Meet the Brains Behind SpaceX Rockets

[@Newsthink]

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[@wolfvale7863]

How about a video about John B. Goodenough. Already a ledgend and still not done. Two words... Glass Batteries.

[@Finoid_]

Wouldn’t be a company

[@skm8838]

Would not know about *SpaceX*

[@ramslade]

SpaceX would go bankrupt if it wasn't for Tom Mueller, he's such an awesome person.

[@jouney1555]

Please make longer videos

[@MillionaireMindsetClub]

Every company has a few employees that are absolutely essential.

[@wolfvale7863]

Boss: Why is this machine not running? Me: Nobody knows how to run it. Boss: Why? Me: You fired the only person that did. Aaaah that was an entertaining day.

[@ccm2059]

@Newsthink are you being serious you mite end up giving bit coins to people who aren't even 18

[@AnthonyElsom]

@@ccm2059 That's not Cindy, click on the avatar. It's a scammer.

[@ccm2059]

@@AnthonyElsom okay

[@francluizvertudes4789]

@Newsthink ah i knew, his a cancer. Having 20 comments on this video. Godbless you.

[@hellcat1988]

So the real hero in the story of SpaceX is one good teacher who cared enough about their students to notice when one had the potential to change the world. An all too commonly forgotten key to most amazing things throughout history.

[@jonaslegend1309]

Same story with me.. One teacher changed my life, and now i can do what i love

[@hellcat1988]

@@user-pz1gd3nv4n No, just an observation on how disgustingly underappreciated teachers are.

[@807800]

One of the heroes.

[@steveperreira5850]

Don’t you think the teacher was just doing what they should be doing. We don’t need to overly glorify teachers, I had many good ones and I had many bad ones, and mostly mediocre ones. I am pleased that this good teacher recognized the potential of the student and provided sage advice, as he should be doing. Enough about teachers, the teacher did not design the rocket engine, the student did. This is a crazy country where the greatest people are always police, fire department, And teachers, and the rest of us are a lower class. It is a logical fallacy to take the good example of one person and apply it to everyone in the same profession. The truth of the matter is this: in every single profession there are a few, and I mean quite a small few Who are truly excellent. Most are somewhat mediocre, not living up to their full potential. And a few are downright incompetent - The latter group generally gravitate into government bureaucracies.

[@hellcat1988]

@@steveperreira5850 You sound personally offended. Might want to see a shrink about those issues. The reason we need to remember to praise these teachers is because without that nudge, many great minds never get very far. Study after study have shown that when you have a potentially brilliant child, with signs that they will quickly develop their intelligence given the right influences, they will falter in their development to about average with their piers without proper stimulation and guidance. Teachers tend to spend more active learning time with children than their families during those important, formative years where their minds could be stimulated, or left to rot. That push from his teacher might have been inconsequential, but it also likely could have been the ONLY reason he got to where he was and did what he did. Hindsight being what it is, we can't know for sure, but we have more than enough examples of the lack of that push leading to mediocrity to know just how important good teachers who focus on students and give them that push are.

[@20_percent]

Both boosters landing at the same time is still one of the craziest things ive ever seen in my life

[@baymaxred4632]

why?

[@JJs_playground]

That still gives me a chill (in a good way) every time I see it. Absolutely one of the most incredible things humanity has done.

[@OompaL0ompa]

Thats gravity for you. Take 2objects with the same structure,weight and shape,let them drop from the same height and watch them land at the same time.

[@xploration1437]

Starship

[@datchnac4577]

@@OompaL0ompa Actually, they do not need to b of the same shape, weight or size. In the absence of an atmosphere, any two object will fall down at the same rate. And that's the TRUE essence of gravity. And if you want to be in an atmosphere, you can still make two objects of different size and weight reach the same terminal velocity in free fall by altering their shape.

[@jamestnov41945]

Well done Cindy I did not know about Mr. Mueller. However, it takes him and many people like him to have a successful enterprise.

[@robertweekley5926]

He is also introduced in the Book about Elon Musk!

[@brucerideout9979]

Had no idea. SpaceX not ones to embellish and bluster. Thanks for this.

[@brucerideout9979]

Perhaps we don't want to know the who's who of SpaceX, for example the use of Klingon Advisors, or Nicola Tesla's nephew Rikola, kept in chains at Boca..

[@itsReallyLou]

@@brucerideout9979 Your humor is priceless! 🙂

[@thepeddle]

Tom deserves more videos like this showing just how brilliant and important he is to the future of space exploration. Great video as always!

