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Tim Dodd

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Danny Jones Podcast
#370 - “I Found the Proof That Ends the Moon Landing Debate” | Tim Dodd

That one's real.

Danny Jones Podcast
#370 - “I Found the Proof That Ends the Moon Landing Debate” | Tim Dodd

That's their demonstrator.

Danny Jones Podcast
#370 - “I Found the Proof That Ends the Moon Landing Debate” | Tim Dodd

So it's a third scale demonstrator.

Danny Jones Podcast
#370 - “I Found the Proof That Ends the Moon Landing Debate” | Tim Dodd

And where do they want to send this rocket?

Danny Jones Podcast
#370 - “I Found the Proof That Ends the Moon Landing Debate” | Tim Dodd

They just want to be able to launch payloads and things like that.

Danny Jones Podcast
#370 - “I Found the Proof That Ends the Moon Landing Debate” | Tim Dodd

So they're trying to make it cheaper because, you know, just like you're asking, can you believe we're still wasting all this propellant?

Danny Jones Podcast
#370 - “I Found the Proof That Ends the Moon Landing Debate” | Tim Dodd

What if we just spun a giant motor?

Danny Jones Podcast
#370 - “I Found the Proof That Ends the Moon Landing Debate” | Tim Dodd

But the problem is there's there's a few problems.

Danny Jones Podcast
#370 - “I Found the Proof That Ends the Moon Landing Debate” | Tim Dodd

But, you know, now you're now you're going, you know, you're going 3000 mile an hour or whatever at sea level.

Danny Jones Podcast
#370 - “I Found the Proof That Ends the Moon Landing Debate” | Tim Dodd

So just as soon as you open up that hatch and eject, like you're experiencing an insane amount of air resistance and heating.

Danny Jones Podcast
#370 - “I Found the Proof That Ends the Moon Landing Debate” | Tim Dodd

from compression of the air around it.

Danny Jones Podcast
#370 - “I Found the Proof That Ends the Moon Landing Debate” | Tim Dodd

So like you have all these, you got 10,000 G on the vehicle while it's in the centrifuge.

Danny Jones Podcast
#370 - “I Found the Proof That Ends the Moon Landing Debate” | Tim Dodd

Like this will never be used for humans.

Danny Jones Podcast
#370 - “I Found the Proof That Ends the Moon Landing Debate” | Tim Dodd

It might be useful for propellant refueling could be an option because whatever, propellant doesn't care if it's 10,000 G for the most part.

Danny Jones Podcast
#370 - “I Found the Proof That Ends the Moon Landing Debate” | Tim Dodd

But it's a unique system.

Danny Jones Podcast
#370 - “I Found the Proof That Ends the Moon Landing Debate” | Tim Dodd

I'm not necessarily the biggest fan and I don't know if it'll ever happen.

Danny Jones Podcast
#370 - “I Found the Proof That Ends the Moon Landing Debate” | Tim Dodd

It seems so primitive, dude.

Danny Jones Podcast
#370 - “I Found the Proof That Ends the Moon Landing Debate” | Tim Dodd

This is, yeah, this is almost like, this is as ooga booga as lighting a bunch of stuff on fire to get it to space.

Danny Jones Podcast
#370 - “I Found the Proof That Ends the Moon Landing Debate” | Tim Dodd

Like this is like, what if we just threw it?

Danny Jones Podcast
#370 - “I Found the Proof That Ends the Moon Landing Debate” | Tim Dodd

Right, right.