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It's not rocket science! Well, actually, it is! Rocket scientists Tiera and Myron Fletcher answer the internet's burning questions about rocket science, rocket ships and space travel. What's harder, rocket science or brain surgery? Will humanity ever leave the solar system? What's so special about Elon Musk's new rocket? Why are rocket engines so loud? Will we eventually have warp drive? Tiera and Myron answer all these questions and much more!
Director/Producer: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Kevin Harrington
Editor: Joshua Pullar
Talent: Tiera & Myron Fletcher
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas
Production Manager: Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Camera Operator: Ingrid Thronson
Audio: Tim Wolfe
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Paul Tael
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@jopo7996
@jopo7996 Жыл бұрын
These two are great. A video like this could really launch their careers. I'll see myself out.
@khalilahd.
@khalilahd. Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 I love you for this
@joshgseyi
@joshgseyi Жыл бұрын
Here to give you best comment award at this early stage.
@supdawg_27
@supdawg_27 Жыл бұрын
This joke was out of this world.
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Ha Love it!!!
@mrsrr
@mrsrr Жыл бұрын
What do you mean? Anyone could do it, it's not like it's rocket scie... wait.
@ericthompson3982
@ericthompson3982 Жыл бұрын
Man, I love watching experts explain their fields. And these guys are very good.
@tylergodefroy8713
@tylergodefroy8713 Жыл бұрын
its fun to watch people that love their job and want to share their knowledge
@ckmodele
@ckmodele Жыл бұрын
#encore
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Appreciate the love!
@ericthompson3982
@ericthompson3982 Жыл бұрын
@@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Oh, please, keep doing not just what is clearly great science, but educating as well. You're entirely too engaging to watch, and I love it.
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
@@ericthompson3982 thank you!
@kayleelogan151
@kayleelogan151 Жыл бұрын
Imagine saying you’re literally a rocket scientist!! This was really cool they explained things in a way I still understood ❤
@iWitness0
@iWitness0 Жыл бұрын
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@thewordshifter
@thewordshifter Жыл бұрын
they don't usually tell you they're rocket scientists. They'll usually say something like "I'm a level 6 systems engineer on the Atlas project" or whatever, and when the dumb look comes across your face, they'll say "I'm a rocket scientist." Source: I know some rocket scientists and have a lot of dumb looks on my face, lol.
@ckmodele
@ckmodele Жыл бұрын
That wired energy hits different
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@kmhegde97
@kmhegde97 Жыл бұрын
@@thewordshifter yeah. I'm a Systems Engineer and I never say I'm a rocket scientist ; I say I'm a systems engineer and some people go "what?" and only then I describe what I do. I wouldn't say that's being dumb - it's just not a common job..
@hbkkody
@hbkkody Жыл бұрын
That’s my cousin!!! Mr. Myron Fletcher. So proud of you and Mrs. Fletcher, continue to be great❤️!!!
@RedbeardMaximus
@RedbeardMaximus Жыл бұрын
The best episodes of this series are when the people answering the question are so clearly excited to talk about what they do and share it with people and this is another great example of that. Love it.
@Fortunes.Fool.
@Fortunes.Fool. Жыл бұрын
These two are fantastic. More of them please!
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!
@Fortunes.Fool.
@Fortunes.Fool. Жыл бұрын
@@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 I subscribed in case y'all start doing your own content. That was really neat, thank you.
@amandaboozer6454
@amandaboozer6454 Жыл бұрын
YES!!!
@zknight4481
@zknight4481 Жыл бұрын
They both seem so sweet, kind, and BRILLIANT but still humble and down to earth. Please bring these two back. I’ve never been interested in rocket science but I absolutely need to see more of these two. With teachers like that, it’s hard to not be engaged Also unrelated but they’re a gorgeous couple 😍 like truly one of the most beautiful couples I’ve seen, inside and out.
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!
@sebikusik
@sebikusik Жыл бұрын
Being a mathematician now I see that it's the physics that make it cool.
@pleasestopsubscribingtomyc3360
@pleasestopsubscribingtomyc3360 Жыл бұрын
watch stand up maths
@sven_86
@sven_86 Жыл бұрын
welcome to engineering :)
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@shaojie12
@shaojie12 Жыл бұрын
"It's like causing a pencil to land on its eraser" coolest analogy here
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Ha!
@hoppytoad79
@hoppytoad79 Жыл бұрын
It's a fabulous analogy. Very descriptive.
