Sponsor: Secure by Design -  http://tinyurl.com/5ds2pyjv

======

[Series Premiere] Founder Ian Brooke gives his first public interview to talk about Astro Mechanica, a new startup building electric-adaptive jet engines. And, possibly, the world’s fastest plane. And the cheapest way to orbit. (It’s an ambitious startup idea.)

======

(00:00 ) - Intro

(01:27 ) - What Astro Mechanica is Building

(05:50 ) - Jets vs. Rockets

(12:07 ) - How to Generate Thrust 

(15:07 ) - Engineering Challenges for Traditional Turbofans

(17:07 ) - The New Paradigm: Electric Adaptive Jets

(24:23 ) - Specific Impulse and Efficiency

(32:07 ) - Ramjet vs. Scramjet

(38:12 ) - Staging Considerations

(42:25 ) - Fastest Plane Ever Flown: SR-71 Blackbird and its Challenges

(44:07 ) - Transitioning from Ramjet to Rocket

(47:27 ) - Building the Next Boeing

(53:07 ) - Everyone Gets a Private Jet

(56:07 ) - Why Start with Space Launch? 

(1:06:07 ) - Where You Go From There

(1:10:07 ) - Why Everyone Loves Toyotas

(1:16:12 ) - The Supersonic Jet Engine Next Door

(1:19:57 ) - Starting the Company

(1:23:07 ) - What’s Next?

(1:27:37 ) - How Do You Do What You’re Doing?

(1:31:07 ) - hiring@astromecha.co

======

Links:

• Astro Mechanica – https://astromecha.co, hiring@astromecha.co
• Ian Brooke – https://twitter.com/k2pilot
• Christian Keil – https://twitter.com/pronounced_kyle

First Principles:

• Specific Impulse (ISP) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_impulse
• Rocket Equation – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsiolkovsky_rocket_equation
• Navier Stokes Equations – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navier%E2%80%93Stokes_equations
• Power-to-Weight Ratio – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-to-weight_ratio

======

Production and marketing by The Deep View ( https://thedeepview.co ). For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email team@firstprinciples.fm

======

Checkout the video version here → http://tinyurl.com/4fh497n9

🔔 Follow to stay updated with new uploads