Dava Newman: Reusable Rockets
00:00:00.000 | - Is there something else that you've been excited about
00:00:05.000 | like reusable rockets perhaps
00:00:06.860 | that you've seen in the last few years?
00:00:08.360 | - Yeah, well, the reusability,
00:00:09.480 | you had the reusability is awesome.
00:00:11.800 | I mean, it's just the best.
00:00:13.460 | Now we have to remember the shuttle was a reusable vehicle.
00:00:15.880 | - Yes.
00:00:16.720 | - Which shuttle is an amazing, it's an aerospace engineer.
00:00:19.780 | You know, I mean, the shuttle is still,
00:00:20.720 | this is the most gorgeous, elegant,
00:00:23.440 | extraordinary design of a space vehicle.
00:00:26.680 | It was reusable, it just wasn't affordable.
00:00:29.580 | But the reusability of it was really critical
00:00:32.360 | 'cause we flew it up, it did come back.
00:00:33.920 | So the notion of reusability, I think absolutely.
00:00:37.880 | Now what we're doing with we, you know,
00:00:40.720 | like global we, but with SpaceX and Blorgen,
00:00:43.440 | setting the rockets up, recovering the first stages
00:00:45.720 | where if they can regain 70% cost savings, that's huge.
00:00:49.600 | And just seeing the control,
00:00:52.040 | you know, being in control and dynamics,
00:00:54.240 | just seeing that rocket come back and land.
00:00:55.920 | - Oh yeah, that's--
00:00:56.860 | - It never gets old, it's exciting every single time
00:00:59.360 | you look at it and say, "That's magic."
00:01:01.000 | So it's so cool.
00:01:02.360 | - To me, the landing is where I stand up,
00:01:03.760 | start clapping, just the control.
00:01:05.600 | - Yeah, just the algorithm, just the control algorithms.
00:01:08.080 | And hitting that landing, it's, you know,
00:01:09.880 | it's gymnastics for rocket ships.
00:01:12.580 | But to see these guys stick a landing, it's just wonderful.
00:01:16.160 | So every time, like I say, every time I see, you know,
00:01:19.640 | the reusability and the rockets coming back
00:01:21.720 | and landing so precisely, it's really exciting.
00:01:24.080 | So it is, actually, that's a game changer.
00:01:26.560 | We are in a new era of lower costs
00:01:29.360 | and a lot, the higher frequency.
00:01:31.760 | And it's the world, not just NASA.
00:01:33.440 | It's many nations are really upping
00:01:35.960 | their frequency of launches.
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