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A conversation with Elon Musk about Starship

Everyday Astronaut · interview · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Tim Dodd of Everyday Astronaut talks with Elon Musk right after Musk's 2019 Starship presentation. Musk discusses Starship's design, why SpaceX favors conventional engines over aerospikes, and how deleting parts and processes speeds up development.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters cite it as evidence of Musk's engineering thinking, on questioning requirements, organizational errors mirroring product errors, and Conway's Law, and to argue about whether he is a strong engineer.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “The Everyday Astronaut had a great interview with Elon Musk after the Starship presentation”

    Musk on questioning design constraints and deleting parts that shouldn't exist.

    simonh, 2019-10 · Recommendation · in “Solving the Wrong Problem (2011)”

  2. “Here's an interesting interview the author did with Elon Musk”

    Interview showing Musk's deep interest in rocket engineering.

    blakes, 2019-10 · Recommendation · in “Are Aerospike Engines Better Than Traditional Rocket Engines?”

  3. “It's also worth highlighting the bit where he asks Elon Musk”

    Musk explains why traditional engines with two stages beat aerospikes.

    jjoonathan, 2020-08 · Recommendation · in “Chrysler's Radical Space Shuttle Design”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: elon musk, starship, spacex, aerospike engines, rocket design

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