Im sure the guy got something out of the deal lol... im glad this is being pushed(very glad, really), but it is disgusting how congressman/senators can be purchased 🙁
@@keithrange4457maybe so, but please don't try and tell us the democrats aren't just as guilty. Politics is a greasy pole, everyone at the top has climbed it.
Whitaker, the Head of The FAA might want to start looking for another job. As well as many FAA Employees within the Space Division. Whitaker lied about SpaceX under oath before Congress. He must be held accountable.
Finally we're seeing the principles act out. If we don't like the way they are doing things then the solution is to vote them out. I'm seeing this all over the place now.
@@kurknielsen Whitaker said there was no sonic boom environmental analysis and He said “The delay of the Starship has to do with SpaceX filing an application and not disclosing if [they] were in violation of Texas, and federal, law on some matters - and that’s a requirement to get a permit,” both lies and proven wrong with the actual application and EIR report
I worked for a contractor that was doing a government job and it was cost plus and he said charge whatever you want because I get 12% on top of that. I went in with a pretty fair bid and he came back to me and said I make whatever you’ve bid 12% are you sure you have everything in here? I said yes, He said i’m sure you’re missing something, so all I did was raise the price another 30% and then he was happy and the company I worked for made an extra 30% that we would have not normally charged. It definitely promotes incompetency and inflated bills.
It's based on the true assumption that if the government is paying for it it's important and the false one that the government can keep raising taxes with out consequence.
@@Threeheadedbeastmode Cost plus has got to go, you are right that it creates perverse incentives to inflate the price of everything involved in the contract
Its not "cost plus". Its theft. They are stealing our money. Its corruption and there is no one who is going to put them in jail. Cuz they are ALL in on it.
FAA is a big part of why Boeing is still alive... They certify airliners for safety and ground them. The world follows their guidance. They should probably stay out of space flight though... At least until you start having routine 10+ people flights. If FAA is gone Airbus will take over and no one will trust Boeing planes at all.
Because no bureaucrat ever faces the consequences of their actions. At worst, they get a large cash payout for retiring early and then get to live comfortably for the rest of their lives on their government funded pension. Nice job is you can get it (and if you can stomach being a total scumbag).
Gwen Shotwell’s articulates a common sense approach to regulation that both the left and the right can and should get behind: regulate and make it safe, but make the process efficient enough to not slow down technological innovation. She later says regulation should be outcome based (safety of citizens and safety of environment) and NOT process based (5 arbitrary studies, redundant checks, bulky paperwork, etc.)
(10:15) "We should really, as the government, be on the side of enabling them (space industry) rather than holding them back..." And that is exactly applicable to every other business as well as the Citizens of the United States. Universally applicable statement...
Feel like they could’ve pulled it off but the risk was more than reward. If something did go seriously wrong they would lose a lot of public confidence. The FAA would also likely delay launches by months using it as an excuse to continue overreaching.
It's been reported that the launch damaged the tower's communication system and this failure resulted in the catch abort. But the booster landing sequence looked perfect as it slowed to a touchdown on the water and hovered for a few seconds before engine cutoff. Plenty of time for the catch arms to do their work had it been a tower landing. Anyway, now they have some data on what to improve with the tower to protect the comm system during launch. The iterative improvement continues. Once they have two towers operating they can launch on one and land on the other, knowing it is in perfect operating condition before the launch takes place.
Hey when you do your monologue... be sure to update the audio to mono instead of stereo... it comes through single channel on the left ear. If you're using speakers you may not notice it too bad, but makes it hard to listen to one headphones.
I’m so sorry I thought I’d checked it before I exported It’s so annoying how davinci does that unless you manually change it And washes out the video clips
@@ellieinspace The color issue in the video clips looks like an incorrectly set up color profile potentially caused by the camera shooting in HDR and Davinchi using a incompatible profile as a default.
@@Avaruusmurkku Exactly the sort of nerd-deep setting that doesn't occur to me that I should check, but ignoring it messes up the video. Well worth investing an hour or two in watching some helpful DaVinci tutorial videos (in this case, re: color profile setup). Speaking of which... can you recommend some good DaVinci tutorial videos?
FAA to Boeing: "Hey old pal, go ahead and make those radical software changes to your 737-MAX planes, what's the worst that can happen?" FAA to SpaceX: "It's NOT that Biden doesn't like you - we are GENUINELY concerned that some bait fish might get hurt when that staging ring hits the water, and we GENUINELY need months of studies before we approve another launch."
I get your sarcasm but there is also a force that is applied from the customers, the buyers, the public. If Boeing planes routinely crashed people and airlines would stop flying them. But don't over-regulate to as you say save some little bait fish. Adding millions of dollars for attorney's to review and approve of onerous regulations is not helpful to anyone but the attorneys.
@@KurgerBurger True story, A dutch military base (in the netherlands) had to put the expansion of their base on hold for a year because a new species of fern had been found on the construction site. Cost millions of tax payer's money. Leftist idiocy.
I certainly hope so. We need to preserve and pass along her wisdom and competence. (As much as those things can be passed along... I hope she is mentoring a couple of possible successors, in case she gets hit by a bus. Or, you know, would like to retire someday maybe)
Wise words from Gwynne Shotwell in this video. The re-organisation proposed by Congressman Kevin Kiley may well be a good first step for efficiency, but the focus on what's truly safety critical is what's required to reform spaceflight regulations.
When the FAA made SpaceX ground Falcon9 for the booster landing leg failure over "PUBLIC SAFETY" but yet ULA had a booster failure and crickets....something was wrong.
