Evan Engisch 
SPACE X

Recorded July 16th, 2019 in Los Angeles, CA

The first day at Space X and the Ramones

Vermont, Problem Child, and Stay Home 

Music and Astronauts and Jazz 

Mechanical engineering from RPI. 

Hayabusa2, the Japanese led team lands on the Ryugu asteroid and collects samples

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa2

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-japan-hayabusa2-probe-touchdown-asteroid.html

Planetary resources and astro-mining for water 

Designing a hybrid race car from scratch in high school and knowing the sum all parts 

Rocket science, neurosurgery, and astrophysics, all complicated but not difficult 

NASA is a partner, not a competitor. 

Space X in 2002, NASA space shuttle program stopped in 2011. Demand is needed. 

The current field of space travel. 

The Soyuz rocket family out of Russia. Launched from Kazakhstan. Currently the only means for crewed space flights in the World since the space shuttle program stopped in 2011. Heavily used in the ISS program. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_(rocket_family)

Lance Bass from N’Sync spent months training with the Russian Space Agency to go to the ISS, but ultimately did not go to outer space in the end

https://www.businessinsider.com/nsync-lance-bass-on-space-travel-dream-2016-12

Why Space X is different: starting from scratch. 

Elon Musk and making a profit. 

The Falcon 9 launched on Oct. 8th 2018, LA thought it was Aliens. 

Recycling rockets

https://nypost.com/2017/12/16/spacex-launches-recycled-rocket-for-first-time/

Space X Dragon and the future of a crew capsule, probably soon. 

“It is inevitable that humans will become multi-planetary species” 

The fossil fuel industry, rocket combustion, and methane. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptor_(rocket_engine_family)

Why Space X is in LA? 

Launch Pad 39A: Apollo Mission 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39#Launch_Pad_39A

Why are launches at Cape Canaveral? In Orbital Mechanics, you want to be as close to the equator as possible. 

Punk confidence and DIY ethics. 

The ethics of populating Mars and growing green on red planet

https://areomagazine.com/2018/07/02/life-on-mars-the-ethical-implications-of-colonizing-the-red-planet/

The Apollo programs not only expanded our understanding of science and technology in space travel, but also greatly expanded our collective human consciousness of what is feasibly possible. 

Who will get to Mars first ?

The punk DIY ethos: you want something done you do it yourself.
You want to go to space? you build the rocket.