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How SpaceX Works
- ▶ 2:08 David Senra A Falcon nine goes up every two to three days. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 3:02 David Senra Three Falcon one explosions between 2006 and 2008.
- ▶ 7:35 David Senra Consider the Falcon one actuator, a vendor quoted a 120,000 dollars in 18 months of development.
- ▶ 10:48 David Senra A NASA study found SpaceX developed Falcon nine for roughly four hundred and forty million. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 11:15 David Senra Materials, jigs, and processes can evolve together on the scale of weeks, enabling a rapid progression from Falcon one to successive Falcon nine variants.
- ▶ 13:09 David Senra The Falcon Nine became the industry's Model T, one rocket built in volume, same nine Merlin engines on the first stage, same vacuum Merlin on the second, same structure, same diameter, same aluminum, lithium alloy, same welding methods,… 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 13:27 David Senra Even Falcon Heavy is just three Falcon nine first stages strapped together with a shared upper stage.
- ▶ 20:00 David Senra The Falcon nine, which is the operational launch vehicle, it's middle ground.
- ▶ 26:45 David Senra Some were genuinely existential, like the 2008 cash crisis when SpaceX had funds for exactly one more Falcon one attempt.
- ▶ 34:44 David Senra Falcon nine's grid fins were originally designed to fold like traditional aerospace grid fins. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 39:12 David Senra The P-eighty in five months, the SR-seventy one in four years, Falcon one to Falcon nine in four years.
- ▶ 39:12 David Senra The P-eighty in five months, the SR-seventy one in four years, Falcon one to Falcon nine in four years.
How Elon Works
- ▶ 43:26 David Senra When an engineer told Elon the air cooling system for the Falcon nine would cost three million dollars.
Elon Musk and The Early Days of SpaceX
- ▶ 0:00 David Senra To understand SpaceX, where it aspires to go, and why it just might succeed, one must voyage back to the Falcon One rocket and dig up the roots. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 33:30 David Senra While the Falcon one waited its turn, no one would compensate SpaceX for its expenses. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 46:06 David Senra And so it says in 2023, the U S had a 54% share of global commercial launch revenues with space X's Falcon nine responsible for the bulk of these.
- ▶ 51:46 David Senra Outside that room, in the factory, they had the parts for a final Falcon one rocket.
The Founder of Rolex: Hans Wilsdorf
- ▶ 24:37 David Senra And before that, he had Unicorn, RollCo, Elvira, RollWatchCo, Falcon, GenX, Lonex, Rolex, Rolexes, Lexus, Hoffex, and Wintex.