@buzzsah
@buzzsah Жыл бұрын
Interesting, plus, these two worked well together on the answers. I'd like to see more of them.
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@beepboop9848
@beepboop9848 Жыл бұрын
Lmao love how 40% of commenters are now chemists, mathematicians, physicists, and neuroscientists
@BrainyCrafter
@BrainyCrafter Жыл бұрын
For real
@OrangeCat1992
@OrangeCat1992 Жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Ha!
@314shorts
@314shorts Жыл бұрын
Lol no I’ve just taken basic college physics classes so I know how thrust and propulsion works, which this “rocket scientist” apparently doesn’t
@beepboop9848
@beepboop9848 Жыл бұрын
@@314shorts refering to all the "as an astrophysicist" comments that were present at the time of my comment being posted.
@tessiepinkman
@tessiepinkman Жыл бұрын
These two were wonderful to listen to! I'd love it for them to return, if they want to and if it's possible. This was sooo interesting and they did a great job explaining really complex ideas in a way that any layman could understand. Thank you for this episode, I truly loved every second of it!
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@alisioardiona727
@alisioardiona727 Жыл бұрын
There are so many errors it's sad. - Rockets don't push off the ground, they dont need a ground to couteract. The action/reaction is between the rocket and it's own propellant expelled backwards. - fins don't provide downforce, they provide passive pitch and yaw stability because the center of pressure is behind the center of mass. - the limitations of the human bodies in fast rockets isn't pressure nor energy but acceleration. - It's not the increase of ''gravity'' that harms humans in rockets, but acceleration again. - The body can wisthand any speed, it's the acceleration that kills, again. - rocket's first stage don't always throw payloads into deeps space, mostly just into space - Most space ships don't fire reverse thrusters to slow down, they just spin around 180° and fire their main thrusters. I know they can do better.
@ytsamurai1962
@ytsamurai1962 Жыл бұрын
They must be diversity hires
@jackspecs5389
@jackspecs5389 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I don’t know another engineer who would confuse pressure with acceleration dimensionally
@jackspecs5389
@jackspecs5389 Жыл бұрын
Also, it definitely doesn’t take a masters in aero to know they’ve got some big errors in here 😂. Might just be camera fright or something tho
@chr0ne692
@chr0ne692 Жыл бұрын
They maybe have stage fright or maybe this show is pushing a more diverse or progressive demographic that isn't as competent? I hate to be that guy but in our society it's not impossible
@ChipMunky
@ChipMunky Жыл бұрын
I'll trust the rocket scientists, thanks tho!
@TheMarizanebogdan
@TheMarizanebogdan Жыл бұрын
This was a great video! They made rocket science accessible, not a lot of academics/scientists have the hability to explain things in simple terms and these two were excellent.
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@Mikado8
@Mikado8 Жыл бұрын
But concernedly often wrong
@lukedeehan2011
@lukedeehan2011 Жыл бұрын
Check out Everyday Astronaut
@thorwaldjohanson2526
@thorwaldjohanson2526 4 ай бұрын
​@@Mikado8they very strongly simplified things. I'm a aerospace engineer myself, and explaining these questions in 5-10 seconds is basically impossible. I think they did a decent job, but I'd rather have seen another 10s per question and using more visualizations.
@virgilhawkins3390
@virgilhawkins3390 Жыл бұрын
I vibe with this guy. He's got a lot of things to say, is very excited to say it, and isn't always quite sure how to slow himself down because of how excited he is about this thing he loves.
@nicolasguerin4678
@nicolasguerin4678 Жыл бұрын
The first answer confuses me. As far as I know, rockets don't push against the ground. Exhaust gases are pushed out of the engines nozzle by the pressure inside the combustion chamber and, in turn, push back on the rocket in the opposite direction. Am I missing something?
@gomul13
@gomul13 Жыл бұрын
Nope, what you said is right
@adamdejesus4017
@adamdejesus4017 Жыл бұрын
💯 I expected WIRED to put out a correction or something...
@tyler_russell
@tyler_russell Жыл бұрын
I literally stopped the video and talked about this with my wife. I'm an aeronautical engineer and last I checked the rocket doesn't need something to push off, just the mass being ejected to produce the thrust.
