It's Not Rocket Science

Jeff Ward

What is it really like to work at SpaceX? What ha…

  • 29 minutes 13 seconds
    Paul Mahacek - Climate is Hot Right Now
    Entrepreneur and former SpaceX enginer Paul Mahacek speaks about his engineering career and his latest project AtmoCooling, which seeks to re-green coastal deserts. Along the way, we stop in France, California, Antarctica, and Kwajalein Atoll.
    9 June 2024, 12:00 am
  • 27 minutes 44 seconds
    Joel Brinton - That West Wing Moment
    Former SpaceX engineer Joel Brinton discusses breaking into the space industry, hanging upside down under rocket engines, sending his DNA to space, having lunch with Elon Musk, the risks of space faring (including exploding rocket engines), ADD, imposture syndrome, and learning from AI. And that one West Wing moment.
    13 March 2024, 12:00 am
  • 25 minutes 37 seconds
    Edwin Chiu - Expect Failure
    Edwin Chiu - Expect Failure by Jeff Ward
    15 November 2023, 12:00 am
  • 36 minutes 26 seconds
    Dolly Singh - Unicorn Herding
    An interview with expert Unicorn Herder Dolly Singh about SpaceX, life after SpaceX, feminism, and the unifying power of technology. And plumbers are millionaires.
    15 April 2023, 12:00 am
  • 25 minutes 9 seconds
    Endless Playtime - Erin Gatling and Casey Schilling
    An interview with engineers Erin Gatling and Casey Schilling about SpaceX, raising kids on a boat, sheltering in place in Baja, and what life is about.
    21 October 2020, 12:00 am
  • 21 minutes 45 seconds
    The Impossible Drive and Work Life Balance - Peter Dohm
    An interview with entrepreneur Peter Dohm about his trajectory from college, to SpaceX and onward to Prime Lightworks and the LA Curling Center.
    5 August 2020, 1:06 am
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