EP17 Engineering Victory with Elon

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum by Dan Carlin

Dec 13, 202101:41:46Society & Culture

Elon Musk and Bill Riley from SpaceX join Dan to discuss the underappreciated role of science and engineering in war. As you might imagine, military aircraft feature prominently in the conversation. 1. The Wages of destr...

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