@gomul13
@gomul13 Жыл бұрын
@@tyler_russell what did you think of the other answers? Such as him saying we can go the speed of light thanks to fusion technology
@julioguardado
@julioguardado Жыл бұрын
That first answer was so wrong I stopped watching the video. This guy cannot be a rocket scientist. Of course, that depends on what qualifies as a rocket scientist. But equal and opposite reaction is so basic to physics and rockets... If he had the same knowledge of neurosurgery, I wouldn't want him anywhere near my skull. 🤣
@attanborney6992
@attanborney6992 Жыл бұрын
I just can't say how long I have been waiting for a video talking about rocket science. Thanks wired.
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Awesome sauce!
@janetf23
@janetf23 Жыл бұрын
Another fun one that lifted my spirits, thanks Tiera and Myron!🚀❤
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@EhiStrings
@EhiStrings Жыл бұрын
great vid, love how clear and understanding their answers were
@theMLBfan
@theMLBfan Жыл бұрын
This was so interesting! These two did such a great job explaining everything.
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@jarelstewart677
@jarelstewart677 Жыл бұрын
Anyone happy to see 2 black rocket scientist
@00xyres
@00xyres Ай бұрын
‼️‼️ I love seeing us succeed
@kenny-ye9pp
@kenny-ye9pp Жыл бұрын
Very professional and informative. Thanks to the two people able to answer our questions.
@bradensmith1868
@bradensmith1868 Жыл бұрын
Myron and Tiera are awesome!! Great video!
@trinyvega
@trinyvega Жыл бұрын
I loved this video!!! great way to explain things and just well rounded answers love it!
@kiadora7010
@kiadora7010 Жыл бұрын
loved learning new info with this video, both of them seem to be such cool people too!
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@dominiquefrancon7205
@dominiquefrancon7205 Жыл бұрын
They should have their own channel, they're great!
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
We do!
@zknight4481
@zknight4481 Жыл бұрын
@@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Omg YESSS! I’m so hype about this. Y’all were amazing.
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
@@zknight4481 thank you!
@scyllacw
@scyllacw Жыл бұрын
One of the best ever in this series!
@felipel.r.637
@felipel.r.637 Жыл бұрын
I had no idea the rocket was test fired before flight, I assumed only its parts got somehow tested separately. Thank you very much for this awesome video!
@gomul13
@gomul13 Жыл бұрын
The rocket engine was test fired, as you said the rest of the parts do actually get tested separately, then when it is put together, some rockets actually do get tested again on the launchpad, with the engines throttled all the way down, and the launch tower not letting go of the rocket, which is called a static fire.
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
@Gomul we actually test the entire rocket before we launch it. Full throttle and full mission duration. Check the link above.
@gomul13
@gomul13 Жыл бұрын
@@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 that's interesting, but how's so? I forgot to mention the WDR but when you do a static fire, how does the launch tower manage to hold the rocket down while the engines are at full throttle? The SRBs were tested separately as well as the tanks and other parts
@JonesJr876
@JonesJr876 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video. Love the amount of information.
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@gurjaapsarai1808
@gurjaapsarai1808 Жыл бұрын
i love these two
@halain.6615
@halain.6615 Жыл бұрын
they broke all of this down really well, one of the easiest to understand tech support vids ive watched!
@aaronjennings8385
@aaronjennings8385 Жыл бұрын
They make this look easy, good job.
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@lillustpotion
@lillustpotion Жыл бұрын
I have NO IDEA what they’re talking about but I LOVE how passionate they are about their subject!
@mandeep3.14
@mandeep3.14 Жыл бұрын
Wow. I loved this, very interesting!
@nini-he8uy
@nini-he8uy Жыл бұрын
god i just love every form of science and these are such smart people
@agnieszkamiller3008
@agnieszkamiller3008 Жыл бұрын
Wow, these people have a very cool job and they explain it really well!
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@henrique0dias
@henrique0dias Жыл бұрын
One of the best videos of the series. Love the two of them. Very nice and good answers. Congrats!
@Bandoughha
@Bandoughha Жыл бұрын
I love this series
@jeremyreesestudent6800
@jeremyreesestudent6800 Жыл бұрын
Yooo this video is amazing! Thank you for sharing this with us. This is the best media representation of how we should be taught concepts. Great job. Can picture it all 🙌🏽👏🏽
@High-frequencyRadio
@High-frequencyRadio Жыл бұрын
Yes!!! They literally made rocket science comprehensive to the layman
@noctilucera7585
@noctilucera7585 Жыл бұрын
Amazingly explained, very interesting
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@schoolgirlmellie
@schoolgirlmellie Жыл бұрын
i love this duo
@PharisOne
@PharisOne Жыл бұрын
Very interesting! I love it!
