to be cost-plus. After a single launch hit about $4 Billion each, NASA testified to Congress that the cost-plus contracts weren't working, they ordered NASA to keep using cost-plus contracts...... 99% of the time, when you want to bitch about what NASA is doing/not doing, just replace NASA, with Congress, and you'll be bitching about the right people.

[@joewilson2258]

Name just one rocket company that has done so much since they got started working on building rockets. Look at the time line for SpaceX and the amount of changes that they have created and proved to do what they have done against all odds.

[@kylefarris8992]

Don't care about Eric's political opinion!

[@Mrbfgray]

Yeah he's another fragile establishment indoctrinated dude. Enjoyed his book very much tho.

[@caldodge]

Extending the light of consciousness requires freedom, including freedom of speech.

[@helicalactual]

Stasis and the defense there of.

[@warrenwhite9085]

Freedom of speech is an unpleasant disorienting threat to establishment/government fanboys… who would rather continue to live unchallenged in their tribal fantasy land. Both Eric & Ellie have some more way to go to realize how much government/Nasa have stifled affordable/sustainable US space… until Elon Musk finally said ‘FU NASA, we’ll do it ourselves, our way’. Government is always the problem, never the solution. DefundNasa goSpaceX

[@jamescox2822]

Personally I don't give a fuck about anybody's politics as long as they do their job

[@travishylton6976]

would you say the same if musk was a leftist?

[@skamithi]

Finished listening to liftoff. Those SpaceX staff are completely insane and dedicated. Love the stories from their time on the atoll.

[@LordFalconsword]

"Starship has no emergency escape system" And neither does a 747. We're going to have to move past that realization.

[@alkimball8920]

The thing about airplanes, if the engines fail they become gliders, but Rocket ships become projectiles.

[@Jeremy9697]

​@alkimball8920 man oh how wrong you are. Any large commercial plane can not glide like you think. No engines they will literally fall out of the sky

[@Martinmack333]

​@@Jeremy9697tell that to the "Gimli glider" pilots..

[@Coyote27981]

@@Jeremy9697 For starters ... a 747 can fly with 1 out of 4 engines ... so even if 3 failed you are still not falling like a rock. And no, they dont fall out of the sky, there are many cases of planes landing without power specially if they were high enough when they lost the engines. And even a bad landing on a plane with no power, is still more survivable than a Starship with some engine trouble. And leave alone the fact that you can actually troubleshoot the problem ... while on Starship its seconds away from disaster. I doubt they will ever clear the skydiver maneuver to be performed with humans onboard. The good thing is that Starship is such a great cargo hauler, that this is not very relevant ... It will still change space travel even if no Starship carries any Human ... or even if none of them go to Mars with Humans onboard.

[@Jeremy9697]

@@Coyote27981 they barely glide bud... yes they can go further the higher up they are because that's how falling works lol you do realize rockets have more engines that planes right!?

[@slackerdude1958]

It is entirely possible/probable Elon's penchant to speak his mind on any given topic, a quality, shared by a select few others, has had the effect of capturing the attention of certain entities who apparently feel their perceived control threatened, and who may be attempting to move to hinder advancement in SpaceX's ability to progress further. Please remember he is not the sort to allow himself to be intimidated. I would suggest people not concern themselves so much with worrying whether Elon should submit to attempts to "put him in his place", as he has repeatedly demonstrated every attempt to intimidate has been and will likely continue to be met with an even more determined push to succeed.

[@astrogatorjones]

More likely, it's going to get his control taken away from him for the good of the companies. He's gone from America's golden boy to America's wacko rich guy that we may need to do something about.

[@StarMan_2018]

@@astrogatorjonesyou wanna do something about it… go start your own companies.

[@astrogatorjones]

@@StarMan_2018 Is this a coherent response? What does this mean?

[@LogicalExplanations64]

So his way of ''speak his mind on any given topic" is to support Trump and say disturbing things like this 8:45 in public?

[@LogicalExplanations64]

​@@astrogatorjonesSo if that is the case, why does all of your previous comments are trying to discredit SpaceX and spreading lies in favor of stopping them?