[@dirkkruisheer]

So Tom Mueller was the man behind the man at SpaceX… I had never heard of him, thank you! How about a video about Gwynne Shotwell, president and COO of SpaceX? I think we don't hear enough about her either.

[@finalbox4416]

agreed

[@JeffreyBue_imtxsmoke]

I'd rather hear the story of Hans Koenigsmann - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Koenigsmann

[@dionbridger5944]

Don't think there's a single person in SpaceX's upper crust not worth knowing about

[@dirkkruisheer]

@@dionbridger5944 Too bad I don't know much about that; until now I've been more into Tesla!

[@archishmananonymous406]

if you not a tech nerd then probably haven't heard any tech innovator beside Elon Musk and Zuckerberg

[@sciencetoday4431]

Much deserved credit for such people, we rarely get to hear about them but they are the real building blocks behind a successful company

[@archishmananonymous406]

nah actually both Elon and Mueller are both the engineering brainchild

[@mankind8807]

@@archishmananonymous406 Musk is not lol, Tom has a Mechanical Engineering Master's degree and designed the Spacex rocket engines, Elon Musk is no where near that skilled.

[@mathist6826]

@@mankind8807 Yeah the muskmelon is the head not a developer of the innovations by tesla, spaceX, neuralink, OpenAI.... The main credit should go to the group of scientists, physicists, engineers working behind this and not musk. No hate though.

[@9830164542]

@@mathist6826 The musk's credit is not about who made the rockets, it's about bringing the brilliant minds together and make something successful out of the group. That's the hardest part of before making anything.

[@mathist6826]

@@9830164542 Sure enough you are right. Musk's job is to put the pieces together in which the pieces are the brilliant minds. But I told according to the perception of the people which is that musk is the genius behind the innovations.

[@matthewstuart2054]

Thank you for this! Tom Mueller is an extraordinarily talented engineer, and built a team as well as the engines. He is definitely underrated, I wish there were more interviews of him to watch.

[@doodleboi7034]

@Newsthink This is fake

[@doodleboi7034]

The newsthink you saw was fake, don't fall for it.

[@matthewstuart2054]

Thanks, it seemed really off.

[@Bryan-Hensley]

Tom Muller retired from SpaceX last year. He's now racing cars.

[@sethjansson5652]

The man fulfilled his dreams, he grew to become a very good engineer, and helped make a vital component of the next generation of rockets.

[@Asterra2]

@@sethjansson5652 And we can be very glad that he ended up in the correct space company, rather than the only other option available to him: wasting away in Northrop Grumman, Blue Origin, Dynetics, NASA or NLA, and having basically no impact on anyone because none of those companies were or are interested in a progressive approach to rocket technology. Hell, if we were in a non-SpaceX timeline, all of them would still be focused on zero-reuse and the moon would be the only thing on our horizon.

[@sethjansson5652]

@@Asterra2 Yes and no. NASA is certainly trying to innovate space travel. It's just that they can't do so with their funding being public. The only thing they can do is make their Gateway around the moon, which is as innovative as it get's in terms of doing operations on the moon efficiently. Heck, what do you think the Shuttle program was?

[@Asterra2]

@@sethjansson5652 Well, we kinda know what the Shuttle program was by now. It's not a little-known secret anymore. It was a half-measure iteration of what was *intended* to be a cost-effective and efficiently reusable rocket program. It's worth keeping firmly in mind, however, that there's nothing to suggest that the massive dealbreakers that existed on the finalized item wouldn't have existed on a more idealized take: The need for massive expendability in the form of a fuel tank, and the gargantuan time and money sink of the heat shielding.

[@ignatiuslaurent58]

I guess building rocket engine is too boring for him know . Why would he leave the job that he so love . I guess life is not always work work and more work . it's work and take time to play play play .

[@ginkinky]

When I was a kid I watched science fiction movies where the space ship landed exactly like the boosters from space x. I am fortunate to have lived long enough to see science fiction become reality. Awesome times we live in . Congratulations space x for making science fiction become reality.

[@vibez8978]

Thank you Elon, Thank you Tom, Thanks to the whole SpaceX team to make science fiction reality

[@jamesnnabeze687]

Beautiful quote

[@cumorahwatson1967]

I'm with us, on that one👍👍👍

[@user-zb8tq5pr4x]

Excelt that elon is basically useless to spacex

[@user-zb8tq5pr4x]

Amd they havent made any fiction a reality at all

[@AdiPrimandaGinting]

@@user-zb8tq5pr4x Okay, man. I guess you have a company launching reusable rockets before Elon found his company?