It came down to who was overseeing the launch. If DOD or NASA, things are a lot simpler. Falcon 9 launches under FAA currently. I have to agree that FAA grounding everything over that was ridiculous. Gwynne is right in her statement at the start.
I really like your content, delivery, and voice. You're a pro. You ask the right questions (or at least the questions I would ask) and get people talking, which is an art. Good job and keep it up!! You're one of my regular go-to sources for space news.
Fantastic content, Ellie! It is so valuable for the audience that you put forward such substantial interviews with senior individuals as well as getting a glimpse of what went behind closed doors with the FAA. We’re headed for some exciting times. Keep up with the good work!
The Space Force and to a lesser extent NASA should have jurisdiction over spaceflight. The FAA should have no part in spaceflight besides issuing NOTAMs. The bloat needs to end. The idea we need to do study on sharks being hit by boosters when we've been dropping boosters into the ocean for 7 decades now is just insanely absurd.
Commercial regulation of spaceflight was removed from NASA during the Obama administration. They are not equipped to regulate commercial anything, so this was actually a pretty good decision. They only provide licenses to non-commercial, non-military flights. I am not aware of any military organization that regulates the public sector, unless maybe the Coast Guard has some regulatory authority. The Space Force is not a good choice.
A Google AI response says "an estimated tens of thousands of marine animals are killed or injured by ships each year globally." So how much more damage are a few hundred boosters going to do? It looks like the Biden Admin was just trying to throw sand in the gears.
😂😂😂 no they're just being lazy and should be sacked someone has to do it still if they won't or can't and got paid for it from your taxes you like getting ripped off do you 😂😂😂😂
The dumb rule that you can't fire an incompetent government employee should be changed. There should never be a lifetime job in government at any level. 'IF' there must be, let its pay be less than equal to the equivalent non-government job.
15. "Leftists tend to hate anything that has an image of being strong, good and successful. They hate America, they hate Western civilization, they hate white males, they hate rationality. The reasons that leftists give for hating the West, etc. clearly do not correspond with their real motives. They SAY they hate the West because it is warlike, imperialistic, sexist, ethnocentric and so forth, but where these same faults appear in socialist countries or in primitive cultures, the leftist finds excuses for them, or at best he GRUDGINGLY admits that they exist; whereas he ENTHUSIASTICALLY points out (and often greatly exaggerates) these faults where they appear in Western civilization. Thus it is clear that these faults are not the leftist’s real motive for hating America and the West. He hates America and the West because they are strong and successful." - The prophet Ted Kaczynski.
I am a retired former CEO of a global corporation. We had to comply with regulations all over the planet. Our core values and focus was always on the “can we do it safely and environmentally friendly and still make a profit”, (I can add and say those last 5 words now). But, without regulation most Industries will take advantage of many things to increase the bottom line. We bid on basically everything, the sourcing (DOGE of all businesses) came in to reduce the inventory costs of the supply and manufacturing chain to add even more to the bottom line or make our final product and service cheaper to make the bidding process acceptable for both the business and customer. Cost Plus, is every service contractors dream and should NEVER be tied to any contract… especially government contracts. You are granting permission to the supplier or contractor to negate timely delivery, a quality product, cost efficiency, along with service and delivery. It applies to a hamburger and fries at a fast food shop or a StarLiner spacecraft. Another excellent review and report Ms. Ellie
Starliner is not cost plus. It's fixed price and Boeing is $1b in the hole with it so far and only going deeper down. There's a place for fixed price and cost plus contracts. Research and Development is not cheap and there's no way of knowing how much something is going to cost. So for Research and Development, Cost Plus makes sense. However, oversight is required and firm timelines need to be in place. This keeps companies on the path and not stray towards doing the bare minimum and overcharging NASA. Fixed price is better suited for services. Like bulk buying Dragon missions to the ISS
@ yes, you are correct… sorry for not detailing my meaning… I should have said “no matter what we are paying for” as I was attempting to use Starliner as a high priced yet to be delivered product.
the regulators in this case where motivated by favoritism (Boeing) or animosity (SpaceX), you trying to hide this behind universal statements ('but we need regulations') is just intellectually dishonest.
@@raytribble8075 I think the role for cost-plus contracts is cutting-edge developmental research. Things like "I want a liquid-metal nuclear reactor that can fit in a Falcon Heavy payload fairing, mass less than 50 tons, withstand 30-G stresses for 30 minutes at a time, and capable of producing X gigawatts of power continuously for X years without refueling or even any human-tended maintenance. And it must function perfectly in a vacuum. And in zero-G. And in a radiation environment like the Van Allen Belt. And we want quantum-entanglement telemetry and operation so we'll know its condition and be able to control it with zero latency even if it is two or three light-hours distant from mission control. Ultimately, we'll want two of them, plus an engineering dummy at mission control." That would be an appropriate cost-plus contract. But after that bespoke prototype had flown, if NASA (or DoD or anyone) wanted the same thing but no quantum-entanglement needed, and paint it red, and fit it into a standard shipping container... THAT ought to be a normal fixed-price contract. So, Apollo program: cost-plus was appropriate. Artemis program: come on now. Fixed price with an option to negotiate change orders if there's mission creep.
The issue with cost+ vs fixed cost is when you are developing something new. You don't know how much it will cost so you stick with what you have always done in the past hence no innovation. SpaceX are lucky to have investors who believe in the company and are willing to keep ponying up the money.
