This is the third episode of my podcast exploring ideas, creativity, and innovation.

Dr Bob Parkinson is a rocket scientist who has had a very interesting career in the space industry. Like Alan and Richard, my previous guests, he was also involved in the HOTOL project, a British effort to build a re-usable space shuttle. He is also something of a painter, and agreed for me to share some of his work on this video.

I talked to Bob about his career, HOTOL, and some more abstract concepts relating to creativity.

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Music Credit:
Open Those Bright Eyes Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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This is the fourth episode of my podcast exploring ideas, creativity, and innovation.

Ray Bainbridge is an Engineer turned Entrepreneur with a long and interesting history in technology and in business.

We talk about robots, computers, rockets, how to get a job, and about how to be an engineer with original ideas.

Music Credit:
Open Those Bright Eyes Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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This is the second episode of my podcast exploring ideas, creativity, and innovation.

Richard Varvill was a young engineer working for Rolls-Royce in the 1980s when he became involved in the HOTOL project, a British effort to build a re-usable space shuttle. When the project was cancelled it led to him and some other engineers leaving to set up their own company to continue the work. I talk to Richard about his early career, HOTOL, and some more general principles relating to creativity and engineering.

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Music Credit:
Open Those Bright Eyes Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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I have an interest in the world building aspect of science fiction. This led me to discover a fundamental flaw in the mechanics of the kind of future society portrayed in Star Trek. Buyer beware!

For a more detailed talk on the socialist calculation problem I recommend checking out this talk by Joe Salerno:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alqUqdbfxhk

Ludwig von Mises' original paper is available to download for free here:
https://mises.org/library/economic-calculation-socialist-commonwealth

This is the first episode of my podcast exploring ideas, creativity, and innovation.

My first interviewee is Alan Bond, an engineer with a lifetime of experience designing rockets and experimental fusion reactors. Alan is also the inventor of the SABRE rocket engine, the unique propulsion system behind the Skylon Spaceplane concept.

Thank you for listening. Please like, subscribe, and leave me some feedback in the comment section.

Music Credit:
Open Those Bright Eyes Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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A short video about Orion, the secret project to build a nuclear powered spaceship in the 1960s.

I recently watched the TV miniseries "Ascension" on SyFy and it reminded me about this amazing little chapter in space engineering.

Originally posted on YouTube on Jan 11, 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCi33AbSsew