The fact that Tory Bruno just referenced Kerbal Space Program makes me unbelievably happy.

I know this is 2 years old but how cool is it that a CEO can talk you through the ENTIRE process to prepare, stage and launch a rocket to the SUN. Tory Bruno is the MAN!!!

I love how impressed Bruno is whith your knowledge and lingo...even when yall toured the assembly building he was grinning nonstop. Thats why he picked you for these priveledges and guided tours of his babbies...good job

Me: I've played KSP so much I think I have a pretty good understanding of how rockets and orbital dynamics -- Tory: There are people whose entire careers are how liquids slosh around a tank in zero G. Me: Nvm.

It's really great to see a CEO being so approachable.

I could easily listen to to Tory talk about rockets for hours

20:15 imagine living in the family, where basically everybody is a rocket scientist.... how cool is that :)

"You think of it like Kerbal Sapce Program" had me on the floor laughing. What a Dude! Consider me a Fan.

Man, the extended video is so awesome that it could be easily on the main channel for sure!

Probably the fastest 36 min video I've ever watched!

This is the kind of achievement that the American public has become apathetic about. We've taken for granted the human effort that is involved in such a complex operation.

Destin, aw man. Two things stood out: That you busted your hump to create this channel, which resulted in Tory spending this time with you within _hat_falling_ distance of a rocket. And the other: that you did all of the work to provide us this incredible interview. I'd say "keep being awesome," but you don't need me too. You've so very clearly got this.

It’s cool to listen to someone who loves what they do as much as it’s apparent he does - I didn’t understand much of what he said, but it was so engaging to watch him enjoy telling the story. Tory seems like a pretty cool and humble guy. As a CEO I can imagine he could have been spending this time with other executives and shareholders, or media outlets that may have used a few seconds of footage on the 6 o’clock news. I get there sense that spending the time with you - someone who understands and appreciates the magnitude of this work - was exactly where he wanted to be. Pretty cool opportunity.

So Tory's first rocket was essentially making his own single-base propellant rockets out of nitroglycerine soaked wax paper scraps packed into an iron pipe. He just got a LOT cooler.

Dude! I'm so stoked to see this video. It brings back a lot of memories. My company, Jered LLC, in Brunswick, GA, built the launch table that rocket sits on and a lot of pieces to that building as well. It's great to see it in actual use. I wish you could have gotten video of the table itself, but what you did get is great. Sorry for bragging, but I put a lot of hours in on that job. It was my life for almost a year. Thanks again.

The part about Tory being responsive on Twitter, I can vouch for that; A couple of years back, I was writing a business case on orbital fuel depots and needed a price estimate for the ACES upper stage, and he answered my question on Twitter within a couple of hours, really awesome!

Sloshologist, rocket insulation, fuel starvation, I've learned so much in the past 30 minutes. This is by far my favorite UKposts videos of all time! Thank you all who put the time and effort to make this!

I didn't understand 95% of what Destin & Tory were discussing but I have a new appreciation for space technology. A heartfelt thanks, Destin!

I was just contemplating how far "Smarter Everyday" has come since I became aware of it "back in the day"...I'm including you personally, Destin. You've gone from flipping cats upside down in slow motion in your backyard, to interviewing a sitting President of the United States, to being allowed to pick the brain of Tory Bruno while standing on the ledge of the launch building itself! Congratulations to you, Sir!

I like how you can watch destin's brain just start to backflip as Tony explains mechanics

Gentlemen, thank you for this video. This is one of the most educational and interesting things I have seen in a long time.

I got all choked up. Rockets make me cry with joy.