[@aasaialangaram6847]

Thanks for bringing out such an unsung hero video.

[@ramseywrinkles2485]

In Elon’s book he is mentioned heavily on how essential he really is

[@akashdhanwani6638]

Yup correct. Even I got to know about him from his book.

[@leodahvee]

Elon's book? I am assuming you meant the biography of Elon Musk, which was written by Ashley Vance, not Musk. Musk had a hand in it though.

[@ramseywrinkles2485]

@@leodahvee why do you have to over specify it? I can call it Elons book if I want to, I called it his book to the relevance of the video thats why I didnt call it Ashley Vances' book, and by me saying its Elons book doesnt literally mean he wrote it, now stop trying to act more smarter than you

[@leodahvee]

@@ramseywrinkles2485 I understand that, it's just people might get confused. Sorry if you were offended

[@dinner7513]

@@leodahvee Jeez you really did struck a nerve on that guy didnt u lol. Man was so mad about it lmao

[@davidmacphee8348]

Congratulations on your rapid, KZbin success Cindy! You deserve that reward from KZbin. You are Great!

[@aj-veilawa]

Thank you so much Cindy Pom, everyone has an incredible person working behind the scenes (Tom Mueller)🙏

[@johndehaan2764]

Really nice to recognise Tom. A life long contributor to rocket science, and a grass roots contributor. It was awesome that Elon recognised the importance of this. An incredible company doing incredible things, lead by a man who not only keeps his humanity but also has the heart of a true patriarch and Father.

[@lang1892]

His career was legendary.

[@adithyakosgi222]

Brilliant story of the future’s unsung heroes. Amazing content as always, Cindy!

[@kdspacex5612]

Now this was the greatest inspirational video for a engineer . Thank you Newsthink

[@hojoj.1974]

As always, thank you for this presentation.

[@4n2earth22]

Well done reporting! Thank you for all the fun, hard work.

[@Maky-vo7qs]

Well SpaceX weren't be on top right now if not to those people like Tom Muller. Elon is a visionary and he needs brilliant minds to attain his goals. I hope SpaceX will show a big success in the future of space travel. Good luck👍👍👍

[@Michal_Wlodarczyk2100]

There is a need for both visionaries as well as brilliant engineers and scientists who turn vision into reality

[@default2826]

@@Michal_Wlodarczyk2100 yes and elon is both, many people forget that elon is actually the cheif engineer of spaceX.

[@ericfernandes3966]

Lovely script and Narration of such a beautiful story. Well done Newsthink & Cindy !

[@chaitanyatabhane8120]

Im watching this channel since it was only few thousand subs big. The channel grew a lot due to its quality vdos.

[@prakash_77]

Reaching 181k in just 42 videos! Quite a growth!!

[@prakash_77]

Oh wait, that was yesterday. Today it's 184k.

[@vasanthplays8776]

That has to be one of the smoothest sponsor placement

[@gustafsone]

I thought the same thing. I was like "hey wait a second, you just tricked me and I ain't even mad!".

[@wyattb3138]

Yes

[@calebvitalus6640]

That transition to the brilliant ad though! It was very smooth

[@WasatchWind]

My cousin recently moved back to SpaceX as a senior propulsion engineer. Bet he worked with this guy when he was at SpaceX around 2015.

[@AdmiralPreparedness]

This pioneer is a beautiful example of what a person can do to advance humanity. Sir, I now stand and salute you. We need more who are just like you to take my dreams to the stars.

[@Real28]

I can't read or watch enough about SpaceX story. It's all incredible and beyond what I thought I'd get to witness in my lifetime.

[@glitchs3an707]

Been here since 20k love the videos! I can’t wait every week for your new videos!

[@jennyone8829]

Thank you for existing and loving with all you are!! Hugs! 🚀🎶☮️☮️

[@garywarburton3180]

Very uplifting Cindy, Thanks for searching for the whole story.

[@vijayadhude8035]

Thanks for such an awesome information Cindy Pom .

[@jamielake-boyd3600]

He looks like a trust worthy person. Smart and kind. An explainer.

[@jackeroo75]

Damn girl you are hella good at reporting! Keep up the good work! Your voice is soothing and effortless.

[@michaelharrison3046]

Love this channel! Wish news was 90% this and 10% doom n’ gloom. Love it. And much respect to Mueller.

[@jorgeoliveira2383]

Thank you to show us the parts of the stellar humans that are helping to unlock a better future. Show us more of them. Thank you.

