Rockets and the Democratization of Space with Peter Beck 

Crazy ay and Rocket Lab has just become a prime! And this is just the start.

Still can't honestly see it being remotely usable though

@@Roguescienceguy some people have small minds

​@@Roguescienceguy Haha what??

Fantastic point.

You 100% correct most don't understand whats unfolding so get ahead invest in Rocket Lab $RKLB before everyone wakes up to this.

What gave me pause is how well that system responded to failures. They are further along than I think is realized by most people. So it loses an engine early in the launch, but no big deal, it continues on. Then the booster loses one of the three engines it uses to land, it literally exploded, yet it got itself to landing conditions on two engines, no problem. It seems it would have successfully landed if it were intended to do so on land. Then Starship itself has a large part of a fin melt off right before our eyes, and it still made it. That's a very dynamic, reactive system that's shaping up to be very good, which is exactly what you need if you want to carry humans.

That's so true bro. Did you hear the lady from space x crying and she announced the soft landing. Its so extraordinary. I cryed as well. I've been following rocketlab for years now because I'm from New Zealand. Rocketlab makes me feel that wonder and awe as well

@@braydeny We're in good shape on the science and space exploration front! We have multiple countries focusing on space and producing companies that are advancing it far further than ever in the past. Humanity is moving forward.

When you do, email us. We want to have you on the show. Seriously!

Thank you! Cheers!

Agreed why catch a buss when you can Uber 😏

Methane rockets, blasting around the solar system, with gas stations where the supply is plentiful.

Better to ask yourself why isn't there satellite refueling..

I'm sure Elon must be thinking of this as you speak! 👍

I watched it, as expected a great interview.🎉

Agreed. This isn't necessarily a good thing.

For democracy!!! Ready the drop pods xD

That's why I'm an investor in Rocket Lab $RKLB

I agree. I would say the democratization of Space has been going on for a long time with the agencies of democratic nations exercising their people’s will. NASA, ESA, JAXA, CSA and even Roscosmos have been working together well for a long time. The Chinese do not do enough to effectively partner with their democratic counterparts. This march towards progress by these agencies might be slow to some, however it has been chugging along advancing along the way. I can respect that private companies are pushing the boundaries and expanding our horizons in space. They have spurred new interest and great innovation and I genuinely hope that progress continues at this speed or greater. But it is still commercialization. Billionaires and some millionaires along with crowd funded efforts raised mainly by the lower wealthy people for other wealthy people is commercialization. A spade is a spade. I do not hate it, it just is what it is. My hope is that NASA and others do not yield to these commercial interests and keep producing their own effective, or better, craft that will continue to compete and push the boundaries of human exploration and knowledge.

The lesson of the last 60 years is very clear: you don't get affordable access to space without the efficiencies that commercialization brings. "Democratization" of space sounds like a terrible government-oriented goal that has the potential to destroy the benefits of commercialization.

I've got 5% of my net worth in rocketlab. Only 20 grand nz, but it feels safer than the bank

Forgive me if I'm wrong (I'm neither from the UK or NZ), but isn't he as New Zealander technically a subject of King Charles, so eligible for a knighthood?

​@brick6347 yes that is true , Australia and NZ are still technically part of English commonwealth.

@@brick6347 Anybody can be knighted,....only a British Subject, once knighted, is called "Sir".

KNZM does carry the title "Sir" - it's in New Zealand legislation as a Royal Warrant: "Statutes of the New Zealand Order of Merit" 1996 as ordered by Elizabeth R.

@@paulcarter7445 Well I'll be!

🎵Burning out his fuse up here alone ...

To orient would be to orientate eastward though

Yes it is. It means anyone with the means and the money can go to space. Right now that's not all that many people, but competition will soon drive that price down. Planes were expensive and dangerous in the 1920s, they were ubiquitous and safe by the 1970s... and much (not all) of that was down to private industry.