Love it! Thank you, Ellie for all your hard work, and being a pioneer in reporting on the space industry and the advancement of SpaceX. Great segment on these new regulation changes with the FAA. 🚀🇺🇸
Good day from Goonellabah, NSW, Australia. 👍✅✅✅✅👍 I applied to NASA in 1974 to be an astronaut in the Apollo Space Program. I became an engineer. - 🤗Cheers, Ian Cleland
The achievements of Polaris dawn are so underrated. If only more people understood the significance of that mission as much as the booster catch of IFT5.
Being able to catch and reuse boosters is a huge leap forward in being able to establish a moon base and send a manned-mission to Mars. Not only will we be able to have more frequent launches for manned-missions and resupply-missions, less boosters will have to be built and less materials will be wasted from damaged boosters.
@@kurknielsen80%? You can do the math yourself, unless SpaceX is lying about the raptor 3 engine characteristics, you can calculate the delta V provided by starship and from there calculate the payload, the numbers line up to about 150 tons of payload using 33 raptor 3s. Oh wait, you’re not a rocket engineer and you wouldn’t be able to do that math even if you tried. You just regurgitate wrong information you saw from other people
@ Elon orig claimed v1 was capable of 100tons, he recently had a little company town hall were he admitted it was more like 40tons and when you multiply that by the elon factor you get maybe 20…. but then again, Elon is not a engineer either. Elon told us SpaceX was way off on the math, it didn’t come from me. Of course, we know he was always about the capacity because that is his grift and suckers keep falling for it… no offense.
@@kurknielsen v1 wasn’t even designed to get to orbit? In fact, flight 6 was the last V1 starship to ever fly, it’ll be V2s from now onwards and V3s should come late 2025 or early 2026. Then again you’re wrong about V1 either way, the first 5 test flights were downgraded V1s with smaller fuel tanks meant for testing only, that’s why they have a LEO of 20 tons. Elon was referring to these V0.5 starships when he gave the 40 ton estimate. If you want to pretend that they’ll be flying only V0.5 starships from now onwards then you’re really just coping here. The first V2 launch should have something like 75 tons of LEO payload if they’re still using raptor 2.5s. It’ll go up to the 100 ton figure once they run out of old Raptor 2 engines to expend for testing and start using raptor 3s
@ huh, Elon an Gwyenne said they’d have 2 starships land on mars by 2022. not sure you can do that without getting to orbit…. maybe i’m wrong, after all I, like Elon, am not a rocket scientist.
Ellie, the problem with the regulations is that they have been designed around the government designing and building rockets. This regulation became even tighter after the Apollo and then Shuttle disasters. We now have a world where the driving force behind the advancement of rockets is through private companies alone. They design them, they build them, they launch them. In the past it was always government sub-contracting the building to companies who worked closely within the system. The launches were slow and steady planned months in advance. Private companies cannot wait that long. They have shareholders and investors to appease. The FAA have followed the old established route. Nothing has changed to them. They answer to the people in Congress. The rules have to change as to how the license is granted. Slackening of the rules, just to speed up granting of the license, does a disservice to those that have given their lives for the advancement of mankind in space. We all want to see Starship succeed but it is not the FAA's total fault. In Apollo days you launched at the Cape, a government facility. If you upset the wildlife then you could get away with it as you were the government. SpaceX is a private company. The Model has changed. The rules need to take that into account. Ultimately the FAA have to answer to Congress.
I love that you get so well around topics of all sorts. Also, you are the only one who actually has a lot of groundwork in interviewing and reporting about relevant topics, which I suppose I natural due to your background. Is it however very informative to see and hear things directly from the sources. Keep up the good work !
@@ellieinspace Hi Ellie. I love your videos and I am a subscriber. Leaving the FAA aside for a while-!! I think that one impressive way to 'turbocharge' the big landmass and its people, America and Canada, would be to wipe away the border which stunts progress, divides people and creates tension at times. Elon or some other wealthy and influential person should be able to fork out some money to Canadian adults to make it happen since there are only about 30 mil. adults in the big land. Canada has a shrinking GDP per capita, a weakening Canadian dollar, inflation issues, an increasing cost of living and housing crisis. Some Canadians still think that they need a king ' hovering ' over them in these modern times who lives on a faraway island but what they really do need is lower taxes and a strong (American) military to protect the arctic. On another note, just think of Canadians as well as people from other nations who have gone to America to seek their fame and fortune and have been successful. A prime example would be S. African born Elon Musk who spent three years in Canada, went south to America to seek his fame and fortune and is likely to become the world's first trillionaire. After all, as Confucious once said, -😉 - " Man land rocket on chopstick, man do anything " - 😊😊 Just imagine one big country all the way to the North Pole-! So please plant this seed in someones brain who has power to make it happen and hopefully the seed will sprout into something big.
Thank you senator for your intelligence in your assessment and actions to what is going on! I appreciate your humility but you sir are a force to be reckoned with. Keep pushing!
The fact that the FAA is interfering with launches is completely ridiculous. Travel to other celestial bodies is hard enough without other unauthorized people getting involved!
Jokingly: Heaven help us if Perseverance discovers an extremeite bacteria in the frozen ice of Mars. They will ask Rocket Lab, SpaceX and NASA, how they plan to land on the surface, without boiling them in hot exhaust! 😁
I am shocked that there isn't more conversation and even legal consideration of the obvious political influences in the action of some agencies that should obviously be as unbiased as possible. This is a huge issue, even if now Elon got around it, not creating a legal and unbiased solution to the phenomenon might bite them in the back in the future. This should be a point of serious attention nationwide..an not just this case, but favoritism towards some car companies, the delay of tax rebates for Teslas, the infamous EV summit at the White House, but aside from Biden and Cars, this happens with the FBI, being a henchmen for political discourse, the meddling with Social Media companies, Google searches, TH-cam, Facebook and so on. And not only Democrats are to blame, the favoritism towards certain industries, like oil, energy, weapons and big pharma is historically more maybe even more characteristic of the Republican party (and even media used to). Look at Boeing for instance and their costs billed to NASA. So the issue is much bigger, and the conversation should be about those things, not if Starship launches 2 months later or not. That's a drop in the pond. Also, meddling in politics, when your issue is "others meddle in politics" should be your go to solution.