Very cool, wish I'd thought of going into the space business, when I was a high school lad, we managed to launch a small payload 4 miles high. Had we staged our liquid propellant rocket and our solid propellant rocket we could have done much better than 4 miles. Rocket "safety officer" meaning Dad, did not permit us to go any higher. Not after the NY State police showed up after we launched one of our high powered amateur rockets out over Lake Ontario. Dad lost his nerve to push the envelope. The police were not wise to what we haddone as they responded to a citizen complaint that saw a fireball heading out over the lake moving at high speed and they also heard the rocket breaking the sound barrier as the thrust tapered off close to burnout. We were using spun fiberglass and spun carbon fiber tubing and graphite ceramic nozzles in 1969 long before carbon fiber was as common as today. A neighbor was an engineer for Spaulding Fibre in Western NY and we had bits and pieces tubing to our specs and tech data on their experimental tubing. Low carbon steel had been our material, much safer with composites than steel and easier to work with, pouring 2 part epoxy resins and inserting carbon/ceramic nozzles. Our liquid fuel rocket had a stainless steel un-cooled combustion chamber and nozzle and the tanks were made of aluminium and pressurized with dry ice. The oxidizer was nitric acid and the fuel was an 80/20 mix of turpentine and furfuryl alcohol. Static tested a couple of times to find minimum furfuryl that gave reliable ignition, flown once, the parachute failed. The Isp of about 240 seconds only a little higher than our solid propellants about 220 seconds. Great fun, I did the math and design, my shop skilled buddy did the machining with the help of his shop teacher. Great fun ... learned a lot. Neighbor on one side of us worked for the fibre company and on the other side of my parents house another engineer for Bell Aerospace and assigned to the RM-81 Agena B in the 1960's. I had plenty of expert help, learned how to do stress / strain calculations along with Algebra 2 and Trig for the NY Reagents exam. If anything school math was neglected during a wild construction project. I still crammed and passed the reagents at the end of the school year. A month after school let out Armstrong landed on the Moon, I felt let down, I know how the Soviets must have felt we both lost the space race.

I have been a contractor at the ULA facility in Harlingen, TX for several years. I am the assistant to the artist, Dennis Dubose, who has been hand painting the logos on the Atlas V payload fairings for a couple of decades. That program is being phased out. We are currently working on the last one that will ever be produced. I have had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Bruno on a couple of occasions. Very approachable and down to earth.

Hey Destin! um I think a bit of video is looped around 9:40

THIS should have been the main video!! EXCELLENT work Destin👍🏻👍🏻🍻

Anybody wondering why America remains the world's real "superpower", just watch this wonderful interview with a really, really impressive engineer, leader and good man. Wonderful, just wonderful, to watch and enjoy. (I'm not American ;)

That CEO is a Fantastic Human Being , I had Goosebumps

Man I don't know anything about rockets but listening to two people be so enthusiastic about anything is just captivating.

Thanks for taking us there, Dustin. I loved the questions you asked. I certainly am smarter today for this. And cork! Who'd have thought?

Tory Bruno, wow what amazing man, genius AND a swell fellow for giving you that special treat of a tour. His wife is special lady as well. I'm jealous.

I 'random subscriber' hereby formerly request a collaboration video between starter everyday and Scott Manley .

Destin......at 25:30.....is that the feeling where the moment is so big and so intense that you have that knot in your throat and you almost feel like you want to cry but its not cry but its something; an overwhelming sense of emotion that your brain and body does not know how to express? Almost like a feeling of pride and honor but far far more intense? If so, I have had similar moments as well; and all with rockets. :-) One of the most intense was in 1997 when I was part of a launch group at Wallops Island for a demonstration flight with Lockheed, USAF and a few other groups. It was intense to even be there let alone be a part of it. I can only hope to be in a similar spot as you are now, one day. Thank you for bringing this to us, from one engineer to another.

Such a joy to listen and hang out with you two !!!

Can we get one of those "delta heavy pins" like Tory has on his lapel?

Thank You for posting this whole line of video. Geeks and Nerds Rule!!! And please let Tory Bruno know that this is the kind of stuff the 8 year old within me lives for and I'm 62 (and a half) today.

Tory is so cool. You can see in his face how he not only loves his "job", but he also loves to share everything about it with others. Whether it be with his wife (another rocket scientist) or with us the viewer, he never once seemed to be any other than humble and willing to share what he knows with us. Thank you Destin for introducing us to Tory and Thank you Tory for sharing.

I can really appreciate that he took the time to walk to the pad. He could have taken a golf cart or something, but I reckon he savors the walkup

Love this video. I actually work for the company that builds the umbilical lines that connect the rocket to the tower for fueling. It's amazing to see the rocket from the prospective of the tower.

I don't know how to describe how fascinating that interview was. I'm speechless!

Literally in awe of Tory and his wife. Not only because of the sheer genius factor but the guy seems about as down to earth (pun intended) as my best friend that runs a backhoe. You run a brilliant channel man. Thank you man.

25:30 Man why does this look so poetic

That is one of the most awesome interviews of all time regardless of platform.