@jedi3160
@jedi3160 Жыл бұрын
Like these two seem so down to earth no pun intended ❤
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Ha!
@TieAKnot
@TieAKnot Жыл бұрын
fun to watch! 👍
@kakashisharigan336
@kakashisharigan336 2 ай бұрын
Amazing explanations!!!
@jorsgoldentarot
@jorsgoldentarot Жыл бұрын
this is so cool 💕
@thewordshifter
@thewordshifter Жыл бұрын
Loved learning about this! Please bring them back!
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Let's make that happen! Ha!
@Richuser122
@Richuser122 5 ай бұрын
@@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 how did you mess up the first question so badly
@bim_buswick
@bim_buswick Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video! Such a shame they don't get longer to fully explain things
@OrangeCat1992
@OrangeCat1992 Жыл бұрын
Exactly! This needed to be much longer!
@IrresistibleWitch
@IrresistibleWitch Жыл бұрын
Maybe a 30mins show n tell not just questions
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
Maybe we should have a follow on huh?
@sharanrai5411
@sharanrai5411 Жыл бұрын
While this is a nice video to get people interested in rockets, there are a few inaccuracies that just ticks the aerospace engineer in me For instance, rockets don't really "push off" of the ground.. it's an action reaction pair between the rocket and the exhaust coming out that causes it to lift.. real reason they go vertical is to minimize overall drag experienced so as to use up their limited fuel efficiently About the ballistic missiles.. the difference isn't payload, it's trajectory... Ballistic missiles don't need to travel as fast as rockets cause they don't need to go into orbit, (instead they take a parabolic path), and so they require less fuel and are a lil smaller in size
@sharanrai5411
@sharanrai5411 Жыл бұрын
And the fins on a rocket dont provide down force, they provide roll stability.. If the rocket starts spinning, these fins try to provide force in the opposite direction of the spin and so keeps it stable (a lot more engineering goes into sizing and shaping of these fins, cause if the opposing force doesnt match quite right, your rocket would spin out of control)
@Dios7518
@Dios7518 Жыл бұрын
@@sharanrai5411 🤓🤓🤓
@nurphurecarnium
@nurphurecarnium Жыл бұрын
@@Dios7518 huh, correcting something should be frowned upon?
@ggez8117
@ggez8117 Жыл бұрын
Ballistic missiles do reach orbital velocities tho, its all about the delta V, and as ballistic missiles are concerned, they do reach orbital velocities, they just don't stay in orbit for long periods of time, as well, they're a bomb, and their trajectory wasn't accounted for that, but a ballistic missiles could be very easily turned into a payload capable rocket, and it HAS been done before, with the minotaur missile and the titan family of rockets.
@alisioardiona727
@alisioardiona727 Жыл бұрын
@@sharanrai5411 Well actually finns provide mostly passive pitch and yaw stability and very little roll stability.
@brussels13207
@brussels13207 Жыл бұрын
Did he say “push against the ground”?
@adamdejesus4017
@adamdejesus4017 Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately.
@nurphurecarnium
@nurphurecarnium Жыл бұрын
yeah, i think a better answer (fit more with the question) should be that the rockets needs to get out of the atmosphere, the most efficient way to do that is to point straight up at first so the rocket experience less friction with the air.
@ggez8117
@ggez8117 Жыл бұрын
Laymans terms people, laymans terms
@nurphurecarnium
@nurphurecarnium Жыл бұрын
@@ggez8117 see my answer. rockets points straight up at launch pad because it needs to get out of the atmosphere. not to "push against the ground"
@vicckyyy2001
@vicckyyy2001 Жыл бұрын
WIRED. Thank-you. I wouldn't be learning about stuff like this if it weren't for these videos.
@frizzlefrack253
@frizzlefrack253 Жыл бұрын
Awesome guests as always! Now I gotta go see what the brain surgeon said 😆
@caatkins1000
@caatkins1000 Жыл бұрын
I’m confused, did they forget the part of physics which states anything with mass cannot go the speed of light? Or is there something new we’ve discovered which negates this…
@trainerred5366
@trainerred5366 Жыл бұрын
what are you talking about ? when did they say this ?
