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

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: -- 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

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Our Ludicrous Future is a collaboration between Joe Scott, Tim Dodd, and Ben Sullins. We have an obsession with how wild our future is going to be given the pace of technological innovation. Each week we get together to talk about the latest from SpaceX, Tesla, The Boring Company, Neuralink, and more.