Natalya Bailey: Rocket Engines and Electric Spacecraft Propulsion | Lex Fridman Podcast #157

Natalya Bailey is a rocket propulsion engineer from MIT and now CTO of Accion Systems. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:46 - Intelligent life in the universe
5:47 - Life in our solar system
7:52 - Humans on Mars
11:26 - Robots vs human in space exploration
12:20 - AI in space
16:25 - How rocket engines work
21:42 - How ion engines work
26:05 - How colloid engines work
35:03 - Material science
37:52 - Nuclear powered rocket engines
42:51 - Electric propulsion out in space
46:18 - Satellites
51:12 - Photo of Earth from the Moon
52:50 - Humans on Mars
55:12 - Propulsion without fuel
1:03:07 - How to build a rocket company
1:10:05 - SpaceX and commercial spaceflight
1:14:38 - Advice to startup founders
1:21:13 - Book recommendations
1:29:31 - Meaning of life

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