This week we're talking about the balance as SpaceX is on red alert! Starship & the Raptor engine are at risk to bankrupt SpaceX if they don't figure it out soon. Elon's email to SpaceX employees was leaked and reveals what we have seen so many times from Musk - logical, almost Vulcan-like honesty. 

All of this was revealed as SpaceX continues to battle their competition like Blue Origin (just chosen for a contract to develop Orbital Reef to replace the ISS) and Rocket Lab (who revealed their design for their Neutron Rocket, which will compete with Falcon9!).

While these companies duke it out for a share of the space economy, its a great time for space development as this type of healthy competition pushes us further towards sending the first woman and next man to the surface of the moon. And that's just the beginning of what's to come! 

Thank you for joining us

00:00 - Introduction/SpaceX on Red Alert! 03:35 - Blue Origin win's Space Station contract 07:00 - Rocket Lab's newest rocket - Neutron 14:00 - Elon musk emails & 'typical Elon' 20:00 - Starship SN20 getting ready down at Starbase 23:00 - Closing thoughts, how to support the podcast

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Links, References for this episode:

Yusaku Maezawa launches to the ISS to train for trip around the moon: https://www-forbes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/12/08/japanese-billionaire-yusaku-maezawa-turns-space-tourist-blasts-off-to-international-space-station-aboard-russian-craft/amp/

SpaceExplored article on SpaceX Raptor Crisis by Derek Wise: https://spaceexplored.com/2021/11/29/spacex-raptor-crisis/ Elon being honest about Tesla & SpaceX almost dying https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/14/8605597/elon-musk-discusses-spacex-tesla-near-bankruptcy

Elon being honest about CRS-7 Flight Failure https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-falcon-9-rocket-destroyed-in-launch-mishap/

Elon's other emails - https://www.ibtimes.com/spacex-boss-elon-musk-threatened-drastic-action-against-employees-who-use-unnecessary-1972972 NASA certifying that Crew Dragon is the only certified craft for humans to go to space/ISS https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-awarded-three-more-commercial-crew-flights-nasa-boeing-2021-12?fbclid=IwAR350QUZJA-BjgzVTNThjAHeQRGBcvLAznuQ-lqUuaXQRkL-wPt3TTPT5bk Fairing recovery: Rocket lab vs SpaceX:

https://www.rocketlabusa.com/launch/neutron/

Blue origin: Orbital Reef gets chosen by NASA

https://www.blueorigin.com/news/nasa-selects-orbital-reef-for-space-station-replacement

00:00 - Introduction/SpaceX on Red Alert! 03:35 - Blue Origin win's Space Station contract 07:00 - Rocket Lab's newest rocket - Neutron 14:00 - Elon musk emails & 'typical Elon' 20:00 - Starship SN20 getting ready down at Starbase 23:00 - Closing thoughts, how to support the podcast