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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
0:48 - SpaceX rockets
21:26 - Falcon 9
25:37 - Starship
29:57 - SpaceX rocket engines
37:35 - Elon Musk
53:10 - Twitter
59:15 - How rocket engines work
1:04:07 - Rocket fuel
1:07:33 - Rocket engine cycles
1:19:57 - Rocket cooling
1:34:54 - Multistage rockets
1:38:27 - Single-stage-to-orbit
1:44:03 - Aerospike engine
1:51:48 - Greatest car engine of all time
1:56:57 - Starship
1:59:48 - Wet dress rehearsal
2:05:59 - Landing
2:20:17 - Seeing starship in person
2:29:24 - Starship orbital test
2:36:02 - Gwynne Shotwell
2:41:12 - dearMoon project
3:00:16 - Fear of death
3:08:42 - Everyday Astronaut origin story
3:34:33 - Soviet Rocket Engine History
3:53:20 - Russia, China, USA
4:07:49 - Starlink
4:15:36 - First human on Mars
4:18:34 - Moon landing
4:24:41 - Nuclear propulsion
4:32:21 - Bob Lazar
4:39:24 - Aliens
4:43:11 - Sci-fi books
4:46:29 - Long-term space travel
4:53:17 - SpaceX competitors
5:04:37 - Kerbal Space Program
5:11:02 - Advice for young people
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