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Rick & Bubba University Podcast

Ep 133 | NASA's Next Rocket: The Space Launch System | David Beaman

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4.21.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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NASA's newest rocket, the SLS or Space Launch System, will be the most powerful rocket ever flown. It will provide an unparalleled heavy-lift capability for space exploration, and David Beaman, NASA SLS director of engineering and integration, couldn't be more excited. NASA has worked to improve and perfect what has been accomplished in the past, and this decades-long effort will culminate in the first-ever SLS launch, scheduled later this month. Can we get back to the moon? Can we get to Mars? Find out from NASA's David Beaman on this episode of Rick & Bubba University! Sponsor: Ladder is revolutionizing an age-old industry offering term life insurance at a personalized price, that can flex as your needs change. Why not pay a bit each month to protect the ones you love? Ladder makes it impressively fast and easy to get covered. You just need a few minutes, and a phone or laptop to apply. Ladder’s smart algorithms work in real-time, so you’ll find out instantly if you’re approved. No hidden fees. Cancel any time. At Ladder, they've created a painless way to get the life insurance coverage you need for those you care about most. Check out Ladder today to see if you’re instantly approved. Go to http://ladderlife.com/rickbubba. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to another edition of Rick and Bubby University.

0:40.2

The podcast, Bubba, I know that you are drawn back like a flip right now and you can't

0:45.8

stand it.

0:46.8

I mean, excitement is all through the studio today because we're going to talk space launch,

0:52.6

system engineering and solid rocket booster project.

0:56.0

Rick, it doesn't get any better than this for me.

0:58.2

I've been a fan of space and rocket since I was a little bitty kid.

1:02.8

Ever since I borrowed my mother's aluminum foil right before Thanksgiving to put on the

1:08.3

lunar module I was building in the basement?

1:10.3

Yes.

1:11.3

It's a Thanksgiving I never forgot.

1:13.4

But my love for the space program continued even though I got my high and he tore up pretty

1:17.4

bad on that one.

1:18.5

Every time a rocket launches your ruin hurts, but other than that, it's, Bubba, you were

1:24.3

telling me about the SLS program and, you know, because we went through the whole Shuttle

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