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Starbase Tour with Elon Musk [PART 1 // Summer 2021]

Everyday Astronaut · interview · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Tim Dodd of Everyday Astronaut tours SpaceX's Starbase with Elon Musk as guide. They cover the high bay, grid fins, Raptor V2, the HLS lander and stage separation, and Musk explains his engineering management process.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as evidence of Musk's hands-on engineering depth and for his advice to question requirements and not optimize things that should not exist.

  • 11 people recommended it
  • 8 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “The recent interview of Elon by Tim Dodd is probably more informative and interesting”

    Recent Tim Dodd interview of Musk

    InTheArena, 2021-08 · Recommendation · in “Netflix announces Space X documentary on civilian mission into orbit”

  2. “I just finished watching this really very interesting interview with Elon”

    Interview walking through SpaceX facility with Musk

    senectus1, 2021-08 · Recommendation · in “Tesla CEO berated employees, investors and tried to get rid of safety measures”

  3. “If you haven't seen the first part yet, I would recommend to start with it”

    Part one of Starbase tour with Musk

    _Microft, 2021-08 · Recommendation · in “Starbase Tour with Elon Musk (part 2) [video]”

  4. “Possibly the most common error of a smart engineer is to optimize the thing that should not exist.”

    Musk on optimizing things that should not exist

    jxramos, 2021-08 · Recommendation · in “You don’t need to work on hard problems (2020)”

  5. “Everyday Astronaut's walk and talk with Elon Musk where he attempts to explain his management process, starts at 13:30 of part 1”

    Musk explains his five-step engineering management process from 13:30

    harshreality, 2021-09 · Recommendation · in “High Performance Organizations Reading List”

  6. “you can watch Elon Musk demonstrate his acumen in this three part interview on Everyday Astronaut”

    Shows Musk's engineering depth in a long interview tour

    simondotau, 2021-10 · Recommendation · in “Tesla is outrunning the supply chain crunch”

  7. “Watch this walk around Starbase with Elon and Tim Dodd, and you'll get a pretty good sense that he has an engineering brain”

    Walkthrough of Starbase showing Musk's engineering mindset

    martyvis, 2022-09 · Recommendation · in “Jack Dorsey texts Elon Musk, March 26, 2022”

  8. “For my niche Dodd is vastly better”

    Niche space creator offers depth that mass-audience TV lacks

    modeless, 2022-10 · Recommendation · in “Brave browser to start blocking annoying cookie consent banners”

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Topics: spacex, starship, elon musk, starbase, engineering management, rocket manufacturing

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