Ellie, you are the bomb! Mr. Kiley is our congressman here in Orangevale, CA. We love your reporting on this topic. Between you and him, we have had our eyes opened as to the national importance to our country for defense and scientific advancement. If you ever come to this part of Calif. please post it on here so we can get the chance to meet you!
Suggest that FAA split off its space regulations into the Federal Aerospace Administration…. Or Federal Aeronautics Administration…. To prevent confusions 😅
0:40 It looks like a young Thomas Edison trying to explain electricity to one of those ancient US Presidents with mutton chops who has no clue whats happening.
"SpaceX is such a national asset".. I disagree, rather "SpaceX is such a global asset". Some rationalising of the regulatory framework is definitely in order. (from UK)
Well the moment the FAA director said i want Space X to have an safety culture like the one at Boeing. That's was such a red flag. At that point Biden just should have said you're fire, well at least Trump probably has his first popular firing ready.
You wont see any other TH-cam space channels covering the politics of space like Ellie does and kudos to her for that! Heck, during the flight 6 pre-launch livestream, NSF was censoring comments of people saying they had just seen President-elect Trump's plane landing at Brownsville! Keep up the great work Ellie covering all aspects of the aerospace industry!!
Hi Ellie Audio only working on left speakers when you do your comentary, but used both L and R speakers when playing other audio x. Thanks for your awsome content 😊
It's about time someone in Congress gets it right!
Im sure the guy got something out of the deal lol... im glad this is being pushed(very glad, really), but it is disgusting how congressman/senators can be purchased 🙁
Facts!
@@keithrange4457maybe so, but please don't try and tell us the democrats aren't just as guilty. Politics is a greasy pole, everyone at the top has climbed it.
@@SirStouk my politics are generally "i dislike practically every one of them equally"
@@SirStoukhow typical of someone who accepts cheating to assume everyone who succeeded did it by cheating.
Whitaker, the Head of The FAA might want to start looking for another job. As well as many FAA Employees within the Space Division. Whitaker lied about SpaceX under oath before Congress. He must be held accountable.
Finally we're seeing the principles act out. If we don't like the way they are doing things then the solution is to vote them out. I'm seeing this all over the place now.
@@dougcox835 This is the problem when the government is effectively run by unelected bureaucrats.
what exactly was the lie again?
@@kurknielsen Whitaker said there was no sonic boom environmental analysis and He said “The delay of the Starship has to do with SpaceX filing an application and not disclosing if [they] were in violation of Texas, and federal, law on some matters - and that’s a requirement to get a permit,” both lies and proven wrong with the actual application and EIR report
@ Ok, i see where elon said that claimed that the application was provided, but Elon is a know liar. was this ever verified ?
Thanks Ellie. Gwynne’s comments are always right on. She’s what all COO’s should be.
You mean the batshit crazy lady that said Spacex would be doing Earth to Earth travel by now? that lady?
I worked for a contractor that was doing a government job and it was cost plus and he said charge whatever you want because I get 12% on top of that. I went in with a pretty fair bid and he came back to me and said I make whatever you’ve bid 12% are you sure you have everything in here? I said yes, He said i’m sure you’re missing something, so all I did was raise the price another 30% and then he was happy and the company I worked for made an extra 30% that we would have not normally charged. It definitely promotes incompetency and inflated bills.
It's based on the true assumption that if the government is paying for it it's important and the false one that the government can keep raising taxes with out consequence.
@@Threeheadedbeastmode Cost plus has got to go, you are right that it creates perverse incentives to inflate the price of everything involved in the contract
So you're an accomplice in fraud, waste, and abuse of our stolen tax dollars.
Fuck you.
Its not "cost plus". Its theft. They are stealing our money. Its corruption and there is no one who is going to put them in jail. Cuz they are ALL in on it.
Another fantastic bit of journalism. Love your work, Ellie!
The FAA out of the picture, that would be amazing!
True
...and than government bureaucrats decide that SpaceX is a monopoly and will decide to break apart...
FAA is a big part of why Boeing is still alive... They certify airliners for safety and ground them. The world follows their guidance. They should probably stay out of space flight though... At least until you start having routine 10+ people flights.
If FAA is gone Airbus will take over and no one will trust Boeing planes at all.
If no FAA, who will regulate SpaceX? The same thing will happen as with Boeing. Self-regulation is the death of safety.
Morons
My question is. Why is the FAA director still there after lying to congress and not under indictment?
@@grumpyoldstudios The incoming Congress can send a referral to DOJ after Jan 20th 2025
In a way, you answered your question. Just look at who is supposed to be in charge of the country, sleeping wide awoke.
The current administration has clearly weaponized government agencies against their political opponents. Disgusting and seems traitorous.
Because no bureaucrat ever faces the consequences of their actions. At worst, they get a large cash payout for retiring early and then get to live comfortably for the rest of their lives on their government funded pension. Nice job is you can get it (and if you can stomach being a total scumbag).
Yes.. everyone who lies to congress should be in jail.. Trump, anyone??