[@johnstewart579]

Anyone who thinks that Elon Musk isn't an absolute genius and his companies are in a League of their own has never started a company and scaled it to millions much less billions of dollars

[@cboy-ou2hr]

Absolutely using economics of scale to lower the cost of production of literally rockets like do you know how hard it is to combine rocket physics with business practices. One half you learn about the mathematics calculus, linear algebra, probability, thermodynamics, etc and the other half you learn about equity, macro and micro economics, a functional business model, logistics, etc. Even though Elon has a brilliant team I don’t truly believe people understand the magnitude and scope of his brilliance and genius.

[@Wordsmiths]

Preach! I'm a small-scale entrepreneur, with seven commercial attempts under my belt (two of which still exist, doing decent business) and four nonprofit attempts (only one survives, it's now 23years old and has apparently forgotten all about me and its other co-founder... c'est la vie). But I would have loved to scale up a company to millions, even billions, of dollars of annual revenue. I did not do so because I discovered I am incapable of doing so! Armchair quarterbacking is easy. Those of us actually in the arena understand the rare energy, focus, and genius of Elon Musk. His politics and his personal life genuinely don't matter unless Elon makes them a factor in his company's growth and success.

[@0x8badbeef]

For all those criticizing Elon's failures: Who is doing better?

[@Nanobits]

Space X will in fact be the company that brings us into the next stage of human exploration, humanity will spread to the stars with the help of Space X.

[@user-rr9lv9ll4x]

That's OK with me. But we need NASA, and other NASA SPONSERED space tech companies going up as well. SpaceX will get careless (and will rarely or never consider our, the US of A population needs and requests) without competition. It's the corporate nature.

[@kneekoo]

Thanks for interviewing Eric. :) He's done a great job documenting the history of SpaceX and its achievements. I hope he decides to write books 3 and 4.

[@philn6890]

Why would Eric bring up Elon's political views if he didn't care about them?

[@Mrbfgray]

He's another mentally fragile establishment indoctrinated dude. (his prior book is recommended by ME anyway)

[@hupekyser]

Because the politics plays a role in SpaceX story and it's his job to report on it. Nobody cares about Eric's personal opinion. But that's not the point

[@StevenIngram]

The point wasn't Elon's politics, it was that overtly announcing his politics was slowing down his progress be creating opposition in the political bodies that grant the approvals he needs to launch. To avoid that, he would need to be politically neutral. *shrugs* but yeah, by being vocally partisan as an individual he's shooting SpaceX in the foot as a corporation. And that would still be true if he were a Democrat.

[@Mrbfgray]

@@StevenIngram You can't have it both ways. You are asking for a typical cowardly phony PC CEO who couldn't have achieved what Elon has accomplished via blunt candor and intellectual integrity. All Elon's companies require a country to exist in and that can't be the USSA we've been sprinting toward. Someone must openly appose the L insanity that half the nation is complacent about.

[@Mrbfgray]

@@StevenIngram You can't have it both ways. You are asking for a typical cowardly phony PC CEO who couldn't have achieved what Elon has accomplished via blunt candor and intellectual integrity.

[@ross077]

This is such an interesting discussion with two of the class acts of the space community that covers many aspects of the modern space industry which SpaceX are obviously central to.

[@xploration1437]

Class acts? I don’t think so.

[@warrenwhite9085]

Eric totally lost me when he backs/supports Artemis… a steaming pile of 1970s throwback unaffordable, unsustainable confused NASA pork BS. Gateway is a sad useless joke. SLS is a $4+ billion per launch pathetic NASA joke.. How can Eric write serviceable books about SpaceX yet be so indoctrinated, deluded & wrong. Like a child he just can’t let go of NASA/government centered fixations/delusions, his security blanket… DefundNasa… sweep its carcass out of the way. Instead, use the NSF to fund X-prizes for US private enterprises accomplishing US space goals like lunar colonies, Americans on Mars, trips to asteroids, etc. we would get 10 times the results for 1/10 the cost. Stop government stifling SpaceX.

[@SpinyAnt]

ELON MUSK IS A LEADING LIGHT IN THE SPACE INDUSTRY, WHO IS BEING REWARDED FOR A LOT OF NEW HARD WORK !!! GOOD ON HIM, AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN CONCENTRATING, MUSK ENCOURAGES OTHERS COMPETING WITH HIM, IN THE HOPE THAT THESE NEW ENTERPRISES WOULD CONTINUE TO GROW !!!

[@explor794]

BO has accomplished nothing but a joyride in 20 years. I’m shocked when people think they’re a space company.

