Dr. Leon Vanstone is CEO of Verdecode, a groundbreaking company that develops sustainable software tools. With a background as a rocket scientist, Leon has always been driven by the belief that technology holds the key to a prosperous future, not only for space exploration but also for our planet and its inhabitants.

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The Learning With Lowell show is a series for the everyday mammal. In this show we’ll learn about leadership, science, and people building their change into the world. The goal is to dig deeply into people who most of us wouldn’t normally ever get to hear. The Host of the show – Lowell Thompson- is a lifelong autodidact, serial problem solver, and founder of startups.

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Timestamps 

00:00 Intro / Rocket scientist, storyteller, or idiot

01:20 China and dangers to US Fleet

05:05 China Escalation 

06:20 China sanctions 

07:30 Hypersonic missiles and iron dome defenses 

10:05 Hammer of Dawn

10:55 Kerbal space program

13:15 How fast is hypersonic 

18:30 Heat, atom, and speed

20:00 Hypersonic space plane vs spacex

22:10 Downsides of hypersonic 

25:40 SpaceX vs Space plane around the planet 

30:44 Cargo Capacity 

42:40 Concord and number of flights

44:50 Space space vs space

46:50 Replacing spaceX with space plane

01:05:30 Belt and road vs platinum highway   

01:06:43 China and space

01:12:50 ISS and deorbiting 

01:17:50 Spaceballs and space

01:19:20 Plasma field and shields 

01:20:21 Dying in space

01:25:15 Drugs on the moon 

01:27:40 Getting to saturn 

01:31:52 Books

01:35:40 Ending vote