Gwen Shotwell’s articulates a common sense approach to regulation that both the left and the right can and should get behind: regulate and make it safe, but make the process efficient enough to not slow down technological innovation. She later says regulation should be outcome based (safety of citizens and safety of environment) and NOT process based (5 arbitrary studies, redundant checks, bulky paperwork, etc.)
100%. We can hope...
Thanks Ellie. Independent journalism is the only journalism left. Keep being awesome.
25 launches... that's one every two weeks! Imagine how refined the Starship system will be in a year from now!
(10:15) "We should really, as the government, be on the side of enabling them (space industry) rather than holding them back..." And that is exactly applicable to every other business as well as the Citizens of the United States. Universally applicable statement...
VERY HAPPY for SpaceX. Disappointed that flight 6 didn't perform a booster catch. Glad they opted for safety.
Agreed
Feel like they could’ve pulled it off but the risk was more than reward. If something did go seriously wrong they would lose a lot of public confidence. The FAA would also likely delay launches by months using it as an excuse to continue overreaching.
The auto-landing abort function is working.
It's been reported that the launch damaged the tower's communication system and this failure resulted in the catch abort. But the booster landing sequence looked perfect as it slowed to a touchdown on the water and hovered for a few seconds before engine cutoff. Plenty of time for the catch arms to do their work had it been a tower landing. Anyway, now they have some data on what to improve with the tower to protect the comm system during launch. The iterative improvement continues. Once they have two towers operating they can launch on one and land on the other, knowing it is in perfect operating condition before the launch takes place.
@@datamatters8 this perfectly makes sense. Safety first and great lessons will be carried forward to the next design builds
Hey when you do your monologue... be sure to update the audio to mono instead of stereo... it comes through single channel on the left ear. If you're using speakers you may not notice it too bad, but makes it hard to listen to one headphones.
I’m so sorry
I thought I’d checked it before I exported
It’s so annoying how davinci does that unless you manually change it
And washes out the video clips
@@ellieinspace have you tried KineMaster? Just curious if that will work better for you
@@ellieinspace The color issue in the video clips looks like an incorrectly set up color profile potentially caused by the camera shooting in HDR and Davinchi using a incompatible profile as a default.
this 100% so hard to listen to
@@Avaruusmurkku Exactly the sort of nerd-deep setting that doesn't occur to me that I should check, but ignoring it messes up the video. Well worth investing an hour or two in watching some helpful DaVinci tutorial videos (in this case, re: color profile setup).
Speaking of which... can you recommend some good DaVinci tutorial videos?
The FAA played the power game and won the stupid prize!
Liars do not win. You will see
FAA to Boeing: "Hey old pal, go ahead and make those radical software changes to your 737-MAX planes, what's the worst that can happen?" FAA to SpaceX: "It's NOT that Biden doesn't like you - we are GENUINELY concerned that some bait fish might get hurt when that staging ring hits the water, and we GENUINELY need months of studies before we approve another launch."
I get your sarcasm but there is also a force that is applied from the customers, the buyers, the public. If Boeing planes routinely crashed people and airlines would stop flying them. But don't over-regulate to as you say save some little bait fish. Adding millions of dollars for attorney's to review and approve of onerous regulations is not helpful to anyone but the attorneys.
@@KurgerBurger True story, A dutch military base (in the netherlands) had to put the expansion of their base on hold for a year because a new species of fern had been found on the construction site. Cost millions of tax payer's money. Leftist idiocy.
@@KurgerBurger its not regulation, if the regulation makes Boeing planes crash or their doors pop for no reason,
@@KurgerBurger We would rather have regulators do their job, instead of a correction applied after several 100 ppl die, wtf is wrong with you?
@@paulmichaelfreedman8334Source: Trust me, bro.
Gwynne Shotwell will have books written about her business leadership skills! 🙏
She's just an awesome human being!
Smash, next.
Hahaha
@@kakerake6018wtf bro
I certainly hope so. We need to preserve and pass along her wisdom and competence.
(As much as those things can be passed along... I hope she is mentoring a couple of possible successors, in case she gets hit by a bus. Or, you know, would like to retire someday maybe)
Wise words from Gwynne Shotwell in this video. The re-organisation proposed by Congressman Kevin Kiley may well be a good first step for efficiency, but the focus on what's truly safety critical is what's required to reform spaceflight regulations.
When the FAA made SpaceX ground Falcon9 for the booster landing leg failure over "PUBLIC SAFETY" but yet ULA had a booster failure and crickets....something was wrong.
Vulcan never left the keep out zone. No regulatory action needed.
@@EMichaelBallA broken landing leg on a rocket landing on a barge in the Ocean was in the keep out zone.
@@EMichaelBallFalcon 9 was too. Doesnt mean shit. Vulcan was still more dangerous.
You are missing something.
It came down to who was overseeing the launch. If DOD or NASA, things are a lot simpler. Falcon 9 launches under FAA currently. I have to agree that FAA grounding everything over that was ridiculous. Gwynne is right in her statement at the start.
I really like your content, delivery, and voice. You're a pro. You ask the right questions (or at least the questions I would ask) and get people talking, which is an art. Good job and keep it up!! You're one of my regular go-to sources for space news.
GREAT WORK ELLIE!!
Fantastic content, Ellie! It is so valuable for the audience that you put forward such substantial interviews with senior individuals as well as getting a glimpse of what went behind closed doors with the FAA. We’re headed for some exciting times. Keep up with the good work!
The Space Force and to a lesser extent NASA should have jurisdiction over spaceflight. The FAA should have no part in spaceflight besides issuing NOTAMs. The bloat needs to end. The idea we need to do study on sharks being hit by boosters when we've been dropping boosters into the ocean for 7 decades now is just insanely absurd.
