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Why dont we fly the Saturn V? An alternate SLS history...
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Is it a practical idea, or is it another crazy nuclear rocket engine idea?
Thermal Management in Space – Abraham Hertzberg
nss.org/settlement/nasa/spaceresvol2/thermalmanagement.html
Defense systems information analysis center
https://dsiac.dtic.mil/articles/space-travel-aided-by-plasma-thrusters-past-present-and-future/
Electric propulsion needs by OHB
researchgate.net/publication/330082426_OHB-System's_View_on_Electric_Propulsion_Needs
VISIMR VX-200 Performance and new-term SEP capability for unmanned mars flight
web.archive.org/web/20110311141639/http://spirit.as.utexas.edu/%7Efiso/telecon/Glover_1-19-11/Glover_1-19-11.pdf
Megawatt class nuclear space power systems, multiple volumes:
ntrs.nasa.gov/search?q=megawatt%20class%20nuclear%20space%20power&page=%7B%22from%22:0,%22size%22:25%7D
NASA Nuclear electric propulsion for 2033 mars roundtrip
researchgate.net/publication/237827299_Use_of_High-Power_Brayton_Nuclear_Electric_Propulsion_NEP_for_a_2033_Mars_Round-Trip_Mission/link/00b495318c2dba70a4000000/download
NASA Compass NEP – Chemical Hybrid
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20210017131/downloads/TM-20210017131_errata.pdf
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What is going on? Who would be interested in buying ULA and why haven't they?
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Acceleration environment of the ISS
nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/acceleration-environment-iss-mini-book_detail-508c.pdf
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Why has liquid methane become the new favorite?
Orbital Aspirations Impulse Density
orbitalaspirations.blogspot.com/2011/12/impulse-density.html
You know engineering tradeoff analysis
youtube.com/watch?v=QmiWTvWdAiA
Defense Logistics Agency list of prices
https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Energy/Standard%20Prices/Aerospace%20Prices/E_2023Oct1AerospaceStandardPrices_231019.pdf?ver=MxFp2P7QThfFoanPm84gDA%3D%3D
GPUs to Mars: Full-Scale Simulation of SpaceX's Mars Rocket Engine
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What is going on? Is SpaceX losing it?
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Dongfang hour
dongfanghour.com
Andrew Jones
spacenews.com/author/andrew
China-In-Space
china-in-space.com
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Spies, allies, and enterprise: the strange story of ULA
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Why did New Glenn take off so slowly?
Can it launch the payloads Blue Origin claims it can?
How many times will it fly in 2025?
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But It's not unreasonable to expect shuttle to fly in cold temperatures. How did NASA end up building a machine with solid rocket boosters that could not handle cold temperatures?
Why did the shuttle look so weird? youtube.com/watch?v=qUxxKSBu-Ss
Roger’s commission report on challenger:
sma.nasa.gov/SignificantIncidents/assets/rogers_commission_report.pdf
Roger’s commission chapter 6:
nasa.gov/history/rogersrep/v1ch6.htm
Truth, Lies, and O Rings:
amazon.com/Truth-Lies-Rings-Challenger-Disaster/dp/0813041937
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Or maybe not.
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SpaceX has caught a massive rocket. So what’s next?
arstechnica.com/space/2024/10/spacex-has-caught-a-massive-rocket-so-whats-next/#gsc.tab=0
Boca Chica Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Starship/Super Heavy
web.archive.org/web/20211001032259/faa.gov/space/stakeholder_engagement/spacex_starship/media/Draft_PEA_for_SpaceX_Starship_Super_Heavy_at_Boca_Chica.pdf
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Sloth in Spacesuit
etsy.com/listing/867583192/space-sloth-astronaut-and-saturn-art
The story of Vulcan
youtube.com/watch?v=fQ3PIW3cqKc
The real secrets of rocket design revealed:
youtube.com/watch?v=iIULRMRcyZM
Satellite ground track visualizer:
observablehq.com/@jake-low/satellite-ground-track-visualizer
How SpaceX might have failed:
youtube.com/watch?v=c0Gnn2WPgUI
Starship Booster Droneship Catch?
youtube.com/watch?v=7yC86I0rL0o
Blue Origin's Starship Killer?
youtube.com/watch?v=Y-SY9hJtIYY
But is it the best feat that SpaceX has accomplished?