[@stickmann7363]

I have the book on Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance. This man has been one of the greatest people at SpaceX and, just like Gwynne, they are pushed into the shadows. Nothing can be supported by only one single thing Thank you for educating us

[@ea9849]

Microsoft was built by more than bill gates. It's just public attention. Engineers dont need it

[@douglasalvaradocorrales]

This is how tycoons are born... respect to these awesome guys 💎💎💎

[@JJs_playground]

Great video. I'm always so interested in how 1 decision in life changes the course of history. To that one (math) teacher, *thank you*

[@shakilsayed490]

Man you need to do more than remember that teacher of yours who inspired you and more to help give humanity that boost to the stars.❤

[@norfolkflyingboyz2404]

Another great video, thank you. Please keep it up yay.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@prakash_77]

Awesome video! Thanks for making this, Cindy 💚💚

[@arunmoses2197]

The fact that he admits to getting lucky is what really sells this guy's amazing character to me

[@mimamsa5557]

Salute to all the people working behind the scenes. Cool.

[@samarjain214]

I really like the tone and modulation of the narrator.. Nice job done. I already knew this information... Yet I was impressed by the voice modulation.. You got a subscriber from India💋😘😍

[@marcos-gn8sq]

ur channel is so cool because i dont have access neither iq to get into engineering but still i love the achievement these people have been doing and your channel always keeps me updated.

[@HarshJain-it2bg]

That advertisement promotion thing was absolutely bang on target.

[@evandrocobbs1476]

thank you for appreciate there is more than one persons that makes a business successful

[@rsd9067]

This recognition was needed thank you

[@naturegoggle]

Importance of a good teacher

[@4729Punisher]

Now that's a real bad ass. Doesn't want the fame, just builds the most baddest most powerful machines on earth and wears some bad ass shades. What a cool dude.

[@gabrielribeiro8932]

Your job is amazing! Congrats from Brazil :)

[@learnerzzzzzz]

this is a really amazing video. Great quality and work guys!

[@sir007reginald]

Forget about bi-propellant engines. I'm working on a tri-propellant engine. The Specific Impulse could be as high as Isp 700. I need your help Tom to design the injector plate. Fuel mixture is extremely critical. Before Raptor I told SpaceX to ditch the Merlin and RP-1 for environmental reasons and switch to Methane - RP-1 is so 1968 Saturn V F-1. Glad to see they took my advice. The future of rocket engines will be the tri-propellant motor which is difficult to perfect.

[@ryansandigan7184]

Brilliant smooth ad transition...

[@iskass6813]

The voice over is top notch

[@kamelmebhah4122]

You deserve the highest respect

[@4729Punisher]

They can't even find much material in video clip examples to show of him, that's how bad ass this guy is.

[@LeonardoDaVinci01]

Wow, what an amazing story! I never knew about Tom until now!

[@MarsStarcruiser]

Even though raptor is going to take all the glory now, merlin was an astonishing achievement and such a massive increase in thrust to weight ratio never even heard of prior, outside of powdered rocket boosters. Glad to see this guy getting the credit now he deserves. Merlin is a fantastic work of art and engineering when it comes to rocket engines and this was the man responsible for making that happen.

[@KelliDavis-l3l]

God directs us where we need to be at the time we need to be there. Thank you Mueller 🙏🏼❤️✌🏼

[@linesided]

I'm sure there's a few more Toms at Space-X. Nice to appreciate the contribution of others in building great companies.

[@aybee63]

What is the platform made of that the Super Heavy launches from? And at 3:10 what's the object on couch?

[@seanbaskett5506]

Tom Mueller is from Idaho. We definitely claim him.

[@exlenisupporter457]

5:06 the smoothest ad transition ever done by a youtuber. 🤣

[@PrashantTayshetye]

Thank you for showing the real Hero

[@Markerface]

As a drug addict figuring out I am incredibly smart I can’t help but cry that I Always thought I was not intelligent. And did not have teachers that nurtured that or parents that where interested in that. I get to show my baby girl that she is super smart and she will make a difference.

[@wdburt91]

Man, I love your shit, Cindy. Keep it comin!

[@wdburt91]

@Newsthink I’m not really into all that (terrible investing “luck”), but I appreciate the info and will come back to it for reference should future preferences change. Hope you achieve what you desire, and thanks again for your videos!

[@Newsthink]

Hi Will, that is a fake account imitating me. I have informed KZbin.

[@wdburt91]

@@Newsthink What a time to be alive, no? lol.

