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Elon Musk: SpaceX, Mars, Tesla Autopilot, Self-Driving, Robotics, and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #252

Elon Musk: SpaceX, Mars, Tesla Autopilot, Self-Driving, Robotics, and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #252

Recommended on this episode

MediaRecommended

Inspiration4 documentary

Netflix

“I'd encourage people to watch”
“I'd encourage people to watch the inspiration documentary on Netflix it's actually really good um and it really is”— Elon Musk
MediaRecommended

Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

“greatest podcast ever”
“you're a student of History fan of Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Podcast yeah that's great greatest podcast ever”— Lex Fridman
MediaRecommended

The Entire Soviet Rocket Engine Family Tree

Tim Dodd (Everyday Astronaut)

“people should definitely go check out”
“a video titled the entire Soviet rocket engine family tree by Tim Dodd AKA everyday astronaut people should definitely go check out”— Lex Fridman
MediaRecommended

Rick and Morty

Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon (inferred)

“it's a great show”
“there's the butter robot it's great uh it's a great show you yeah Dr Mor is awesome”— Elon Musk
MediaRecommended

Monty Python's Life of Brian

Monty Python

“are incredible”
“I always love Monty Python they're great uh Life of Brian and the quest of Holy Grail are incredible”— Elon Musk
MediaRecommended

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Monty Python

“are incredible”
“I always love Monty Python they're great uh Life of Brian and the quest of Holy Grail are incredible”— Elon Musk
BookRecommendedISBN verified

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica (inferred)

“I'd recommend that”
“read through the condensed version of the encyclopedia britannica I'd recommend that you can always skip subjects”— Elon Musk

The guest's own work

ProductBy the guest

Raptor engine

SpaceX

“Raptor is a full flow staged combustion engine and it's at operating at a very high chamber pressure”— Elon Musk
ProductBy the guest

Starship

SpaceX

“Starship is the most complex and advanced rocket that's ever been made by I don't know order of magnitude”— Elon Musk
ProductBy the guest

Falcon 9

SpaceX

“right now the falcon9 is the only reusable rocket out there but the booster comes back and lands”— Elon Musk
ProductBy the guest

Tesla Autopilot / Full Self-Driving

Tesla

“I think over time the tesla autopilot full driving will be capable of Maneuvers that are far more than what James Bond could do”— Elon Musk
ProductBy the guest

Tesla Bot (Optimus)

Tesla

“it's code named Optimus I call I call it Optimus subprime because it's not like a giant transformer robot”— Elon Musk

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

ProductReferenced

RD-180 / RD-170 engine

NPO Energomash (inferred)

“the best rocket engine ever is probably the Rd 180 or Rd 170 um that the Russian engine basically”— Elon Musk
ProductReferenced

Dogecoin

Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer (inferred)

“it actually does have a much higher transaction volume capability than Bitcoin and the cost of doing a transaction the Dogecoin fee is very low”— Elon Musk
MediaReferenced

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

“what Douglas Adams was saying in hedge guide of the Galaxy is that the universe is the answer”— Elon Musk