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Starliner Post Mortem:
youtube.com/watch?v=JLjR23twwDE
Boeing CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Anatomy of the Thruster Doghouse
reddit.com/r/Starliner/comments/1eiggns/boeing_cst100_starliner_crewed_flight_test_cft
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Mia and the martians:
indiegogo.com/projects/mia-and-the-martians-publishing-campaign#
Off Nominal Podcase episode
offnom.com/episodes/166
Rocket Factory Augsburg test anomaly update:youtube.com/watch?v=ORviDaDsj7U
Rockets Behaving Badly – Pogo
youtube.com/watch?v=Fn9hAnaoDfE
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Mia and the martians:
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Off Nominal Podcase episode
offnom.com/episodes/166
Gateway white paper, 2022:
nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/acr22-wp-gateway-the-cislunar-springboard.pdf?emrc=5a0843
GAO-24-106878 NASA should document and communicate plans to address gateway’s mass risk
gao.gov/assets/gao-24-106878.pdf
NASA crewed mars mission architecture (2023)
https://x.com/KenKirtland17/status/1745931455199338512?lang=en
Artemis lunar architecture video
youtube.com/watch?v=O2IBV_XSu60
Asteroid retrieval crewed mission:
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20140008285/downloads/20140008285.pdf
Overview of mission design for NASA asteroid redirect robotic mission concept.
trylam.com/files/IEPC_2013_Overview_of_Mission_Design_for_NASA_ARRM.pdf
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Links:
Commercial LEO destination concept of operations: ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20230002770/downloads/ATTACHMENT%201%20CLDP-WP-1101_ConOps_Final.pdf
International space station transition report: nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2022_iss_transition_report-final_tagged.pdf?emrc=4c4497
CLD requirements and standards: govtribe.com/file/government-file/80jsc023cldprequirementsandstandards-1-cldp-req-1130-and-annex-1-dot-pdf
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NASA integrated Program Plan 1970 : wired.com/2012/04/integrated-program-plan-maximum-rate-traffic-model-1970
ISS Deorbit analysis summary white paper: nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/iss-deorbit-analysis-summary.pdf
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NASA OIG Report: oig.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ig-24-015.pdf
Everyday Astronaut tour of New Glenn Factory: youtube.com/watch?v=rsuqSn7ifpU&pp=ygUSZXZlcnlkYXkgYXN0cm9uYXV0
Pathfinder episode with Andy Lapsa (Stoke Space): pod.payloadspace.com/episodes/0104
00:00 Intro
00:22 Long March 6A debris events
02:22 Boeing SLS Exploration Upper Stage
09:07 New Glenn Tour by the Everyday Astronaut (Tim Dodd)
10:01 Andy Lapsa (Stoke Space) interview by Pathfinder
11:50 Outro
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Artemis Lunar Architecture: youtube.com/watch?v=O2IBV_XSu60
Starship Orbital Propellant Depot: youtube.com/watch?v=fjWCEFioT_Y
00:00 Intro
00:56 Why Artemis is the way it is...
03:16 Human Landing System Program
04:53 Why not a SpaceX custom lander?
06:19 Is the SpaceX refueling architecture feasible?
06:34 Docking...
06:50 Propellant boiloff...
08:06 Propellant transfer...
11:03 How many tanker flights?
13:54 Summary
14:21 Outro...
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You know engineering tradeoff analysis - youtube.com/watch?v=QmiWTvWdAiA
00:00 Intro
00:38 Starship - titanium
03:40 Starship - aluminum
05:02 Starship - carbon fiber
08:35 Super Heavy
09:14 Super Heavy - titanium
09:25 Super Heavy - aluminum
10:38 Super Heavy - carbon fiber
13:14 Outro
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At least not the way they had hoped, but the changes they made fundamentally reshaped NASA and will continue to reshape it in the future
00:00 Intro
00:41 Keeping Shuttle Flying was the goal
02:20 A new idea pops up
03:49 NASA wants all the missions
05:04 The commercial space act gets in the way
06:46 Ares I and Ares V show up
07:25 Commercial cargo
08:47 NASA used to be great at development
11:28 Ares I-X flies
12:16 Obama shows up with another set of new ideas
12:30 Constellation is not affordable
13:19 The Status Quo Strikes Back
13:54 What Obama hoped to do
15:01 The status quo version
17:11 President Bush Gave us Commercial Cargo and SpaceX
17:35 President Obama gave us commercial crew
20:04 Presidents Bush and Obama gave us commercial moon landers
21:00 Summary
21:30 If you enjoyed this video / outro
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00:00 Intro
01:20 Nuclear Rockets
07:57 EagerSpace Education and Professional Background
09:46 What spacecraft would you fly on?