@redbritish
@redbritish Жыл бұрын
@@trainerred5366 he said nuclear fusion could get a rocket to light speed
@chrisdoe2659
@chrisdoe2659 Жыл бұрын
@@trainerred5366 6:50 to 7:40 when he's talking about "warp drive"
@firecubes4984
@firecubes4984 Жыл бұрын
Technically he's not wrong about this, although for now, 'warp drive' is just hypothetical, obviously. The theory behind 'warp drive' also known as an Alcubierre drive is that you are moving space around an object as opposed to moving an object through space. In that regard it would technically be possible to travel at or beyond the speed of light without violating the laws of physics.
@tessat338
@tessat338 Жыл бұрын
We saw a Falcon 9 launch at Kennedy Space Center. The car alarms of some the cars parked in the parking lot started going off just after the rocket launched. Thankfully, mine didn't. The launch was an amazing sight.
@NinjaElephant
@NinjaElephant Жыл бұрын
As a neurosurgeon I gotta say it’s brain surgery! In certain areas of the brain you have to operate in the sub-millimeter space and you only have one try. You can never do experimental setups, and you cannot pause during surgery, sometimes even longer than a day. Then you have to counsel patients who are deadly afraid and explain the surgery to them realistically without being too technical. Then there is sooo much we don’t know about the brain. And brains are different every time. You never do the same surgery twice. But rocket science seems fun! I like to play Kerbal space program to relax!
@MisterIncog
@MisterIncog Жыл бұрын
yeah, by a long shot. These guys seemed... idk, non-erudite? They obviously aren't stupid, but it's like they lack some bits of basic understandings of the world outside their field.
@raxusquin
@raxusquin Жыл бұрын
@@MisterIncog they literally said they fuckin do rocket science so theres an obvious bias. how does this demonstrate lack of basic world understanding???
@thewiseowl8804
@thewiseowl8804 Жыл бұрын
@@raxusquin Mister Incognito is being a brick.
@BOMBON187
@BOMBON187 Жыл бұрын
Well in brain surgery you can hurt or kill 1 patient due to an error and in rockets you can have up to 8 people die at once (Challenger and Columbia). Either way both fields are beyond my knowledge.
@pleasestopsubscribingtomyc3360
@pleasestopsubscribingtomyc3360 Жыл бұрын
you think rocket scientists can pause and retry? also kerbal space program -> surgeon simulator
@borisdelaine9797
@borisdelaine9797 Жыл бұрын
Great presentation!
@aeshikao
@aeshikao Жыл бұрын
i love this channel, i gained sm knowledge off this channel
@zukacs
@zukacs Жыл бұрын
1:40 i think bigger diffrence is that sls throws aways 99% percent of itself after orbit and starship is fully reusable
@manfredm5298
@manfredm5298 Жыл бұрын
Very proud of you guys
@TeW33zy
@TeW33zy Жыл бұрын
I am a Principle Design Assurance Engineer with a M.S in Design Quality Technology. I wouldn't mind doing this for how we create Medical Devices used in Medical Procedures. That process is tedious as we deal with the FDA.
@coolaa7
@coolaa7 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating.
@moth1560
@moth1560 Жыл бұрын
amazing
@NZ-fo8tp
@NZ-fo8tp Жыл бұрын
What… what… his first answer is completely wrong wtf. I am a rocket scientist too. Rockets launch straight up because we want to take the steepest path we can out of earths thickest part of the atmosphere. Then once we are higher, we tilt in the direction we want the orbit to go. This tilt can happen pretty early in a flight you see it almost right away with the space shuttles
@conanotoole
@conanotoole Жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing...
@alexandermacneil4430
@alexandermacneil4430 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic answers! It makes me wish I stuck with science and math more back in school!
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
It's not to late!
@kosmique
@kosmique 9 ай бұрын
as a KSP player I understand every word perfectly and could have even answered most of these questions myself. Such a powerful game.
@mbizozo6271
@mbizozo6271 Жыл бұрын
Looks like they enjoy their job. Congratulations to both.
@cherrybomb3713
@cherrybomb3713 Жыл бұрын
You can tell the guy really loves his job
@countryman032
@countryman032 Жыл бұрын
Am I missing something!? That guy is an expert and I'm not but I'm pretty sure a rocket standing straight on the launch pad has nothing to do with needing to push off the ground. The only thing I can figure is he was trying to dumb it down for us and accidentally said something inaccurate.