[@Wordsmiths]

No, BO is legit, really... the weirdness is that they suck in funding and they build facilities as if they are a major player in the orbital launch industry, but they release products like they are a competent but medium-size aerospace subcontractor... Blue Alchemist is ready to go but waiting for a major player to fly it to the Moon and put it to work. The BE-3 and BE-4 rocket engines are excellent, now that they are operational, and are used by the Vulcan rocket.

[@danwhiffen9235]

Wait a second… Starship needs to land 100 time to be human rated… How many launches for the others? 100 launches as well? Or is it a different standard

[@Wordsmiths]

No, Eric Berger was just saying HE will be comfortable flying in it once it has a hundred successful launches (and landings). The process for human flight rating is complex and very specific, but it does not require any particular number of launches. There is a minimum, but it's closer to three or four missions. Look at how quickly Crew Dragon became human-rated: I think it took just two successful test-flight missions because Cargo Dragon had already proven many of its flight characteristics. Heck, Starliner itself had ONE uncrewed test flight (which didn't go well, but didn't end in a RUD), then went straight to ONE crewed test flight (which left its two test pilots behind on the ISS while it did an uncrewed re-entry to make sure it didn't end in a RUD either). If Starliner has just one more crewed test flight that goes really well, it will be approved for commercial and government human spaceflight. But each "not so great" test flight postpones the crew certification to require another launch... and another... until they get everything right.

[@Kent__the_Baker]

Read Lift-Off shortly after it was released. Very well written in my opinion. Already preordered Reentry, looking forward to reading it.

[@svenbeowulfsson641]

This is an very interesting Video about the success of Spacex and an important Book over Spacex. Seven from Sweden

[@Eric_Tennant]

Government can't lead it self out of a paper bag. This other "Eric" guy is wrong about they should be in control.

[@markwebster8371]

I honestly think that the decision to bring starliner home uncrewed had less to do with crew safety, and more to do with the notion of being able to take a shorter flight home because there were no crew on board, thus enabling less use of thrusters, less time in flight, and therefore less chance that the thrusters would begin to act up again, and thus increase the chance that the vehicle could get back on the ground to be examined, (and of course less chance that a crash might cause death of crew)

[@BillyLapTop]

Great interview Ellie! I remember back in the 50's they were projecting manned missions to Mars by the 1980's. So much for those optimistic prognostications. Rocket science is really rocket science and very difficult to do.

[@davidpianosi4512]

It is definitely on my bucket list before I die to see a starship launch in person. Your Starship launch video and fantastic audio of one of the launches was so compelling!! I just kept turning up the audio louder and louder

[@WilboBaggins-dm7ub]

25 minutes and 36 seconds of sheer joy. I'd already promised to buy...have Liftoff arriving tomorrow. Bit miffed to have to wait (UK) till almost the end of October for Reentry. It'll be nice to read during my 6 months in Cornwall from November 1st. Thank you Ellie. Wilbo

[@Dtk-1ofakind]

The single most important thing SpaceX does for the industry, is showing that building stuff that works, is the goal and the dream and a successful future.

[@alesh2275]

I disagree: the Biden Administration and its allies on the Left used to love Elon, but that changed when Elon stood up for free speech and bought Twitter. The best way for Elon to move his Mars vision is to actually have an Administration that is sympathetic to what he’s trying to do, so it makes perfect sense that he supports Trump. If Trump wins, arguably the path to Mars is escalated, compared to if Trump loses.

[@leonardbakers]

👆This right here.

[@GrigoriZhukov]

Poor foolish youngling...free speech is not an absolute. Not even in rational discussion. So sad.

[@rosswarren436]

Or be forced to move to another country. Of course ITAR restrictions would be messy trying that.

[@GrigoriZhukov]

​@@leonardbakersis a prime example of an utter lack of understanding in the subject matter they present. But whatever...tired of those who haven't that realization free speech isn't absolute, those disagree aren't very good at abstracts or critical thinking.

[@montypalmer4556]

Becoming a Putin lover didn't me appreciate Elon.

[@TheBestDealsIl]

Elon is so inspiring I'm blessed to live in the same lifetime

[@Quakeboy02]

I'm no Elon Musk, but I never ever regretted my failures. Knowing with certainty that a given path of endeavor will not work is worth its weight in gold. Too many people learn nothing at all from failure. Those people never succeed at anything important.

