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Business Wars

Wondery

History, Business, David Brown, Management

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

It's 2009 and a new president is looking to shake up the space world by opening up the stars to private industry.

But with NASA’s space shuttle about to retire, the United States soon won't be able to reach the International Space Station without Russian help.

U.S. leadership in space hangs in the balance and everyone's looking to the new space companies to deliver the solution.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to Business Wars Add Free on Amazon Music.
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0:07.0	It's August 2008 and higher over the Pacific, a military cargo plane is nearing Hawaii,
0:22.8	and it's got precious freight on board.
0:25.5	And the cavernous hold is the body of a Falcon 1 rocket wrapped in tight protective plastic.
0:32.0	SpaceX usually ferries rockets to its launch pad on the Kwajatol, but the company's running
0:36.8	out of cash and can't afford to wait.
0:40.3	The pilot turns to one of the SpaceX engineers on board.
0:44.6	Starting the descent into Hawaii, Mr. Alton.
0:47.5	Bulent Alton gives a thumbs up.
0:49.9	He's an aviation electronic sex expert with a black goatee.
0:54.2	As the plane descends, he hears a disturbing sound.
0:58.5	What was that?
1:00.4	Sounded like something in the back.
1:02.5	Alton leaps out of his seat and runs to the hold.
1:05.2	He can barely believe what he finds.
1:07.8	The seven story tall Falcon 1 looks like it's being slowly crushed by a huge invisible
1:13.2	hand.
1:14.9	Alton races back to the cockpit.
1:17.5	Climb, climb, the air pressure is crushing the rocket.
1:20.5	As the plane descends, the air pressure in the hold is increasing, but the Falcon 1's
1:25.2	airtight wrapper is stopping the pressure inside the hollow rocket from rising.
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