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#157 – Natalya Bailey: Rocket Engines and Electric Spacecraft Propulsion
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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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() – Introduction
() – Intelligent life in the universe
() – Life in our solar system
() – Humans on Mars
() – Robots vs human in space exploration
() – AI in space
() – How rocket engines work
() – How ion engines work
() – How colloid engines work
() – Material science
() – Nuclear powered rocket engines
() – Electric propulsion out in space
() – Satellites
() – Photo of Earth from the Moon
() – Humans on Mars
() – Propulsion without fuel
() – How to build a rocket company
() – SpaceX and commercial spaceflight
() – Advice to startup founders
() – Book recommendations
() – Meaning of life
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