[@Tinman_56]

We have to keep in mind that Boeing Space division is a major player in keeping ISS operational and was a major player in the Space Shuttle program. If they fix their management, they could compete with SpaceX. But until then, SpaceX will keep leading the industry. 😊Progress happens with risk and innovation, insight and dedication, and the will to succeed.

[@keepernod2888]

Compete in what area?

[@Tinman_56]

@keepernod2888 just compete in what they claim they do (but have yet to prove)...launch cargo and astronauts to ISS. I doubt they have any interest in colonizing the moon or Mars except as an overpaid NASA subcontractor as they've always been! They can't even come anywhere close to competing with starlink or any other EM endeavor.

[@sherbournesubwaymess]

Someone needs to sit Eric down, give him a glass of water, wait a few minutes and then SLOWLY explain to him: SpaceX isn't Elon's only company or concern. Each time he even starts to talk, the above to be repeated until he finishes his glass of water.

[@807800]

SpaceX is Elon's main concern.

[@spaulagain]

​@@807800 No it's not. Elon doesn't have a "main concern". He has many and is addressing them in parallel. SpaceX has Gwen Shotwell who is very competent at driving SpaceX. Tesla and X actually need more attention.

[@chrisolix3441]

​@spaulagain they are doing just fine. Are you one of those stock chasers by any chance?

[@sherbournesubwaymess]

@@chrisolix3441 Do you hang around schoolyards with bags of candy by any chance?

[@807800]

@@spaulagain If Tesla doesn't succeed, the EV would still succeed, especially since China has now taken over, just like solar panels and batteries. Building a Mars rocket? No one really is crazy enough and has the resources to do it.

[@bernardopaul7861]

Ellie, your reporting on Spacex is unique in the sense that it's from a Professional Journalist's point of view, so your career change is deeply appreciated. Keep up the good work !

[@GeraltofRivia5150]

Most driven people are a bit mad to begin with. However, they get shit done!

[@bimmergeezer]

Ah, my favorite space cadet! Excellent interview Ellie, you do so well with Eric. I ordered Reentry while watching this video!

[@markwebster8371]

Hate to have to be the one to say it mister Berger.... we are in an era where it is not optional to be apolitical. I wish we could try to ignore what's happening on the political stages of the world, and it is the world, not just the USA, but this is the end. It's time to pick a side. Your life, your freedom, and your ability to journalize are at stake. I hope you can see that. And I hope to stand up for your rights as well as mine. With love from Canada 🏒🦬🦫🐻🍁

[@digitalplayland]

I bet that baby X will be the next taking the company forward

[@isaacplaysbass8568]

Awesome interview.

[@ellieinspace]

Thank you so much!

[@direbearcoat7551]

Great interview! Professional quality video report! I'm glad I subbed to your channel! Keep up the great work, Ellie in Space!

[@ellieinspace]

That is so kind of you 🥹

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

One of the very few folks to openly and respectfully talk about how the individuals political views impacting the corporate identity. As much as I love how passionate Elon gets about the future of humanity, sometimes, I wish he'd expend more energy on SpaceX and less on Twitter. Hopefully, Ms Shotwell is training her replacement for the day to day, while she gets to concentrate on the big overview.

[@TrueAmericanaheart]

SpaceX is on the cutting edge of space technology, consistently doing what most in the industry says that it’s impossible. The FAA is crippling SpaceX to move at the speed of SpaceX. They can build several rockets and dozens of extra motors before the FAA gives them approval and that should not actually happen. FAA has a job, but they need to do it better and faster so it does not cripple our space program like they have been doing. FAA needs new young fresh blood does not cripple or lead in rocket technology.

[@crimsonpride48]

Ellie May the Force be with you ✨️ got my Mechazilla shit its awesome

[@ellieinspace]

Oh, I am so happy you like it!

[@owensparks5013]

Odd merch! You might want to spell-check that one...

[@Eric_Tennant]

I agree with Elon on more then just space. As a YTer that's all I will say.

[@SpaceChickJen]

Ya, I agree with Eric to some extent, it'd be nice if there weren't so many political posts by Elon. But he is who he is. No one is going to change him, and he won't change. Just who he is.

[@MadDog-1961]

Elon is just a man and he has earned the right to speak any thoughts that come to his mind, hes not dictating to others to accept his position but just open to share his point of view on any subject.