@@brick6347 and yet millions of people still cannot afford airfare, and have no say in where they build airports. Seems like you have no idea what democracy means, like you're just automatically equating it with capitalism as you also equate political power with wealth. I guess the Western propaganda machine did its job on you.

@@brick6347 So "anyone with the means" like you mean about 0.00001% of the population, and thats Democratization? Wow, I think you need to look up what the word means?

Depends on what you mean by democratization. We use the word in media to mean higher accessibility by more people. So instead of a handful of networks controlling all content, it's a matter of when anyone with the means can start a media outlet such as social media followings, youtube channels and the like. It is applied similarly within aerospace. It's not the literal political democratizing connotation, but the accessibility sense. And he's correct, as you drop costs overall, you make it more accessible to anyone with the means, which is far higher than 0.00001 percent. That's people that can build a rocket company. It's much higher for people wanting to launch something into space, that's actually now beyond the 1 percent, it's more like 20 percent. So take RU-vid. The vast majority of people are fully free to upload a youtube video. That does not mean everyone will, just a certain percentage that wants to do it, and have the means to own a camera, mic etc. needed for one that will get views. Almost no one however will have the resources to start a second youtube service. Still, it represents the democratization of content. Political democracy has little to do with it, other than a resemblance. The only people voting in a modern democracy are the people that have the means to do it. A car, the gasoline, bicycle, walking to the poll etc. In the case of the political democratization of space, that still wouldn't cover the means of getting there. It would be the creation of a space based governmental system independent of anything on earth that has a voting population that used to function on some other non-democratic system. It'll happen, but the democratization of space is like saying the democratization of land, it's too imprecise, so any space democracies would name themselves to differentiate that they do not speak for the entire universe (though some may claim to, but I doubt they'd be democracies).

@@JohnMichaelGodier ok but the name of the video IS the Democratization of Space, and you agree it's too imprecise. The democratization of land under capitalism implies exclusive use so that some people are left out of the process by design. And access relative to a platform like YT is kind of apples and oranges, because compelling content can be made with a cell phone but the platform is still the gatekeeper. Capital costs involved with access to space are far higher. I mean, I liked Salvage 1 with Andy Griffith, but not everyone can build a rocket in their junkyard, LOL. BTW that show is begging for a reboot...

Can't wait!

Moonraker?

@@EventHorizonShow no, i believe the movie was 'you only live twice' but it has been a very long time since i seen it so the title i may have wrong, definitely one of Connery's movies.

@@EventHorizonShow Moonraker was the one with the shuttles, Drax, and Jaws.

Don't worry. You couldn't dynamite me out of this chair. It's just too enjoyable conducting these interviews.

Glad you think so!

New gideooooo

​@@EventHorizonShow Someone was drinking while watching SpaceX launch.

In principle maybe, but there may be practical reasons not to.

Oh good call. We shall try to get him.

Why I don't know

When the Queen was still around, she'd have said "You give me some good Star Wars instead of all this fluff and then we'll start thinking about knighthood".

Ignored. Man is heavily biased.

No, just nothing recent to talk about.

Maybe there are more Martians than Earthlings, and they outvoted us.

Exactly. Using tax payers money like Musk.

A Musk hater that loves spaces enough to comment here. You’re must be feeling miserable today. 😂

I love the smell of musk, and whale booger too... but the comment was right... This new space industry seems more oligarchical than democratic, so far. When there's a Space Collective or a Moon Co-op, then I'll sing folk songs of the spacetrepeneurs.

This was an informative episode... I don't blame the host or guest for the cost and structure of space launches, or for how democratic it is. I was commenting on the response to the comment, not about the show or Sir Rocketman.

@@nabormendonca5742 So according to your logic, one must love Musk to like space. Like derrrrr....Musk is a vapour salesman and if you seriously think hes going to get us to mars you must believe in the tooth fairy and santa as well. He`s the only person I know that can have multiple Rockets blow up and spin it as a success. Whata he got to do to fail?

We are starting the epic part now