Commercial regulation of spaceflight was removed from NASA during the Obama administration. They are not equipped to regulate commercial anything, so this was actually a pretty good decision. They only provide licenses to non-commercial, non-military flights.
I am not aware of any military organization that regulates the public sector, unless maybe the Coast Guard has some regulatory authority. The Space Force is not a good choice.
A Google AI response says "an estimated tens of thousands of marine animals are killed or injured by ships each year globally." So how much more damage are a few hundred boosters going to do? It looks like the Biden Admin was just trying to throw sand in the gears.
Government bureaucrats have no incentive to work harder or faster but working slower means less work that they have to do.
I'm here from the Govt to help myself. Spin on Reagan.
It's called extending the job which usually also means more money
😂😂😂 no they're just being lazy and should be sacked someone has to do it still if they won't or can't and got paid for it from your taxes you like getting ripped off do you 😂😂😂😂
The dumb rule that you can't fire an incompetent government employee should be changed. There should never be a lifetime job in government at any level. 'IF' there must be, let its pay be less than equal to the equivalent non-government job.
Working slower increases work. Just get it done.
Gwynne's assessment is right on the money and notably shared by the incoming administration and DOT Secretary. Good job, Ellie. 2025 will be amazing!
Imagine a government that would rather poke it's own eye out than be successful
15. "Leftists tend to hate anything that has an image of being strong, good and successful. They hate America, they hate Western civilization, they hate white males, they hate rationality. The reasons that leftists give for hating the West, etc. clearly do not correspond with their real motives. They SAY they hate the West because it is warlike, imperialistic, sexist, ethnocentric and so forth, but where these same faults appear in socialist countries or in primitive cultures, the leftist finds excuses for them, or at best he GRUDGINGLY admits that they exist; whereas he ENTHUSIASTICALLY points out (and often greatly exaggerates) these faults where they appear in Western civilization. Thus it is clear that these faults are not the leftist’s real motive for hating America and the West. He hates America and the West because they are strong and successful." - The prophet Ted Kaczynski.
Thank goodness, sanity!
I am a retired former CEO of a global corporation. We had to comply with regulations all over the planet. Our core values and focus was always on the “can we do it safely and environmentally friendly and still make a profit”, (I can add and say those last 5 words now). But, without regulation most Industries will take advantage of many things to increase the bottom line. We bid on basically everything, the sourcing (DOGE of all businesses) came in to reduce the inventory costs of the supply and manufacturing chain to add even more to the bottom line or make our final product and service cheaper to make the bidding process acceptable for both the business and customer. Cost Plus, is every service contractors dream and should NEVER be tied to any contract… especially government contracts. You are granting permission to the supplier or contractor to negate timely delivery, a quality product, cost efficiency, along with service and delivery. It applies to a hamburger and fries at a fast food shop or a StarLiner spacecraft. Another excellent review and report Ms. Ellie
Starliner is not cost plus. It's fixed price and Boeing is $1b in the hole with it so far and only going deeper down.
There's a place for fixed price and cost plus contracts. Research and Development is not cheap and there's no way of knowing how much something is going to cost. So for Research and Development, Cost Plus makes sense. However, oversight is required and firm timelines need to be in place. This keeps companies on the path and not stray towards doing the bare minimum and overcharging NASA.
Fixed price is better suited for services. Like bulk buying Dragon missions to the ISS
@ yes, you are correct… sorry for not detailing my meaning… I should have said “no matter what we are paying for” as I was attempting to use Starliner as a high priced yet to be delivered product.
the regulators in this case where motivated by favoritism (Boeing) or animosity (SpaceX), you trying to hide this behind universal statements ('but we need regulations') is just intellectually dishonest.
@ yes, you are right
@@raytribble8075 I think the role for cost-plus contracts is cutting-edge developmental research. Things like "I want a liquid-metal nuclear reactor that can fit in a Falcon Heavy payload fairing, mass less than 50 tons, withstand 30-G stresses for 30 minutes at a time, and capable of producing X gigawatts of power continuously for X years without refueling or even any human-tended maintenance. And it must function perfectly in a vacuum. And in zero-G. And in a radiation environment like the Van Allen Belt. And we want quantum-entanglement telemetry and operation so we'll know its condition and be able to control it with zero latency even if it is two or three light-hours distant from mission control. Ultimately, we'll want two of them, plus an engineering dummy at mission control." That would be an appropriate cost-plus contract.
But after that bespoke prototype had flown, if NASA (or DoD or anyone) wanted the same thing but no quantum-entanglement needed, and paint it red, and fit it into a standard shipping container... THAT ought to be a normal fixed-price contract.
So, Apollo program: cost-plus was appropriate.
Artemis program: come on now. Fixed price with an option to negotiate change orders if there's mission creep.
The issue with cost+ vs fixed cost is when you are developing something new. You don't know how much it will cost so you stick with what you have always done in the past hence no innovation. SpaceX are lucky to have investors who believe in the company and are willing to keep ponying up the money.
Love it! Thank you, Ellie for all your hard work, and being a pioneer in reporting on the space industry and the advancement of SpaceX. Great segment on these new regulation changes with the FAA. 🚀🇺🇸
Great news!!! Good job Ellie!
Ellie, this is so perfectly right!!
Good day from Goonellabah, NSW, Australia. 👍✅✅✅✅👍
I applied to NASA in 1974 to be an astronaut in the Apollo Space Program. I became an engineer. - 🤗Cheers, Ian Cleland
The achievements of Polaris dawn are so underrated. If only more people understood the significance of that mission as much as the booster catch of IFT5.