[@clmcoclmco2222]

why do we have to fear our tongue? If you believe we should you have already accepted what Harris wants to do as president.. biden has already started the socialism and harris will continue it if you believe somebody can't say what they want to say

[@robertmorrison107]

I think he wanted to maintain political neutrality but a combination of fighting with California State government and then the purchase of Twitter the left really went after him as the enemy. That has really cut the benefits of neutrality as a business owner out from him.

[@marsspacex6065]

Without SpaceX there is no new space age. That's how important it is. SpaceX didn't just change rockets they changed satellites manufacturing , human spaceflight, aerospace manufacturing, satellite communications and 100 other things.

[@MrGchiasson]

Make NASA a subsidiary of SpaceX. Elon musk could probably fire 60% of the redundant dead-wood and streamline operations.

[@ChrisJay]

and exactly why they dont want hm, Nasa is a job creation program, to fund certain states ad industry's, just like the military, its keeping the US economy going.. all smoke and mirrors

[@slyktech1860]

We would still be using Soyuz to transport astronauts to space and no reusable rockets.

[@regolith1350]

I was gonna say we'd still be begging for rides to the ISS, but I hadn't considered what Eric said - that we might have abandoned the ISS altogether. Other consequences include: 1) Europe is still dominant in global commercial launch 2) America still has approximately 0% of global commercial launch 3) China is by far the world's dominant space power 4) Ukraine would no longer exist as a country. Without working communications, they would have fallen in the first couple of months of the Russian invasion.

[@EricInTheNet]

Excellent video and interview. If I could do one comment about the audio, there's a high frequency coming through, maybe do a low pass filter to get rid of the high frequency for the next interview, or check in a spectrum analyzer above 8k hz, it makes it difficult for me to listen to it.

[@glenngoodrich5244]

Great interview Ellie! Always enjoy your content. Keep up the good work.

[@danielruff4632]

Elon is a champion of commercial space, exploration, and champion of free speech!

[@deansiracusa3966]

Ellie, you are spot-on! Little people who are afraid of being bold and daring, will always be out there. Ignore them because they will never lead to success.

[@moosethompson]

Well put together program. More than a simple interview. You really do tell the story in the title, "Where would the space industry be without SpaceX?" Thank you!

[@EDG-r7t]

Salute to people who make it happen n let their name be inscribed in the annals of history......

[@ismailnyeyusof3520]

Eric is critical about Elon’s political posts mostly due to the chilling effect on government controlled contracts rather than disagreeing with Elon’s views. He’s a liberal which means he’s on the political spectrum opposite of conservatives and that is a good thing. Being liberal is a way of being less constrained by traditional policies that would discourage, or at least not encourage, out of the box thinking.

[@sagecoach]

Great show, a short story in itself which hopefully gets more people informed and interested. The 50-year lag was not good for the USA in so many ways.

[@NarutoUzamaki070]

this interview was amazoing thank you so much Ellie.

[@PygKLB]

You're getting the best interviews. Keep it up!

[@2147B]

The reason Elon is such a driving force is because he truly does not care, because him sharing his outlook isn't going to change anything in his life. Elon gives you what he gets from his mind, it is what it is. At the end of the day politics is cancer

[@morrobayhunter]

A very good interview and summary of the current space industry.

[@alangable9555]

Ordered Ellie! Thanx!!!

[@ellieinspace]

Hope you like it!

[@irrefudiate]

Excellent interview, Ellie. Eric's book series sound like they would be great.

[@platanoymangu]

Just imagine what Elon could have done with tripe the budget Boing got and delivered nothing.

[@acharletta]

Obviously, Eric is a liberal and keeps criticizing Elon Musk for his politics but writes books about and lives off SpaceX's success of the past. SAD!

[@rosswarren436]

When I was young with a skull full of mush, I was a liberal. After becoming an engineer, where I like it when things make logical sense, I became a conservative. If you want sustainable policy that doesn't harm the future, and slow the progress of mankind, conservatism is it. Liberalism today makes little sense and seems to be all about groups wanting to steal our earned money because they somehow feel "entitled" to it. Well, no. It is sad though in a way. I could talk to liberals in the 1990s and try to come to some understanding with them, but those days are long gone.

[@dd7428]

NSF is another organization with the same behavior, with their latest pro-FAA video. And they're actively deleting posts and blocking people who point it out.

[@alangable9555]

Not Cool You!!!!

[@BennyBunkSimonsen]

Eric is actually able to recognize what a great entrepreneur Elon Musk is, but he dare criticizing his politics. That is the opposite of SAD!