@countryman032
@countryman032 Жыл бұрын
First, a rocket starts vertical for stability and simplicity. Second, the rocket needs to fight Earth's gravity (by getting higher) as quickly as possible (to a point). Fairly soon in the launch a rocket needs to start picking up horizontal velocity in order to reach enough velocity to orbit Earth. How do we decide how much and when concerning horizontal and vertical velocity? Math. Then after the math is done it's pretty important you leave the navigation to the computers. Humans aren't precise enough and the rockets would just run out of fuel before reaching orbit.
@glkglkglkglk9193
@glkglkglkglk9193 Жыл бұрын
Exactly what I thought
@Elliot_97
@Elliot_97 4 ай бұрын
You launch straight up to get out of the densest part of the atmosphere ASAP, to reduce the overall drag force experienced during launch.
@PRANKZOMBIE
@PRANKZOMBIE Жыл бұрын
Fellow “rocket scientist” wishing you would talk more about how many different kinds of jobs are considered “rocket scientist” and the difference between scientist and engineers. Just because so many people don’t know what engineers do day to day. I absolutely love that you listed off some of the classes that we had to take.
@lindareed8265
@lindareed8265 Ай бұрын
Hopefully Wired will have them back for more Q&A.
@PRANKZOMBIE
@PRANKZOMBIE Ай бұрын
@@lindareed8265 omg that would be great! What a lovely video
@vinnyc7613
@vinnyc7613 Жыл бұрын
um.... its impossible to go light speed, aka speed of light, or even close to it, its physics not rocket science
@builditwithbricks8582
@builditwithbricks8582 Жыл бұрын
Well, it is possible to get close to it (although really hard, but we have done it on a subatomic scale in particle colliders), but yes, impossible to ever reach it due to the laws of physics (as it would require infinite energy to get anything to the speed of light).
@assepa
@assepa Жыл бұрын
"rocket support"... f..ing awesome!
@MrChewieLee
@MrChewieLee Жыл бұрын
Very impressive young scientists.
@Fatpanda124
@Fatpanda124 Жыл бұрын
please do a pilot answering questions about flying
@handkeez
@handkeez Жыл бұрын
I like how the "how do you build a rocket?" question was answered
@andrewsilungwe
@andrewsilungwe Жыл бұрын
You guys awesome
@thydevdom
@thydevdom 2 ай бұрын
Wired always does a good Job of finding enthusiastic professionals!
@lamorrafierro2573
@lamorrafierro2573 Жыл бұрын
I love these videos
@femimakinde8117
@femimakinde8117 Жыл бұрын
My engineering teachers say when a doctor makes a mistake, one person dies... When an engineer makes one, ...
@steelkamote1888
@steelkamote1888 Жыл бұрын
Dr. Robert Liston: "Hold my scalpel"
@kunstkt
@kunstkt Жыл бұрын
Dr. Walter Jackson Freeman II: "Hold my ice pick"
@pleasestopsubscribingtomyc3360
@pleasestopsubscribingtomyc3360 Жыл бұрын
dr robotnik has killed millions
@vizx8574
@vizx8574 Жыл бұрын
disaster happens
@sakhawatrahmananan7834
@sakhawatrahmananan7834 Жыл бұрын
This is literally.... Quite literally.... Rocket science!
@darrelarnez4502
@darrelarnez4502 Жыл бұрын
As a Chemist, I'm here for the representation! The kids need to see this! I love it 😊😊
@gbtv3740
@gbtv3740 Жыл бұрын
They definitely need to see there are more ways to make it other than sports or music.
@McHaro0079
@McHaro0079 Жыл бұрын
13:41 How about Pioneer 10 and 11? Where are they now?
@danielmora7890
@danielmora7890 Жыл бұрын
Calc 1, 2, 3 and physics and this and that woah 🤯🤯🤯these guys must be really really good because I can’t imagine how intelligent you have to be. Like they said, one little mistake on that math it’s probably over 🤯🤯that’s crazy
@makeracistsafraidagain
@makeracistsafraidagain Жыл бұрын
So when someone sarcastically asked if you’re some kind of rocket scientist….
@jamesbungert3155
@jamesbungert3155 Жыл бұрын
Their being named "Fletcher" is a clinic in serendipity.
