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HOW ROCKETS ARE MADE (Rocket Factory Tour - United Launch Alliance) - Smarter Every Day 231

SmarterEveryDay · 13.4M views · 2020-02-29 · 54:16

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Overview

Destin Sandlin tours United Launch Alliance's rocket factory with CEO Tory Bruno, showing friction stir welding, structural rocket skins and large milled parts.

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HN recommends it as a rare look inside a rocket factory and cites it for manufacturing details like welding methods.

Recommended by 5 HN people across 5 months · HN mentions 2020–2025

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Manufacturing & industrial processesSpace exploration & spaceflight
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ularocketsfriction stir weldingfactory tourtory brunomanufacturing

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tastyfreeze · 2020-12 · Strong recommendation

A lot of rocketry advancement would not be happening if SpaceX didn't enter as a competitor. For that reason alone SpaceX should be lauded. It helps that SpaceX is pursuing the dream of a space faring civilization that was promised decades ago. Relativity Space looks cool. But until they launch they will sit in the stack of neat tech to maybe be excited about. I am excited by humans doing things to advance the species. I don't care much who is doing it. But, I have been burned by too much vaporware to get excited by marketing pieces. If you haven't watched Smarter Every Day's ULA factory tour I highly recommend it. There is even a nice bit about how their materials have improved as computers were better able to model stresses. [VIDEO]

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tiffanyh · 2025-12 · Recommendation

There’s a great “Smarter Every Day” video on how rockets are made and the guest host was Tory Bruno. [VIDEO] Two things I recall from this video from years ago 1. Tory really seemed to be a true expert. Not a typical “CEO”. 2. Seems like a genuinely nice guy, see this moment when Tory recognized Dustin’s dad [LINK]

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AdamJacobMuller · 2024-06 · Recommendation

In fairness, ULA has done that too. [VIDEO] Also literally everything Destin/SmarterEveryDay puts online is worth watching.

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