[@olanrewajuadam7499]

Ability + Luck = Success

[@monowarachowdhury4754]

SPACE-X AND NASA FOR THE WINS!!! LETS GOOOO!!!!! 🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁

[@bonilla2022]

Great work. Thank you.

[@markmarsh27]

"5 MILLION lbs. of thrust at liftoff." .... That is an INSANE number!

[@omararizona]

Classic commercials don't get more beautiful than This ❤️💸💸😆😆🛥️🦸🦸🦸💸💯👊🖐️👊👊👊👊💪👁️🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾 brilliant commercial in the e.nd

[@Brizandeer]

What an amazing story. It's serendipitous when the right person can work for the right company at the right time. But somehow it feels like it was meant to be. A well deserved retirement!

[@shableep]

fantastic reporting. thank you.

[@m.saifulislam311]

A team of special skills and knowledge to design,develope, innovate and performance tests at works.

[@hastyz7325]

3:20 can you imagine if the teacher didn't tell him that? None of this would've been possible. Being a teacher should be such a highly respected job. It's almost sad to see how teachers are treated and viewed these days.

[@ndrsg3013]

at 01:27 with a gangsta shades and gangsta vibe :D...lol Love his enthusiasm

[@jonahwapachee8654]

That sponsor transition was smooth

[@NeilFiertel]

Incredible creative engineer

[@ankitd7398]

He is backbone of spacex.

[@technoplusmedia]

Nice video! We just made one about Steve Davis, there's a hilarious story where Musk has him create an electromechanical actuator for Falcon 1 from scratch. He spent 9 months on it and got it done, but Musk's reaction is just.... nothing other than what you would expect from a man trying to colonize another planet to say the least😂 Anyways, much love Cindy, keep killin it!

[@mudimabiriani6467]

im Business man from Dar es Salaam,Tanzania Im watching Your Videos from here keep good job alive ✊🏿 Good knowledge of the space and high profile people you give us information to know them 🙏🏿 Kindly tell us about who drive that rovers on mars will appreciate

[@davidwoollard866]

I often wondered the identity of the technical person responsible for SpaceX success. There is always one who stands out above all others. Well done Tom. After your success, what would somebody with your skills do in retirement?

[@user-nw8jr1dk9p]

I love these guys Love SpaceX team, and everything that has to do with spacex.

[@Jycatgc6282]

So, this is the man who made the difference in SpaceX.

[@cumorahwatson1967]

You've earned my subscription👍😊

[@adriananglin4167]

what is the background music at the start? Sounds real good

[@In2MeUcU]

RRR = Rapidly Reusable Rockets... Mind boggling what has been built and tested the past few years... Congratulations to the SpaceX Team, Tom and Elon! Humanity at it's best, Rocket Masters! 🚀🚀🚀

[@RobertBolanos]

What is cool is that he is a University of Idaho graduate, a fellow Vandal!

[@pangajackterhor]

Great vid, I would have never know about him. Thank you

[@nazladian8025]

Awesome job Tom 👍👍👍

[@HatredOfMephisto]

thank you!

[@mattwalker4264]

Tom Muller was the key employee in the Falcon 1 days but Gwynne Shotwell is by far their most influential employee ever.

[@lukanys5308]

Just a reminder musk is not just the super star of spacex he is the chief engineer so he knows more than you know

[@JohnDoe-vf3qo]

what does cheif engineer mean because anything with cheif in it just means someone who is more of the person who listens to what the people say below them just to decide if it’s right or wrong. anyone with leadership skills and can problem solve can be a chief of any field

[@JohnDoe-vf3qo]

being the ceo you can give yourself that title and still do the exact thing you were already doing as a ceo

[@Coyote27981]

@@JohnDoe-vf3qo he literally is familiar with the technical details of every bit in the rockets. He is not jus a corporate overlord.

[@JohnDoe-vf3qo]

@@Coyote27981 that’s every ceo tho they may not seem that way they have to be it’s the only way to run a business.

[@JohnDoe-vf3qo]

@gillysuit2 i’m sure jeff bezos knows everything about amazon and wsj and i’m sure he’s learning the basics of blue origins now. idk if he doesn’t know blue origins i’m sure he does but giving that he and blue origins are very secretive of what they building.

[@suborbitalpada6609]

whats the music at 4:51?

[@jflow5601]

It does not take much to recognize when someone is gifted and needs to be given wide berth.

[@rusturuss123]

Very good thanks. I would add effort to luck and knowledge as the formula for success.