Landing a rocket is impressive. Making it cheap and reliable enough to fly again and again is what could open the Solar System.

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Credits:

Reusable Rockets: The Gateway to Space

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic

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Chapters

0:00 Intro - The Rocket in the Museum

2:54 The Cost of Throwing Rockets Away

5:12 The Price of Coming Home

7:51 Atlantis and the First Reusable Age

13:31 The Rocket Comes Home

17:02 Catching a Skyscraper

20:57 The Hard Half of Reusability

23:36 From Landing to Daily Launch

28:36 Reuse Needs Traffic

31:36 The Gateway to Space

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