NASA's Perseverance Footage, Thermal Energy Breakthrough, Blue Origin reveals New Glenn - Ep 122

Our Ludicrous Future

Joe, Tim, and Ben talk about NASA's epic footage of Perseverance's Mars landing, a $50M investment in thermal energy storage, and Blue Origin's surprise footage of New Glenn

0:00 - Intro

4:42 - NASA Perseverance Rover footage

18:05 - Blue Origin reveals New Glenn

32:12 - Rocket Spotters rapid fire

39:57 - SpaceX stops catching fairings

43:59 - Possible Tesla rideshare app

48:50 - Tesla Yoke is no Joke

54:06 - #whydonttheyjust

1:01:53 - Thermal energy storage

1:10:40 - China's Long March9 rocket

1:14:43 - Inspiration 4 crew announced

1:19:12 - Redwood Materials battery recycling company

Read more from the articles we referenced:

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JB Battery Recycling Business

https://electrek.co/2021/02/24/tesla-co-founder-jb-straubel-recycle-nissan-leaf-battery-redwood-materials/

Tesla Rideshare App Coming Soon?

https://electrek.co/2021/02/24/tesla-cloud-based-driver-profile-ahead-of-tesla-network-ride-hailing-app-launch/

Perseverance Landing video - https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere/status/1363929492138254340?s=20

https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere/status/1363937472971907072?s=20

China is building Long March 9!!! - https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/china-officially-plans-to-move-ahead-with-super-heavy-long-march-9-rocket/

Blue Origin Releases updates! - https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1364968313047162880?s=20

https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1364968720364429317?s=20

https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1364969291746074628?s=20

Inspiration4 Crew member is announced! - https://inspiration4.com/crew

Flying out to the ocean pad - https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1364488368994848769?s=20

Rigs will be operational by end of year maybe - https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1364476185359642626?s=20

Static Fire but not good ish - https://t.co/8MR9Px9CaN?amp=1

https://twitter.com/BocaChicaGal/status/1364352262160572421?s=20

Tanks being made onsite for orbital pad - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuoZjizF_J8

SpaceX maybe done with trying to CATCH fairings - https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1364993066755629059?s=20

Old Fairing - https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/593582283815124992/814553266804490280/image0.png

New Fairing - https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/593582283815124992/814553406307303464/unknown.png

#whydonttheyjust - https://twitter.com/gsikora3258/status/1364374340666589184

$50M for Thermal Energy - https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/google-spinoff-malta-nabs-50m-series-b-for-thermal-long-duration-storage