What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Space After NASA
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🗓️ 14 May 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Space might seem to be heading from the domain of big government programs to a playground for billionaires. But just below the surface, a world of start-ups are getting ready to launch.
Guest:
Ashlee Vance, business columnist and author of When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach.
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| 0:42.2 | On April 20th, journalist Ashley Vance was watching a SpaceX's Starship rocket |
| 0:47.8 | lifted off from its launch pad in Texas. |
| 0:50.5 | Yeah, I was, I was streaming that sucker, |
| 0:53.5 | like a lot of other people waiting to see what happened. |
| 1:00.0 | What happened depends a bit on your point of view. |
| 1:04.0 | At around three minutes and 40 seconds into the flight, |
| 1:06.9 | the rocket seemed like it was spinning. |
| 1:09.3 | We're seeing from the ground cameras the entire Starship stack continuing to rotate. |
| 1:13.9 | We should have had separation by now. |
| 1:16.1 | Obviously this does not appear to be a normal situation. |
| 1:21.0 | But Ashley has been to rocket launches all over the world, |
| 1:25.0 | as part of the research for his book, |
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