A friend sent me this YouTube video link.

Its a Rocket Factory Tour at United Launch Alliance (ULA) in Alabama. ULA CEO Tory Bruno takes Smarter Every Day guy (Destin) on a tour of their facility. Bruno is amazingly open about their rockets, their technologies, the manufacturing machinery used, and Destin has a mechanical engineering background, so he keeps it interesting by asking lots of great questions. Thoroughly fascinating.

The new technologies now available make the discussion and show and tell on the next generation Vulcan rocket pretty amazing. See things like friction stir welding that welds the metal without any melting at the joint, and 40 foot tall fuel tanks made from aluminum 1/2 the thickness of a dime!

https://youtu.be/o0fG_lnVhHw

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Lee Reep
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Projects: Semroc Saturn 1B, Ken Foss Designs Mini Satellite Interceptor
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