The World's Grittiest Space Startup

Hello World’s Ashlee Vance ventures deep into the Mojave Desert to hang out at the world’s grittiest space startup, which has plans to land a craft on the moon. He also meets up with a test pilot who crashed into a plane graveyard and lived to tell the tale.
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[@20_percent]

It was at this moment that knew, all those years of engineering studies' agony were leading to something amazing!

[@mattstirling7494]

I 100% read that in Vance's voice.

[@Sekir80]

Well, reading your comment made me think of Morgan Freeman, but the ending is different. :D

[@TheRapidGamer]

Really loving this mini series

[@dimitrijknight]

Ashlee Vance is on another level.

[@utopiasnow]

Truth!

[@garymenezes6888]

@@utopiasnow After that crash I think you are a few levels above that.

[@bc4458]

​@@utopiasnow Glad to see my favorite test pilot walk away from an incident like this. Stay safe out there Elliot.

[@sandilekaunda7676]

This is a great and insightful series!

[@HeatherSpoonheim]

I used to skydive. I tried something fancy. I don't skydive anymore. Before that, however, I once replaced my risers (the straps between the harness and the cords that go up to the canopy). Long story short, after landing, some of the cords came loose. It turns out that that I didn't properly seat the nut that closed the metal 'loop' that secured the cords to the strap on one side. It probably lost connection during deployment. The cords caught on the nut and held on - but just a few more newtons of force, or some turbulence on final decent, and I would NOT have walked away. Every time I see a 'but he/she walked away' scenario, I get shivers down my spine about that incident. We are all living on borrowed time.

[@Skunkhunt_42]

Bob Truax would be proud of these guys "get it done" approach to rocket engineering. Can't believe the name "Truax" wasn't even muttered in this piece

[@jackbenimblejack1]

11:22 crash in thumbnail

[@alanmcrae8594]

Enjoyed this video very, very much! These are the desert rocket men working away in obscurity in pursuit of The Dream and making stuff happen with low-budget hardware. I half expected to see a 20 year old Zefram Cochrane in the background, hitting on a hip flask and working intently on an electric turbo pump - with that far away thousand parsec cosmic stare in his eyes.

[@CausticLemons7]

I wasn't expecting this level of quality and depth from Bloomberg. Pleasantly surprised, great work!

[@AsphaltAntelope]

A brilliant series, thank you Mr Vance and the whole team!

[@AshleeVanceHelloWorld]

No, no, thank you

[@nicholasn.2883]

Quality content

[@ssiddarth]

This series is what should be on YT Premium, Lit AF!!!

[@andyrechenberg]

Love Masten. Glad he/they're getting some props.

[@dhillaz]

CNBC interview: "What are your revenue prospects for FY2021?" Bloomberg interview: "Have you considered shirtless volleyball?"

[@larrypitman2760]

Great stuff! Thanks

[@TheAstronomyDude]

There's another cool dude in California who makes his own rockets. His youtube channel is BPSspace. If his design works out, kids all over the world are gonna be able to land their toy rockets just like SpaceX.

[@EternalEchoes328]

ik about BPSspace..so cool!

[@subijoyacharya3189]

Ashley Vance's documentary should come out on movie theatres. They are that of level good quality. Try Cannes Films Festival, Sundance Film Festival.

[@FougaFlyer]

Excellent documentary! 👍🚀

[@wdj2131]

These Quicktake's have been top notch, thank you!

[@aliufemi]

Amazing series.

[@pasticcinideliziosi1259]

Wonderful series

[@AshleeVanceHelloWorld]

Thanks, prez

[@robabiera733]

The past 15 years has seen a whole arc of evolution in new space, from the X Prize through the giggle phase to Elon Musk's spectacular string of successes with milestone after milestone. These companies are now well past the giggle stage and poised to give Musk some real competition. I look forward to seeing an increasing number of private companies making regular trips to space - and making money doing so. Here's to the next 15 years!

[@VE_LORD]

Thank you for making these videos, they are truly inspiring

[@DamianAI9]

1:48 why mac & Cheese? there should be potatoes

[@ikp4success]

That pilot is a legend.

[@TL-fe9si]

The down to earth kinda raw style of their research site actually looks cool to me!

[@xchopp]

Yep. Including an IPA gauge at 4:04

[@basic48]

I love you as a presenter. The way you re[present is riveting...great video...make more!!!

[@rickt1866]

the crash guy has big balls for real that bullshit is no joke.

[@ch13t]

Enjoyed this

[@carunyazx950]

Your contents are wonderful knowledgeable & inspiring.

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Cool piece. Thanks Ashlee and interviewees. Mars is very difficult. Moon is less interesting. The planes are designed for some crash safety.

[@shaunhall1838]

Wow! Just wow!

[@NorthernChev]

Whoa! He REALLY waffled nervously for quick words, to not appear waffling, when you asked him where the lander they've been working on IS?

[@djkamilo66]

this vid was AWESOME!

[@DodgeThis]

Thanks for sharing something I like.

