Inspiration, 3D printing, and the double-edged sword of Work-Stacking | TIS#252

We're back after an episode-light August and ALOT of 3D printing with AG3D to talk about the double-edged sword of work-stacking. A technique I learned from a toolmaker in my days working in injection molding and by researching how a certain South African human is able to do so much with their companies in rockets, electric cars, AI, satellite internet, tunneling, neural interfaces and more... It's a powerful tool but WOW can you overload yourself. So we'll be talking about that a little more in depth, as well as covering the latest with Astra, Firefly, Starship and of course the upcoming Inspiration 4 mission. Thanks for joining us - LLAP Astra's 'Hover' Launch https://www.space.com/astra-launch-company-public-nasdaq https://twitter.com/djsnm/status/1431747444258213889?s=21 (https://twitter.com/tgmetsfan98/status/1431880547924537348?s=21 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michaeljsheetz_rocket-builder-astras-stock-is-falling-sharply-ugcPost-6838095550617833472-mHoS Firefly's mostly good test flight of Alpha: https://firefly.com/fireflys-first-test-flight-lasts-more-than-two-minutes-with-successful-liftoff-and-progression-to-supersonic-speed/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNgJSbWi_B4 https://spacenews.com/firefly-alpha-failure-blamed-on-premature-engine-shutdown/ Just the video of the test flight (from Firefly) https://youtu.be/qFjoPw0CfAU Inspiration 4 https://inspiration4.com/press/inspiration4-go-for-first-all-civilian-orbital-mission 00:00 Introduction & checking in 06:20 The future of Space in review 07:00 Inspiration4 thoughts 08:30 What mission would I do as an Astronaut? 09:10 Thoughts on Astra "hover" launch 10:25 Firefly's Alpha Test Flight - good data, no more rocket 11:30 Thoughts on Orbital Starship launch 13:04 The future of Space continued 16:30 Work-Stacking - lessons from a toolmaker & a guy with a rocket 21:15 Outro / Subscribe / Email us your questions! Get full access to Making Sense of the Future at todayinspace.substack.com/subscribe