Starbase Tour with Elon Musk [PART 2 // Summer 2021]
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN recommends it to see how Musk actually talks and thinks about engineering, unedited and in depth.
What it is
Everyday Astronaut takes a tour of SpaceX's Starbase with Elon Musk as guide. Topics include the Raptor engines, launch escape systems, the heat shield and the first orbital test.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2022 to 2024.
What Hacker News said
Recommends TechBro8615 · 2023-02 · on “SpaceX prepares to test fire all 33 Starship engines at once”
If you don't mind a little Musk propaganda, I enjoyed these two videos [0] [1] from Everyday Astronaut where he toured the SpaceX factory and launch site ("Starbase") with Musk. My favorite quote was about the most common trap that engineers fall into, which is to waste time optimizing something that shouldn't exist in the first place. I'm sure that's not an original Muskism, but it stuck with me nonetheless. [0] [LINK] [1] [this video]
Recommends cs702 · 2024-06 · on “Why Elon Musk switched Starship from carbon fiber to stainless steel”
This short video clip quickly makes evident why SpaceX has become so dominant, now sending more than 90% of all global cargo to orbit every year. In short: Musk is operating from first principles, questioning everything from the ground up, willing to try things that others are unwilling to consider or have not even thought of before -- there are no sacred cows. The result is that SpaceX is leaving conventionally run competitors saddled with increasingly outdated, higher cost, less scalable systems and processes. Whenever I watch interviews of other CEOs of other space exploration companies (Boeing, Northrop Grumman, United Launch Allience, etc.) or CEOs of other satellite internet service pr
Cites mlindner · 2022-04 · on “Twitter re-examines Elon Musk’s bid, may be more receptive to a deal”
A CNN 2 minute video chopping up what he says to make it sound more grand is not him being a "showman". It's called video editing. You can tell the video has been HIGHLY edited because it's not how he talks. > it's really hard to believe when he's put out stuff like this. [LINK] [this video] [LINK] This is how Musk actually talks. > Like, did he use up all of his thinking fuel on designing rockets that he didn't understand why the boring company's mission was a total non-starter? He doesn't spend a lot of time working on the boring company to be frank. It's a small side project. He's doing it to see if it's possible.