[@steveo6034]

Yup, its not too hard to figure out who Eric votes for, he's obviously brainwashed and indoctrinated by mainstream corporate media. I learned early in covid to never trust the media or government and so I got rid of my TV and now get my news from independent KZbinrs, not billion dollar corporate media. Youre right, its sad that he'll criticize SpaceX while making boatloads of money off their back.

[@jamesnicholls9969]

crew dragon the only US space craft that will bring more astronauts from space than to space. I know that the Soyuz did it as well, but that was the same type of craft that brought them back not another manufacturer

[@patrickdurham8393]

So Elon can't have political thought? Don't care too much for this fellow.

[@Pintuuuxo]

This interview was really nice. I was supposed to leave work earlier but you Ellie made it quite pleasant. 😗

[@kylesweet1901]

I have found myself watching more of your videos lately. I always feel like I learned at least 1 bit of new info on each one.

[@ellieinspace]

Great to hear! I really appreciate that!

[@pilotdawn1661]

(9:01) Eric - "This is not the person we want extending life into space..." Sorry, if Elon were not so committed to what's real in rocketry, SpaceX would not have gone as far as it has, and his personality is exactly the kind of person needed to pursue Mars and beyond. Superb interview - revealing and looks like an interesting book.

[@leemorgan4037]

His concerns here's how it works the 1 Generation Builds the Business & makes it amazing ,the 2nd maintains the status quo & by the time 3rd generation comes around the Business Dies. It's between a 70 to 100 year cycle

[@leemorgan4037]

If we had the same safety standards for Aircraft, Cars & Ships that they do on Space Craft we would still be walking

[@leemorgan4037]

I can tell you, Boeing & ULA would still be the Top Dogs the average Launch Cost would be around $750,000,000.00 many launches over $1 Billion & the Chinese & rest be so far ahead of us we never catch up

[@lemoneyesalt5513]

Hi there, if it's difficult for you to see that there is one party which will hold space flight back and the other which will support it, I would highly recommend consulting a medical professional to try and remedy your problem.

[@steveo6034]

Eric's first book was awesome, I listened to the whole thing in 2 days! Its just unfortunate to see people who watch mainstream corporate media and allow themselves to be brainwashed and indoctrinated by it. Eric is obviously a liberal who cant see the media's bias and false narratives. I switched from democrat to conservative once I realized how Anti-America the left had become and will proudly vote Trump in the next election. Eric is beginning to remind me of that far left dude at Electrek, Fred Lambert, who gets so triggered by Elon😂

[@RuralJuror420]

I mean Elon is dragging himself down. The “corporate” media might hate him but he makes their job incredibly easy. Not defending Eric or Elon, just pointing out that he shoots himself in the foot all by himself from time to time.

[@Jogeta5]

@@RuralJuror420 The media turned on Elon ages ago despite Elon shooting himself in the foot sometimes.

[@gasdive]

100 Starship flights sounds like a lot, but they're aiming for a 90 minute turnaround. Indeed just to get refilling done they need quick turnaround. It's not impossible that they could do a thousand launches in a year. They're doing over 100 launches a year with F9 and expendable upper stages. So human rating will come quickly after full reusability, assuming that they're not cratering all the time. F9 is already completely obsolete. Even with an expendable upper stage. Starship lifts 10 times more Starlink than F9 and just the range costs of 10 F9 launches is 10 million dollars, let alone the cost of 10 F9 upper stages.

[@WDMtea]

FAA: oh no you dont

[@loslaynes]

8:00 ...going to Mars and focusing on that.

[@Mrbfgray]

"Some gov officials are uncomfortable with Elon's behavior." Maybe they should be if they are backing the Establishment that is delivering us to becoming the USSA.

[@explor794]

if Elon leaves, Gwen quits all the brilliant engineers quit . spaceX is over.

[@brucebennett4274]

Ellie, this was an awesome, info packed interview. Great job.

[@ellieinspace]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@arnoldsmith5754]

at least Spacex isnt Boeing which are completely different but i hope Boeing will get their act together

[@Rorschach1024]

I expect Leuders will probably replace Shotwell at some point.

[@snuffeldjuret]

8:50 the sick part is that he wouldn't be if he was playing for the other team.

[@keepernod2888]

If you don't want any political stuff, then follow SpaceX, duh... why are you following Elon's x page?

[@MattLitkeRacing]

I did preorder this book. I enjoyed the last one