On Episode 136 of This Week In House, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss with journalist and writer Eric Berger concerning the rise of SpaceX and Elon Musk’s future in US politics and the market.
At this level, can anybody compete with SpaceX? Love him or hate him, Elon Musk and his cadre of very gifted workers and companions have constructed essentially the most exceptional launch service in historical past, rising the US launch price from a handful to over 100 per 12 months in lower than a decade.
Eric Berger — Senior House Editor at Ars Technica and writer of “Liftoff” and “Reentry,” two books about Musk and SpaceX — joins us. We focus on what to anticipate from SpaceX within the subsequent decade. We additionally take a look at the attainable rivals to SpaceX’s dominance out there. Be part of us!
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This Week in House covers the brand new area age. Each Friday we take a deep dive into an interesting subject. What’s taking place with the brand new race to the moon and different planets? When will SpaceX actually ship individuals to Mars?
Be part of Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik from House.com as they sort out these questions and extra every week on Friday afternoons. You possibly can subscribe at this time in your favourite podcatcher.
Rod Pyle is an writer, journalist, tv producer and Editor-in-Chief of Advert Astra journal. He has written 18 books on area historical past, exploration, and growth, together with House 2.0, Innovation the NASA Method, Interplanetary Robots, Blueprint for a Battlestar, Superb Tales of the House Age, First On the Moon, and Vacation spot Mars
In a earlier life, Rod produced quite a few documentaries and quick movies for The Historical past Channel, Discovery Communications, and Disney. He additionally labored in visible results on Star Trek: Deep House 9 and the Battlestar Galactica reboot, in addition to varied sci-fi TV pilots. His most up-to-date TV credit score was with the NatGeo documentary on Tom Wolfe’s iconic ebook The Proper Stuff.
Liable for House.com’s editorial imaginative and prescient, Tariq Malik has been the Editor-in-Chief of House.com since 2019 and has lined area information and science for 18 years. He joined the House.com staff in 2001, first as an intern and shortly after as a full-time spaceflight reporter overlaying human spaceflight, exploration, astronomy and the night time sky. He turned House.com’s managing editor in 2009. As on-air expertise has offered area tales on CNN, Fox Information, NPR and others.
Tariq is an Eagle Scout (sure, he earned the House Exploration benefit badge), a House Camp veteran (4 instances as a child, as soon as as an grownup), and has taken the last word “vomit comet” trip whereas reporting on zero-gravity fires. Earlier than becoming a member of House.com, he served as a employees reporter for The Los Angeles Instances overlaying metropolis and schooling beats. He has journalism levels from the College of Southern California and New York College.