Being able to catch and reuse boosters is a huge leap forward in being able to establish a moon base and send a manned-mission to Mars. Not only will we be able to have more frequent launches for manned-missions and resupply-missions, less boosters will have to be built and less materials will be wasted from damaged boosters.
Polaris is amazing and I can't wait for the next 2 missions. Also look up Fram2 - that will be a fun one to see.
Thanks!
25 launches.... imagine...
Excellent episode, btw
Howdy from Temple, Texas! Great content, thank you!
Ellie is the only space channel that really gets behind the scenes. Super Job. (From Europe with much respect!)
What the fuck are you talking about? You just disrespected several Space focused channels with a blanket incorrect statement
Imagine how much further along SpaceX could be if the FAA hadn’t been an anchor instead of an engine
Let’s see, they totally botch the math on the payload capacity of starship by 80%… but yeah, tell me more.
@@kurknielsen80%? You can do the math yourself, unless SpaceX is lying about the raptor 3 engine characteristics, you can calculate the delta V provided by starship and from there calculate the payload, the numbers line up to about 150 tons of payload using 33 raptor 3s.
Oh wait, you’re not a rocket engineer and you wouldn’t be able to do that math even if you tried. You just regurgitate wrong information you saw from other people
@ Elon orig claimed v1 was capable of 100tons, he recently had a little company town hall were he admitted it was more like 40tons and when you multiply that by the elon factor you get maybe 20…. but then again, Elon is not a engineer either. Elon told us SpaceX was way off on the math, it didn’t come from me.
Of course, we know he was always about the capacity because that is his grift and suckers keep falling for it… no offense.
@@kurknielsen v1 wasn’t even designed to get to orbit? In fact, flight 6 was the last V1 starship to ever fly, it’ll be V2s from now onwards and V3s should come late 2025 or early 2026.
Then again you’re wrong about V1 either way, the first 5 test flights were downgraded V1s with smaller fuel tanks meant for testing only, that’s why they have a LEO of 20 tons. Elon was referring to these V0.5 starships when he gave the 40 ton estimate.
If you want to pretend that they’ll be flying only V0.5 starships from now onwards then you’re really just coping here.
The first V2 launch should have something like 75 tons of LEO payload if they’re still using raptor 2.5s. It’ll go up to the 100 ton figure once they run out of old Raptor 2 engines to expend for testing and start using raptor 3s
@ huh, Elon an Gwyenne said they’d have 2 starships land on mars by 2022. not sure you can do that without getting to orbit…. maybe i’m wrong, after all I, like Elon, am not a rocket scientist.
Is the narration audio balanced? 🤔 Good job for the interview 👏 👍.
Coming from the left speaker for me too.
left speaker only
Many branches of our government are becoming obsolete or redundant, so ready for real change. Go Space X / Elon
Ellie, the problem with the regulations is that they have been designed around the government designing and building rockets. This regulation became even tighter after the Apollo and then Shuttle disasters. We now have a world where the driving force behind the advancement of rockets is through private companies alone. They design them, they build them, they launch them. In the past it was always government sub-contracting the building to companies who worked closely within the system. The launches were slow and steady planned months in advance. Private companies cannot wait that long. They have shareholders and investors to appease. The FAA have followed the old established route. Nothing has changed to them. They answer to the people in Congress. The rules have to change as to how the license is granted. Slackening of the rules, just to speed up granting of the license, does a disservice to those that have given their lives for the advancement of mankind in space.
We all want to see Starship succeed but it is not the FAA's total fault. In Apollo days you launched at the Cape, a government facility. If you upset the wildlife then you could get away with it as you were the government. SpaceX is a private company. The Model has changed. The rules need to take that into account. Ultimately the FAA have to answer to Congress.
This is fantastic news. I hope the law proposal passes, so we can get sane approval processes. Great job getting Rep. Kiley again for an interview! :)
Once again, Ellie. You nailed the interview. Thank you for not asking stupid obvious questions. Keep them coming
I love that you get so well around topics of all sorts. Also, you are the only one who actually has a lot of groundwork in interviewing and reporting about relevant topics, which I suppose I natural due to your background. Is it however very informative to see and hear things directly from the sources.
Keep up the good work !
I love me some gwenn shotwell. She is probably the most impressive space lady i know. Please live forever and never retire 🙏
Amen brother. We need Gwynne for the foreseeable future (about 80 more years)
Great and totally refreshing interview with Kevin Kiley Ellie! Super good work.
Very good journalism!
Great choice of interviews recently! Thank you!
Always nice to see you, Ellie.
Great video Ellie! You’re so gifted with doing interviews and bringing out these issues. I’m so glad you left TV broadcasting to do what you’re doing!
How can you not love Gwynne. She says it like it is. No sugar coating
Fantastic interview, one of your best!!
This was a great podcast that no one else in the SpaceX TH-cam community is speaking about. Great Job!
Super interesting and encouraging Ellie, thanks :)
Excellent reporting Ellie! Keep it up.
Thank you! Will do!
@@ellieinspace Hi Ellie. I love your videos and I am a subscriber.
Leaving the FAA aside for a while-!! I think that one impressive way to 'turbocharge' the big landmass and its people, America and Canada, would be to wipe away the border which stunts progress, divides people and creates tension at times.
Elon or some other wealthy and influential person should be able to fork out some money to Canadian adults to make it happen since there are only about 30 mil. adults in the big land.
Canada has a shrinking GDP per capita, a weakening Canadian dollar, inflation issues, an increasing cost of living and housing crisis.
Some Canadians still think that they need a king ' hovering ' over them in these modern times who lives on a faraway island but what they really do need is lower taxes and a strong (American) military to protect the arctic.
