S8 Ep1129: Bob Zimmerman — China successfully recovered a reusable rocket stage, joining SpaceX and Blue Origin in the race for cheaper launches; on the ISS, a private company successfully manufactured human kidney and liver tissues, and SpaceX continues to break re
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 14 July 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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| 0:25.6 | This is a high risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong. I'm John Bachelor. Behind the Black, Bob Zimmerman is here. It is prescription time. $49 is my idea of a good subscription for Bob Zimmerman's |
| 0:57.1 | behind the black because not only is he following the commercial story, that is, Wall Street |
| 1:02.6 | has adopted SpaceX. He's also following big space as it competes with the commercial story, |
| 1:09.2 | and we build out in the Earth-Moon system. |
| 1:12.1 | Necessary, of course, is for the rocket companies to be able to relaunch, to retry, just as SpaceX does. |
| 1:21.0 | And that begins our news right now. |
| 1:23.5 | Bob, a very good evening to $49, and they will learn one about China. |
| 1:27.4 | Good evening. Well, first, I want to say thank you to $49, and they will learn one about China. Good evening. |
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| 1:40.3 | with lots of help, and I really, really, really appreciate it. Keeps me above water. |
| 1:45.5 | So yes, China has done something now that only up to now, SpaceX and Blue Origin have |
| 1:51.1 | successfully done, and that is land the first stage and recover it so they could potentially reuse |
| 1:58.2 | it. They fired off their first long March 10b rocket for the first time. |
| 2:04.0 | This is an upgrade from their long March 10 rocket. The 10b is supposed to be reusable. It's a little |
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