Atomic Frontier

Hi! My name is James Dingley and I’m the creator of Atomic Frontier. I explore the world to produce short documentaries explaining the hidden science and engineering of the real world. When not making movies I’m a PhD student at MIT STARlab working on in-space robotic manufacturing.

The Space Propulsion Tier List

From Atomic Frontier. What’s the weirdest rocket? A crash course in space propulsion. Get Nebula using my link for 40% off a lifetime subscription at https://go.nebula.tv/atomicfrontier and check out 17 pages at https://nebula.tv/17pages ———- II ———- 0:00 Introduction 0:32 The basics 2:12 Chemical rockets 3:59 Nukes in space 6:36 Electric propulsion 8:21 Advanced pushing 10:37…