Jeff Bezos

Yes. When you need something that needs to have 100% integrity until it needs to have 0% integrity, it needs to stay attached until it's ready to go away. And then when it goes away, it has to go away completely. Yeah. you use explosive charges for that. And so it's a very robust way of separating structure when you need to. Exploding. Yeah.

Little tiny bits of explosive material, and it'll sever the whole connection.

Little tiny bits of explosive material, and it'll sever the whole connection.

Little tiny bits of explosive material, and it'll sever the whole connection.

Yeah, second stage is expendable. Second stage is liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, so we take advantage of the higher specific impulse. The first stage lands downrange on a landing platform in the ocean, comes back for maintenance and get ready to do the next mission.

Yeah, second stage is expendable. Second stage is liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, so we take advantage of the higher specific impulse. The first stage lands downrange on a landing platform in the ocean, comes back for maintenance and get ready to do the next mission.

Yeah, second stage is expendable. Second stage is liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, so we take advantage of the higher specific impulse. The first stage lands downrange on a landing platform in the ocean, comes back for maintenance and get ready to do the next mission.

There is, and we know how to do that. Right now, we're going to work on manufacturing that second stage to make it as inexpensive as possible. Sort of two paths for a second stage. make it reusable, or work really hard to make it inexpensive so you can afford to expend it. And that trade is actually not obvious which one is better. Even in terms of cost, like time, cost? I'm talking about cost.

There is, and we know how to do that. Right now, we're going to work on manufacturing that second stage to make it as inexpensive as possible. Sort of two paths for a second stage. make it reusable, or work really hard to make it inexpensive so you can afford to expend it. And that trade is actually not obvious which one is better. Even in terms of cost, like time, cost? I'm talking about cost.

There is, and we know how to do that. Right now, we're going to work on manufacturing that second stage to make it as inexpensive as possible. Sort of two paths for a second stage. make it reusable, or work really hard to make it inexpensive so you can afford to expend it. And that trade is actually not obvious which one is better. Even in terms of cost, like time, cost? I'm talking about cost.

Spaceflight, getting into orbit is a solved problem. We solved it back in the 50s and 60s. You're making it sound easy. The only interesting problem is dramatically reducing the cost of access to orbit, which is if you can do that, you open up a bunch of new... you know, endeavors that lots of startup companies, everybody else can do.

Spaceflight, getting into orbit is a solved problem. We solved it back in the 50s and 60s. You're making it sound easy. The only interesting problem is dramatically reducing the cost of access to orbit, which is if you can do that, you open up a bunch of new... you know, endeavors that lots of startup companies, everybody else can do.

Spaceflight, getting into orbit is a solved problem. We solved it back in the 50s and 60s. You're making it sound easy. The only interesting problem is dramatically reducing the cost of access to orbit, which is if you can do that, you open up a bunch of new... you know, endeavors that lots of startup companies, everybody else can do.

So that's, we really, that's our, one of our missions is to, you know, be part of this industry and lower the cost to orbit so that there can be a kind of a renaissance, a golden age of people doing all kinds of interesting things in space.

So that's, we really, that's our, one of our missions is to, you know, be part of this industry and lower the cost to orbit so that there can be a kind of a renaissance, a golden age of people doing all kinds of interesting things in space.

So that's, we really, that's our, one of our missions is to, you know, be part of this industry and lower the cost to orbit so that there can be a kind of a renaissance, a golden age of people doing all kinds of interesting things in space.

For sure. What does cost reduction really mean? It means inventing a better way.

For sure. What does cost reduction really mean? It means inventing a better way.

For sure. What does cost reduction really mean? It means inventing a better way.

Right? And when you invent a better way, you make the whole world richer. So whatever it was, I don't know how many thousands of years ago, somebody invented the plow. And when they invented the plow, they made the whole world richer because they made farming less expensive. And so it is a big deal to invent better ways. That's how the world gets richer.