The discussion you guys were having near the end of the video about tank slosh was very interesting to me because I happened across some documentation online sometime in the past year pertaining to the ullage motors for the Saturn V. There is also video on UKposts showing an internal view of an LH2 tank as the J2 motor fires. It's just really interesting stuff to me.

I love that Tory followed his passion and continued on this path. He didn't do it out of greed or money - he did it because this is his love! Much respect.

“Hey guys, there’s Destin from SmarterEveryDay” “Hello Destin from SmarterEveryDay”

I hope you get more opportunities like this. I enjoyed Tory's ability to talk about complex topics but make it accessible.

YO Tory is an amazing man, reminds me of my grandfather big chemical Engineer, John Rajoc. i spell the last name wrong every time, my grandfather helped design the heat shields that they use to reenter the earths atmosphere!

That is the best soup to nuts rocket engineering explanation I've ever heard. You right, this guy knows his stuff. And he was so easy to listen to...

Such a cool Thanks Destin! I sent this to my wife who is a Solar Physicist . I'm pretty sure she uses data from the probe in her research!

This is awesome to see, a CEO with such passion for the overall objective of a company. He is an engineer not a money man. Very interesting video.

Just after that loop, my mind was blown. C3-po is really c3=p(planetary) o(orbit)

I gotta say I didn't really understand what all was happening, but it's an absolutely joy watching someone talk about things they're passionate about, and I see that in both Destin and Tory here. This is a good video.

I've watched this vid a few times now over the years. I always come back to the same few seconds where Destin expresses his gratitude for being in that spot at that time. Hostly inspires me to work harder. Thanks Destin.

Is it bad to be jealous?! what a tremendous opportunity. Thanks for the video with the whole interview!

Amazing, first CEO that I know who knows exactly every step and procedures on his company. Awesome .more power to you. no pun intended

Destin please do as many of these as possible. Peeking into the minds of geniuses like this is what people need right now

Hey D, did you know that UKposts isn't going anywhere and that you will be immortalized for possibly centuries and all your hard work is going to influence countless young minds for generations to come?

Tory Bruno comes over as a really nice guy! :) I think I learned more in this half hour than from 40 years of interest in space flight.

Tory Bruno is brilliant. He explains the technology so well for those who are not really up with rocketry. He’s a great advertisement for the space program.

Thank you Destin and Tory for this video! Tory is a rocket scientist, CEO of the company and a sweet person, Amazing,

I've watched 2 videos with Tory in them and he seems like he would actually know his employees first names good on you man not many bosses like that

Such a friendly and nice chat. I got the feeling that videos like these will attract more young people to astrophysics and rocket science! Lovely!

12:20 "hold your hat and your glasses" I love how they look after every detail in terms of safety

That little pause Martha did when Destin referenced working on things she's not allowed to talk about was really cool. You could tell she was thinking about something really cool in that moment she probably wished she could tell us about.

Thank you very much for ULA factory and launch pad tours.

It's a little thing, but I think my favorite moment is the guy in the "Safety and Quality" shirt at 11:19 explaining that he's with safety and quality without batting an eye.

This has to be my hands down favorite video you have ever done. TOTALLY jealous. Before the building backed out I wanted to just reach out and touch the launch vehicle. Awesome video!!!

I can't get over just how humble and nice Tory is. What an opportunity!

I used to have conversations like this with my University mates and I miss working with enthusiastic people. Everyone I know seems to have lost that passion and moans all the time. Your passion and knowledge at communicating with experts and rookies alike is actually a very hard thing to do. I have watched several of your shows and as an on site talk show, you are not only doing a great job, but also world class. You should be on the BBC here on the UK but I know that is unlikely. Our most recent expert is Brian Cox and although he is great too he doesn’t do low budget stuff that seems to have the freedom to do what he wants to, he and yourself could easily make an interesting tv show. But for now I’m eagerly awaiting your next challenge. Keep up the good, no excellent work. PS I’m also an Engineer and I’m so annoyed at how media always show us as fowl mouthed lazy and dirty. You are showing the world the truth. I’m almost in happy tears writing this, (but I have had a few beers). PS PS. You mentioned an old job as an Engineer travelling to remote locations. Maybe a show based on that would be worthwhile. I’m sure you have some connections.

lol, im actually impressed that you can hold that big camera at the perfect angle for that whole walk. Awesome video Destin! Also, never heard of Kerbal Space Program. Totally buying this to play with my kids.