@cleverusername9369
@cleverusername9369 Жыл бұрын
Or maybe they're married
@jamesbungert3155
@jamesbungert3155 Жыл бұрын
Check out what "Fletcher" means.
@lavafootpodcast1147
@lavafootpodcast1147 Жыл бұрын
So I was looking into getting a degree in Aerospace but now that I know the requirements I don’t know if I want to anymore
@Mervin-Bunter
@Mervin-Bunter Жыл бұрын
These two are amazing! Are they siblings, a married couple, or just two people with the same last name? Love them, please give us more!
@kurteisner67
@kurteisner67 Жыл бұрын
They are in fact a married couple. Medium has an article on them.
@JonahNelson7
@JonahNelson7 Жыл бұрын
@@kurteisner67 that article was proven false
@kurteisner67
@kurteisner67 Жыл бұрын
@@JonahNelson7 Interesting, how so? At any rate, they also said so themselves repeatedly independent of that.
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497
@rocketwiththefletchersoffi8497 Жыл бұрын
We are indeed a married couple. Ha.
@DOC_951
@DOC_951 Жыл бұрын
@@JonahNelson7 lol how embarrassing, spreading misinformation and proven wrong by them personally 😂
@raulcheva
@raulcheva Жыл бұрын
I'd like to know how damaging to the ozone layer and to earth's atmospheric gaseous ecosistems are the rocket launchings in general. I. E: in average, how many commercial 30k feet plane flights have the same impact of a massive rocket launch? Thanks !
@thorwaldjohanson2526
@thorwaldjohanson2526 4 ай бұрын
Would heavily depend on the fuel. Nasas rockets use hydrogen and water. The exhaust product is water. But even when using kerosene or methane, the exhaust is still mostly water and Co2. Not really harmful for the ozone layer. CFCs are a much bigger issue.
@Schradermusic
@Schradermusic Жыл бұрын
I thought drag is also a big factor in the first scenario. Why did they leave that out?
@kevinvn110
@kevinvn110 Жыл бұрын
amazing video, now I need Brain support one...
@TheSkinnyZ
@TheSkinnyZ Жыл бұрын
I am German and I had to turn on captions to catch the German scientists name, haha!
@Bech285
@Bech285 Жыл бұрын
Thumbnail starts at 8:35 :D
@icgz711
@icgz711 Ай бұрын
Yeah that 1st answer was extremely wrong…. Correct answer is because when you’re trying to get off the ground, you want to use all your thrust to get you a vertical velocity first. Once the rocket is a few km off the ground it will start to gimbal its thrusters to give it a horizontal velocity component as well, which is what is needed to achieve/sustain an orbit.
@em13thirteen
@em13thirteen Жыл бұрын
Its like landing a pencil on its eraser lol
@sjcwoor
@sjcwoor Жыл бұрын
We will definitely not travel at light speed. We can only ever hope to travel very close to the speed of light, but not actually at the speed of light since the craft has mass and would therefore require infinite energy to get there, which is of course impossible due to the good old E=MC2
@builditwithbricks8582
@builditwithbricks8582 Жыл бұрын
Exactly what I was wondering. I think he meant near light speed because, as you said, travelling at light speed requires infinite energy which is impossible. No rocket engine could ever do that.
@timelapse497
@timelapse497 Жыл бұрын
Maybe not travel through space at the speed of light, but space could be manipulated so that an object travels x distance (in relative space) in t time where x/t is greater than 3*10^8. Also, science isn’t unchanging, we could discover a new area of science which completely blows up our current understanding, like general relativity did 100 years ago.
@GrimJerr
@GrimJerr Жыл бұрын
All I know for sure is have the brain surgeon and the rocket scientist swap places and things are going very bad that day.
@joycechi5005
@joycechi5005 Жыл бұрын
power couple. i love them
@dishonest_nc9431
@dishonest_nc9431 Жыл бұрын
They are so incredibly talented in what they do I respect them with my heart
@lindareed8265
@lindareed8265 Ай бұрын
Whoa... a married couple of rocket scientists. Imagine the dinner table conversations!
@ViewtifulTj
@ViewtifulTj Жыл бұрын
As a fellow black engineer, it’s always nice to see other people who look like me doing these technical videos
@mibeutbig8909
@mibeutbig8909 Жыл бұрын
Exactly!! What type of engineer are you?
@kaemincha
@kaemincha Жыл бұрын
i think it's great for any youngins out there too! representation matters truly!
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