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!!!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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!

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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 ;)

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

25:30 Man why does this look so poetic

That CEO is a Fantastic Human Being , I had Goosebumps

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.

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

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?

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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!!!

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.

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

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

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

Thank you for this and the later videos as well. this is some of the most underrated content on youtube. i mean that in a positive way, thank you for doing this and sharing it.

That was possibly my favorite video yet. What a great opportunity and experience. Thanks for sharing it Destin!

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!

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.

I've been a subscriber for a long time with the Helicopter series being my favorites...until now. This one extended cut took it to another level. There's something really cool about watching a couple of people get excited discussing something so above my head while still being able to understand just enough to follow the conversation. Destin and Tory, your excitement about the subject was contagious, and I learned a lot. Thanks.

This was probably the best video I have seen on both channels. Utterley glorious, thank you. Just needs the launch to be added.

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

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.

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

What an amazingly relaxed and genuine guy. Off the cuff knowledge and a chilled attitude. Thanks so much to you both for such a riveting video! Everything I wanted to know and more.

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.

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!

Thank you for posting this extended cut of your time with Tory. This was awesome! I've been focusing pretty heavily on my studies and job hunting recently, and I've lost the love for engineering. This video helped to re-kindle that passion, and remind me why I'm doing engineering in the first place. I appreciate it, Destin!

Glad I found this site! The videos so educational and enjoyable. I have supplied sensors and components with most of these companies in the space program for nearly 40 years and this is great. Keep up the great work😉

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.

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.

Love the second channel videos. Answers my other questions. Especially this video, it was WAY informative. Please keep them going.

This is incredible, thank you Tory Bruno for sharing, you are a truly humble and an amazing human being, I’m grateful for Destin and your gifting

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

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

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.

That was awesome! Loved hearing from his wife also. I could have watched this interview for hours. Thank you both!

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!

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

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.

It is amazing when you meet someone with a strong passion for something that you share!

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.

This is genuinely the best video on youtube.

Today is my first visit to the second channel and, Man, what a good one. Smarter Every Day, one and two, are some of the best content that UKposts has to offer and they should be proud to host you. You, Sir, are a national treasure, and what you do to expand on the knowledge and curiosity of the rest of us are both needed and appreciated in so many ways. Learning is contagious. Please, don't ever stop doing what you do. Thank you!!!

Destin...Probably the best UKposts Series I have seen with Mr. Bruno. All the ULA stuff has been incredible. I FINALLY got to watch the whole series the last couple of days. Thanks for doing this.

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.

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

Blessed you are to see, feel n expérience the moment. Salute to tory n family for the dedication.

I could listen to all 3 hours of your interview and still want to hear more. I love these longer, more in-depth videos. 🙌🏻

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

We could inspire so many people with space travel talk!

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...

He is so calm in explaining and so much knowledge! Great video! Thanks for sharing.

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

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.

Destin you rock man! Tory is such an awesome and interesting person, I'm unbelievably happy you had the opportunity to do this and document it!

I can see why you were so amazed by all this.. It was amazing just to see the video! It says a lot about Tory and his company... that he made this video possible.. And you! Great Job!!

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 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 😎

I never quiye realized just how big that thing was until you and Tory went up to the 6th floor. That thing is absolutely amazing.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

All I can say is wow!