[@SoCalFreelance]

I wonder how many people are watching this and kicking themselves for not following their passion.

[@bbirda1287]

After poring over SN8 videos for 2 months and watching SN9 tip over in the high bay, this is the most fun video (well, since SN8 launch). Definite code brown flight video, almost fell out of my chair. The place where Elon gets his ideas and his engineers cut their teeth, what a story!

[@Jack-ne8vm]

On a camping trip, had breakfast at Mojave flight line restaurant. Saw White Knight fly & Stratolaunch taxi.. 'Nother day.

[@poznatkaolazo]

Thought he was gonna talk about JP Aerospace, Masten is great, and many small companies have amazing innovations most of which will never succeed but interesting still.

[@humberabdulah4733]

mad mad scientist

[@dakotapicou]

If only I had the money to finish my degree so I could work for a company like this. Dreams will be dreams!

[@michaelc2321]

What degree major? And school? Do you have experience in Rockets, engineering and design?

[@dakotapicou]

@@michaelc2321 currently working as a design engineer designing stage equipment and rigging. went to school at NC State in Ohio for mechanical engineering but only made it a year before student aid dried up.

[@eskanderx1027]

Great journey, great reportage!

[@LimitedWard]

I can't be the only one peeved by the fact that he's touching raw meat without removing his ring, right?

[@MrBurnsey123]

Yeah that was pretty grim 😅

[@rayboat374]

Commercial space industry is happening

[@carunyazx950]

@21:01 the real expression Comes😂😂😂🙄👍

[@AsphaltAntelope]

14:30 - A year of what kind of experimental art? There are no captions :( Can anyone help?

[@AshleeVanceHelloWorld]

Dadiast. As in Dada. Sorry, I took a pretty intense art history class in high school

[@AsphaltAntelope]

@@AshleeVanceHelloWorld No need to apologise for being educated! Thank you for coming to comments and replying. Now I'm going to go down a Wikipedia hole and read about Dadiast Art!

[@mikercflyer7383]

Follow Eliot Seguin the only test pilot on KZbin and Instagram .

[@g00gle-]

Nice one .

[@whyareugae2326]

Ayo whats the song in 2:22

[@vickidianacoghlan8946]

Gday Love Mojave desert. I took my first solo jump from the sky parachuting. Totally blissful. Fired my first gun in Mojave desert.

[@Atipat12]

AMAZING 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@tugloo1]

Buzzfeed unsolved at 11:30

[@haydenamaro]

Ok I figured it out - he's saying "Dada-ist Art"

[@AshleeVanceHelloWorld]

You win the Arp

[@davehann8178]

How many times do you have to say 'like'?

[@JosephOster]

Wonderful dark night sky until you showed up with all your lights blazing.

[@FightNewsYT]

Amazing video! I also upload this in my next vids.

[@PilotCooking]

Should we assume he was able to fly legally per the FAR's and was current before taking passengers up? Seat of the pants is OK if your solo, but to play test pilot with the unknowing is a bit of an issue.

[@fvo911]

Is the same RV that blew up?

[@21stCenturyComm]

Virgin Orbit is spending about a $1 billion trying to reach orbit. Video of SpaceShipTwo, which is suborbital, accompanies the narrative. That's being developed by Virgin Galactic at a cost that is likely well north of $1 billion. But, who's counting. It's funny that Mojave is your favorite town. Nobody who has spent much time here thinks so. Well, there are a few long-term residents for whom that is true. The spaceport might be your favorite place to visit; but the spaceport is not the town, and Mojave is not the spaceport. Very few people who work at the spaceport actually live here.

[@lewtube1]

Ashlee Vance is kinda the new Anthony Bourdain only less gourmet dining.

[@eiliannoyes5212]

Was thinking the same.

[@rayboat374]

“Masten” is a fucking training facility for anybody that wants to do rocket science

[@AshleeVanceHelloWorld]

That was the alternate episode title

[@marcpleines8303]

What idiota- “oh the moon kinda thing” LOSSSSER

[@sirgalahad1470]

Who lives longer, test pilots or wingsuit jumpers ?

[@-fuk57]

Neither.

[@-fuk57]

Both?

[@Atipat12]

COOL 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@RobertMeany]

Well, at least the crash was in a convenient location

[@JJs_playground]

As a shirtless, volleyball, beach guy. I endorse that statement. Lol

[@utopiasnow]

Hahaha!!

[@TurtleTyrant]

A lunar city on the front of the moon is nothing more than a tattoo on the most beutiful celesial object the world has ever known. For thousands of years man has looked at the unblemished moon and dreamed of exploring worlds unknown. The lunar city MUST be on the far side of the moon with a wall encircling an international park on the front side. Property near the "tangent" or near tangent wall will be the most popular property on the moon, for they will be able to see the Earth resting on the moons horizon. The park itself will be a vast expanse of exploration and vistas with the Earth in all of its glory. A world where kids grow up looking a the city lights of "Space Yankees" is a nasty world. But a world where the moon is framed by the lights of a Moon wall is a beautiful one. The wall would most likely not be exactly tangent but 1-3 percent Earth sided in order to allow for a wider view of the whole Earth from the edges of the city.