9:59 What is the real reason for the retirement of shuttle?
10:26 Will you bring back the old eager space intro?
10:42 Do you think SABRE/Skylon will be a thing?
12:03 Is there a chance for China landing first on the moon?
12:49 Will we see a permanently occupied moon base in 10 years?
13:50 Rotating detonation engines
14:25 The missing HLS Lander propellant boiloff analysis...
16:17 Where have all the RTGs gone?
18:12 Solar+Batteries for settlement or nuclear?
18:38 My favorite books
20:11 Fusion Powered Rockets
20:24 How have the questions changed your video backlog?
21:43 Various types of rocket engines...
21:58 What do you think of Neutron?
22:07 Are we done with questions?
22:12 I need a cold beverage...
22:22 Outro (old intro + sponsor ad...)
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00:00 Intro
00:35 What makes an efficient propellant tank?
02:07 Figuring out the propellant tank volume for a rocket
04:59 How big does a Falcon 9 first stage want to be?
06:04 The Falcon 9 second stage the perfect size...
07:41 Tanks sizes for the ULA Vulcan...
08:30 Why is the Saturn V first stage so small?
09:47 Finally some content on Starship
10:42 Does physics prefer larger rockets?
12:03 The graph that answers our main question.
13:37 Is tank pressure an issue?
15:16 Why bigger rockets would be a major pain
16:09 What kind of plane is starship?
16:45 Final thoughts
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00:00 What is Up with Starship?
01:49 Why is starship taking so long?
02:11 Space is hard, Starship is super-hard
03:40 The Rocket Equation
05:33 Why Falcon 9 is so great
08:27 Why Starship is so different
09:40 The graph that tells us everything
10:55 Why hot staging matters for starship and not for Falcon 9
12:50 Raptor - the key to starship
15:40 A Raptor game SpaceX might play
17:20 Why IFT-1 was great.
18:32 The plan to fix Starship Performance
18:52 Raptor changes
19:33 Rocket changes for higher payload
20:29 Gravity loss reduction through quicker launches
21:32 Four things I learned about starship
23:00 If you enjoyed this video...
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Blue Origin Patent
patents.google.com/patent/US20230211900A1/en
NASA paper on active cooling
ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19930003270
Rocket Nozzle Types – an Ex Rocket Man’s take on it
exrocketman.blogspot.com/2023/02/rocket-nozzle-types.html
00:00 Introduction
00:59 New Glenn is too big
02:00 New Glenn copies starship
02:20 Blue Origin Patented reusable upper stage design
04:34 Requirements for any reusable second stage - starship
05:23 Requirements for any reusable second stage - Blue Origin and Stoke
05:48 Aerospike engine efficiency in vacuum
09:23 Vehicle shape and reentry heating
10:19 Does active cooling work?
10:35 Outtro
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00:00 - Intro
02:05 - Falcon 9 design process
09:30 - Vulcan Centaur design process
15:00 ULA on Rocket Design
15:04 How Hard is Going to Space?
16:53 Rocket Architectures Compared
19:51 Does the booster fly to LEO?
23:13 Delta V between first and second stage comparison
25:57 Pop Quiz - Atlas V versus Falcon 9 flight data
27:27 Examples of high vs. low energy architectures
30:57 Reuse
32:29 The Real Secrets of Rocket Design
33:39 Outro
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Launch Vehicle Recover and Reuse Paper
ulalaunch.com/docs/default-source/supporting-technologies/launch-vehicle-recovery-and-reuse-(aiaa-space-2015).pdf
Business case and spreadsheet post
forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=37390.0
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In this series we'll look at the details of some of the ULA materials and you can decide what you think about them.
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It's already underway, and it's known as Polaris Dawn...
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Come play "Space tug or not" with me as we explore this topic.
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