Dr. Leon Vanstone is CEO of Verdecode, a groundbreaking company that develops sustainable software tools. With a background as a rocket scientist, Leon has always been driven by the belief that technology holds the key to a prosperous future, not only for space exploration but also for our planet and its inhabitants.
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The Learning With Lowell show is a series for the everyday mammal. In this show we’ll learn about leadership, science, and people building their change into the world. The goal is to dig deeply into people who most of us wouldn’t normally ever get to hear. The Host of the show – Lowell Thompson- is a lifelong autodidact, serial problem solver, and founder of startups.
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro / Rocket scientist, storyteller, or idiot
01:20 China and dangers to US Fleet
05:05 China Escalation
06:20 China sanctions
07:30 Hypersonic missiles and iron dome defenses
10:05 Hammer of Dawn
10:55 Kerbal space program
13:15 How fast is hypersonic
18:30 Heat, atom, and speed
20:00 Hypersonic space plane vs spacex
22:10 Downsides of hypersonic
25:40 SpaceX vs Space plane around the planet
30:44 Cargo Capacity
42:40 Concord and number of flights
44:50 Space space vs space
46:50 Replacing spaceX with space plane
01:05:30 Belt and road vs platinum highway
01:06:43 China and space
01:12:50 ISS and deorbiting
01:17:50 Spaceballs and space
01:19:20 Plasma field and shields
01:20:21 Dying in space
01:25:15 Drugs on the moon
01:27:40 Getting to saturn
01:31:52 Books
01:35:40 Ending vote