[@001Nero001]

Why did he test fly over the junkyard, when you got a desert around it. That's just stupid

[@nickreyes3604]

For some weird reason this guy reminds me of Anthony Bourdain lol

[@TiberiusMaximus]

So you've got over 600 hours of flight proven landers going back to 2010 and you're concerned you can't meet a 2022 deadline? C'mon I know space is hard but you hyped up these guys and their accomplishments but when it comes down to it they still need years to put it together? They really need to take a page from SpaceX and Musk

[@electrotech2253]

Yeah man, it's just rocket science. How hard could it be pffftt.

[@martinmartinez250]

As a former Aerospace Engineer and later Start-Up executive I can safely say you dont understand the problem Elon and Bezos started with Billions of dollars and were to eventually have production level products. These guys have survived on a prayer for 15 years doing quality research but the step to production level product approved and certified by the Goverment is HUGE. BTW I left the Industry when I was asked to run Flight Test for a majot Aerospace firm from out in Mojave. I loved the vibe of the area but Mojave/Palmdale/Lancaster are terrible little cities to live in.

[@TiberiusMaximus]

@@martinmartinez250 seemed to have enough money for 600 hours of flight proven landers. "As a former"? Yea we should all take advice from the guy who is a former Aerospace engineer. I think I understand the problem Junior

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@@TiberiusMaximus Does former make it any less credible?

[@josephyang4997]

More Ellen please!

[@Dusty4321]

Wait, this isn't a python tutorial.

[@NSAwatchesME]

masten has been around forever never made any money

[@pagetwentyone]

this guy wrote Elon musk book

[@fedorbutochnikow5312]

why is this so autobiographic? make an actual informational report.

[@bw1170]

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter...

[@Abc1234xxx]

this guy has got delusions of grandeur he thinks he’s an inspiration to spaceX. Elon Musk has said that the idea of Landing spacecraft like this came from the 1970s game Moon lander.

[@nikkokp]

can we get time stamps so i can skip the vloggy stuff

[@yuttb3139]

The classy grip aerobically suppose because box whitely glow above a tacky steel. premium, doubtful jump

[@thebentley71]

Here is their little secret. Anykind of thrust be it rocket propelled or whatever. You can not propel an object forward in the vacuum of space. Thrust need somekind of atmosphere to push off of. You can get something moving really fast & use the inertia, but eventually the energy of that runs out. You could never turn around in space. You could never fall around the the globe neither, there is no sweet spot where the gravity keeps you falling around or orbiting around the globe. Another big problem with the global world, is that it doesn't exist. Our world is a giant circular horizontal plane, enclosed by a giant firmament dome that is a solid physical dome. Up is up & down is down. People are not stuck to the bottom of a spinning sphere/ball earth. We have been indoctrinated & lied to about everything.

[@3balam3]

edit Huet out. boring.

[@chrisz0619]

Psshh, not even impressive at all. They got a 4x4 Rover on the moon in the 60’s, then launched off the moon and landed back on earth, on the first try. These guys are all amateurs...am I right?

[@zaptowee6625]

Can you build a horse drawn wagon?

[@lanceconnery1052]

@@zaptowee6625 Horse drawn wagon won't get you to the moon, bro.

[@zaptowee6625]

@@lanceconnery1052 Yeah of course it cant. But Christian is saying these rocket scientists aren't "impressive at all". Well can he even make a carriage? Consider its hundreds year old technology at this point. Cause if he cant make the most basic of vehicles then hes really one to talk about what is & isn't impressive.

[@chadlimestall9201]

IDK why I just hate bloomberg

[@eyasulegesse6208]

why can't we spend this money on trying to keep out beautiful planet alive

[@cwtoyota]

@10:50 "He never let on that it was his first time back in a plane after the wreck"... @ 12:01 "I was flying again within a few days of the accident"... So did he contradict himself at different points in your story? Are you just making up bullshit under dramatic license? How the fuck does a journalist not catch a mistake like this? The video didn't seem bad, but now I doubt 100% of it's content. Jesus Christ, do better!

[@AshleeVanceHelloWorld]

Perhaps I didn't explain it well. He had the wreck, but didn't tell me about it. You can see in our old interview that his cheek is swollen, and he has a black eye from the crash. He took me flying that day, which was "a few days after the accident" just like he says.

[@Spirit-dg5xi]

ashlee vance and the chic are so annoying at the end

[@lancethrustworthy]

Don't much care for videos of jerks. Take heart, I'm unsubscribing.

[@AshleeVanceHelloWorld]

Before you go . . . who are the jerks?

[@OrganDanai]

@@AshleeVanceHelloWorld Don't worry about trolls. I think your team did a fantastic job to show the less known parts of the industry. The grittiness. The risks people take. Thanks for this series! Belgian greetings from Singapore.