This is genuinely the best video on youtube.

I can't even imagine how cool that would be to see that up close. Thank you so much for sharing.

Absolutely amazing. You would think a CEO of a rocket plant would be standoffish and think he thought he was better than everyone. This man did not have to do what he. It’s people like him that make small kids dream big, because he’s not hiding anything from them and they see how friendly of a person someone in his position can be. I actually want to thank you for taking your time to show the world what you do at that facility. Pretty much step by step showed every aspect of the Rockets they make. Kids love rockets & I imagine you’ve made several happy because of this video. I know some plants can’t do that thorough of an interview because of the competitors and secrets and so forth but if more people and CEOs of companies would do what this gentleman here has done it will open the eyes of so many youngsters and even teenagers. Thank you again Tory for Sharing all with everyone and thank you Destin for making the video. You did an awesome job thank you.

Wow Tory is a boss! He’s super intelligent and very well spoken on camera! Thanks for the awesome content!

We could inspire so many people with space travel talk!

For a man like me who been in business finance his whole Life, this such a intellectual adventure to subjects I have never encountered!! I relish the explanations in terms that a novice can understand!!! Keep these videos coming!

This is so cool Destin, can't really believe it actually!

I CRIED INSIDE WITH YOU WHEN YOU REFLECTED ON BEING WHERE YOU WERE . EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE INVOLVED IS IN THIS OPERATION IS BREATHTAKING . THANK YOU FOR THE KNOWLEDGE AND EMOTIONS.

I can read HAPPYNESS on your face, at the end, man! Not only smarter, but greater every day! Your channel is in the positive side of You Tube! YOU give value to UKposts!

Probably one of my favorite episodes from either channel. I was constantly smiling because both Destin and Tory love what they do and make it so easy to understand to someone who knows nothing about rockets.

thank you so much for the second channel footage! It was just totally awesome to see all of that together uncut and if you have any more, that would be awesome too!

I have watched a lot of launches in my life never in mind I would have guessed about the problem of fuel viscosity and fuel in 0 g to funnel into to the engine This is some high behind the line access footage 😎

A knowledgeable, enthusiastic CEO, talking to and explaining things to a knowledgeable and enthusiastic"audience". I could listen to this for hours, it is so captivating. Makes me wish I had my thirst for knowledge and learning when I was younger.

This is an amazing video and I love learning about the stuff that takes us into the stars. Also I can't imagine how loud that rig is with all the machinery that moves it and how high up this was being filmed and I can still hear the cicadas over everything.

This is honestly one of the greatest videos I’ve ever watched on UKposts... EVER!!!!! Thank you for making it!! Truly amazing and inspiring!!!!!

this vid is way too interesting to only watch once :O

Those are a couple of amazing gentlemen right there, Tory and Destin. Simply awesome.

Second time watching this after your more recent one. Got me really wishing I went to school for something in this field. You’re questions are always so well informed and I can tell how much you are into this as well as Tory. I hope to see more of him on your channels because this has all been so incredible. Thanks Destin

Of course he lives and breathe this... He was a rocket engineer, before he became an executive, then eventually to Chief Executive Officer.

But is he subscribed to the second channel!? Actually that doesn’t matter he’s still cool

Thank you for the extended version! Extremely interesting, please keep doing extended versions if possible, this is awesome :)

the humbleness from both Tori and Destin, considering the amount of knowledge they both have, is awesome. I love listening to people talk about things they're passionate about.

Rocket science - it's just like plumbing except you have to use the lightest weight parts possible, your fluid is cryogenically cooled and any leaks result in an explosion.

I kept on asking Siri for metric conversion. Would it at all be possible for you to just write the metric values on screen in your next video? 😊 Sure enjoy your content otherwise and have done so for many years.

I filmed a Delta rocket launch for an air force commercial. Tory Bruno has a presence that is unmistakable during the set up for launch. He's literally rocket Jesus with engineers following him around.

All I can say is wow!

I was looking for Das in the first video

Amazing Delta Rockets. My kid built one rocket for her capstone design course. I know how excited she is. If she can participate to build Delta Rockets she is really happy. Thanks you for your channel, the CEO of ULA and all.

Destin, this is without a doubt the most awesome video I have ever seen. The way you film made me feel like I was there, and that was just unreal. Thank you so much for doing this.