On another note, just think of Canadians as well as people from other nations who have gone to America to seek their fame and fortune and have been successful.
A prime example would be S. African born Elon Musk who spent three years in Canada, went south to America to seek his fame and fortune and is likely to become the world's first trillionaire.
After all, as Confucious once said, -😉 - " Man land rocket on chopstick, man do anything " - 😊😊
Just imagine one big country all the way to the North Pole-!
So please plant this seed in someones brain who has power to make it happen and hopefully the seed will sprout into something big.
Thank you senator for your intelligence in your assessment and actions to what is going on! I appreciate your humility but you sir are a force to be reckoned with. Keep pushing!
The fact that the FAA is interfering with launches is completely ridiculous. Travel to other celestial bodies is hard enough without other unauthorized people getting involved!
Jokingly: Heaven help us if Perseverance discovers an extremeite bacteria in the frozen ice of Mars. They will ask Rocket Lab, SpaceX and NASA, how they plan to land on the surface, without boiling them in hot exhaust! 😁
LOVE THIS! Get the FAA out of space development!!!
Great interview with the congressman Ellie!
Thanks for bringing these kinds of news to us, Ellie. The technical stuff a lot of other channels already do, but this is equally important.
I am shocked that there isn't more conversation and even legal consideration of the obvious political influences in the action of some agencies that should obviously be as unbiased as possible. This is a huge issue, even if now Elon got around it, not creating a legal and unbiased solution to the phenomenon might bite them in the back in the future. This should be a point of serious attention nationwide..an not just this case, but favoritism towards some car companies, the delay of tax rebates for Teslas, the infamous EV summit at the White House, but aside from Biden and Cars, this happens with the FBI, being a henchmen for political discourse, the meddling with Social Media companies, Google searches, TH-cam, Facebook and so on. And not only Democrats are to blame, the favoritism towards certain industries, like oil, energy, weapons and big pharma is historically more maybe even more characteristic of the Republican party (and even media used to). Look at Boeing for instance and their costs billed to NASA. So the issue is much bigger, and the conversation should be about those things, not if Starship launches 2 months later or not. That's a drop in the pond. Also, meddling in politics, when your issue is "others meddle in politics" should be your go to solution.
Great and interesting reporting Ellie, thanks from UK 🇬🇧
keep criminals out of SpaceX
Ellie, you are the bomb! Mr. Kiley is our congressman here in Orangevale, CA. We love your reporting on this topic. Between you and him, we have had our eyes opened as to the national importance to our country for defense and scientific advancement. If you ever come to this part of Calif. please post it on here so we can get the chance to meet you!
Need to get those FAA bass turds out of the drone regulating business too. The overreach is epic.
Suggest that FAA split off its space regulations into the Federal Aerospace Administration…. Or Federal Aeronautics Administration…. To prevent confusions 😅
Great job Elle. Loved that update. Nice meeting you at launch this week.
What a time to be alive!!! 🙏🏽🤙🏽
0:40 It looks like a young Thomas Edison trying to explain electricity to one of those ancient US Presidents with mutton chops who has no clue whats happening.
Super report Ellie! As always! You do a very good job!
Me in 2020: This will be a century of darkness.
Me late 2024: We are entering a golden age for humanity.
Wow…great reporting, Ellie!
Wow Elle! excellent news. nicely done.
Gwynne’s got style 💥
Would really love to hear more from her, or Elon, or any other SpaceX person on their work.
Great interview and video. 🖖
Much appreciated!
Good journalism Ellie, as usual. Thanks!
This was a well put together story! good job following this story.
That was a great interview Ellie. Thanks for your hard work 😊
"SpaceX is such a national asset".. I disagree, rather "SpaceX is such a global asset". Some rationalising of the regulatory framework is definitely in order. (from UK)
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Well the moment the FAA director said i want Space X to have an safety culture like the one at Boeing.
That's was such a red flag. At that point Biden just should have said you're fire, well at least Trump probably has his first popular firing ready.
If I were an American, I would definitley vote for this guy.
That s how and should it go. Congrats Rep. Kevin and SpaceX
Great content, Ellie. Thanks for your time, effort, and expertise.
Great interview, Ellie! Thank you.
another great report Ellie
Excellent job of reporting, I so enjoy your enthusiasm and journalistic talents.
Awesome episode Ellie!! 🎉
Ok, Ellie in Space, this is some legit ass journalism. You just got my subscription. Keep up the great work.
Superb headline with superb news!!
Nice report on the cost plus.
This is journalism. Thanks Ellie. Those in need networks should really start taking notes if they want thier viewers back
You wont see any other TH-cam space channels covering the politics of space like Ellie does and kudos to her for that! Heck, during the flight 6 pre-launch livestream, NSF was censoring comments of people saying they had just seen President-elect Trump's plane landing at Brownsville! Keep up the great work Ellie covering all aspects of the aerospace industry!!
That’s insane! wtf
old say saying a person on a fixed price will work hard and the person paid by the hour will dither and stall
Spacee Ellie at it again
The space race is one of the most important moment in the history of the human race. I hope we do this the right way.
Amazing video !!!!😮😮😮😮😮
Your channel is SO good.
OMG.
Cannot believe how much progress it has made so far.
You're sharply smart, plus very pretty.
Thank you, Ellie.
Hi Ellie Audio only working on left speakers when you do your comentary, but used both L and R speakers when playing other audio x. Thanks for your awsome content 😊
Ellie thats a huge point...keep up with the cadence of recent space activity. Not rocket science,
Excellent Ellie, thanks a bunch!