HOW ROCKETS ARE MADE (Rocket Factory Tour - United Launch Alliance) - Smarter Every Day 231

This was an amazing vidieo and opportunity to watch and learn so much about rocket and the factory of U L A , and Tory . Thank you so much Destin for sharing your experience with us 🇺🇸.

Also one of my fav Destin videos! So amazing to see the trust between Tory and you! Tory is indeed an amazingly cool CEO. Also he is afaik the only big-company CEO that answers individual questions on twitter regularly. Such a cool guy!

This is one of my favorite SED videos. Watching the two of you nerd out and get almost giddy over rocket tech was too fun to watch. Your passion for what you do and desire to share that passion is inspiring.

Dean Brady

awesome video! i really enjoyed learning how bit a part individuals play in building these rockets. it's kind of nice to think about a handmade rocket :)

Erin Armstrong

This is the kind of content I'm here to support. This was such a great video. Also, what's the deal with the $1 legacy patron tier? About a week ago I saw there was one slot open but by the time I tried to snag it it was sold out.

Austin Burnham

Great job!

Took me time over the course of 5 days to watch the video to the end (work and kids) but I kept trying to sneak 5 or 10 more minutes of it in when I had a moment to myself. Long video that I really enjoyed and was well worth it.

Michael T

I was hoping you were going to ask about when to use two engines vs one. I assume two provides more thrust, but at a shorter duration (assuming fuel load is the same), so when does each make sense?

Jason Williamson

I've been thinking about how to maximize the cost : payload ratio. I'm curious as to what type of study they have done on a rolled formed process to minimize the machining and weight? I use to design steel processing equipment. It would be awesome if they could just roll out a geometric pattern in the 7000 aluminum instead of having to machine the structure into the material. First thing I imagined was a dimple pattern like in a golf ball. creating millions of exterior low pressure zones as well as giving the strength to the material in an ultra light weight form factor. Something that machine and additive manufacturing will always struggle with. The seam is the only part I find as a weak point once you get as thin as I am thinking. A lot of folk don't realize that aluminum is basically like bubble gum, just takes pressure to make it flow like you want. Another issue most don't realize because they tend to view a structure as static is during lift off and the propellant is being used is the force between the motors and the payload. the structure has to keep it's shape relative to the atmospheric conditions, plus any force induced during maneuvers.

Joshua Jones

Really interesting, thanks for sharing!

Destin, I finally figured out why I love your channel to the next level. You do research/know-stuff to the level where you almost always ask the question I want answered, right when it comes to mind. Its so impressive, I guess your curiosity, that you can have that level of knowledge about such a wide area of engineering and physics. Your channel is truly my favorite media content, more even than Great British Bake-Off - which is netflix gold btw. I got turned on to your channel when you interviewed Obama and my favorite episode (how could I even pick) was that random laminar flow escalator episode. I'm a KiwiCo supporter now and just want you to keep doing what you're doing. I'm going to up my patreon level. All the best, Darren

Hi Joshua, it is exactly what Relativity Space is going to do, using WAAM (wire-arc additive manufacturing), check them out!

Wow! Super interesting! Well Done!

Pete Hall in Wi

Destin, Been following you for years bro, and it's clear how much this means to you. Thanks for sharing your honest passion with the world ya legend! Would love to hear you talk with Matt about it over on NDQs...??

It was AWESOME!

Smarter Every Day

Never feel forced! It's super appreciated though!

Smarter Every Day

He's pretty impressive all around!

Smarter Every Day

long time NDQs supporter, this "forced" me to also support smatereveryday...

Thor Strange

Awesome work Destin! I really enjoyed the stuff on the second channel too. Fascinating to see Tory pivot seamlessly from rocket guy to business man and back again.

Truly epic!

Wayne Reynolds

Great job, I am also a machinist. Love the details. Why can’t I hit the like button multiple times.

John Morris

Tory's a bit like Scott Manley :D

Chris K

One day we will have a team of robotic arms welding (printing) or giant beds of sintered metal and lasers printing out rockets and engines. (Metallurgy and porosity presently limit use cases.)

Joshua Jones

Really enjoyed the video! Just imagine what the structure will look like once we get large scale additive manufacturing down. As for right now you can't get the manufacturing cost any lower. Thus SpaceX working the multi use angle.

Joshua Jones

Destin, that was REALLY cool! As a machinist, I found it fascinating to see their manufacturing processes. I'm happy you got to take a little Vulcan chip home too. lol

I have to admit, that was amazing to watch. I grew up doing high power model rocketry (www.kloudbusters.org). I grew up about an hour from the Kansas Cosmosphere (www.cosmo.org), you should go. I have always been fascinated with Rocketry. I used my skills and went into IT, currently as a Sr. Storage Engineer for a large Health IT company, but man I wish I had done aerospace engineering. I remember walking the factory floors of Boeing (now Spirit) and Raytheon (now Beech and owned by Cessna), and was amazed. I specifically remember seeing the autoclaves at Raytheon that were used to build the Raytheon Starship. Watching this, the dream is still alive to do something with rockets. I currently run a side photography business doing automotive and aerospace. One day I will photograph a launch, and maybe one day I'll work for a rocket company.

Andrew Krob

Great work Destin - really eye-opening exposure to the space industry! Nice to see what's going on out there other than the mainstream SpaceX chatter

Oh my goodness Destin, this is a LOAD of work you did here! Feature length, great job buddy, if you ever need a camera op or help editing, I'm in Houston and have fiber 1GBit/sec symmetrical.

Derek Alfonso

Amazing video, thanks for sharing it with us

Adrien Robert

very cool 🇺🇸

Mrgunsngear

I love long videos, starting it right now with my daughter! 👍