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Description

Natalya Bailey is a rocket propulsion engineer from MIT and now CTO of Accion Systems. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  Accion Systems: https://accion-systems.com/
  
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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (06:51) - Intelligent life in the universe
  (10:52) - Life in our solar system
  (12:57) - Humans on Mars
  (16:31) - Robots vs human in space exploration
  (17:25) - AI in space
  (21:30) - How rocket engines work
  (26:47) - How ion engines work
  (31:10) - How colloid engines work
  (40:07) - Material science
  (42:57) - Nuclear powered rocket engines
  (47:56) - Electric propulsion out in space
  (51:23) - Satellites
  (56:17) - Photo of Earth from the Moon
  (57:55) - Humans on Mars
  (1:00:17) - Propulsion without fuel
  (1:08:12) - How to build a rocket company
  (1:15:10) - SpaceX and commercial spaceflight
  (1:19:42) - Advice to startup founders
  (1:26:18) - Book recommendations
  (1:34:36) - Meaning of life

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