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An interview with Epsilon3 co-founder and CEO Laura Crabtree about her 11 years in SpaceX mission operations, training the Demo-2 astronauts, replacing paper procedures in industries where hardware must work, and the...
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A podcast exploring the life arcs of smart, creative, driven people who helped Elon Musk and SpaceX revolutionize the space industry. How did they get there? What was it like? What world are they creating now?
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What is It's Not Rocket Science about?
A podcast exploring the life arcs of smart, creative, driven people who helped Elon Musk and SpaceX revolutionize the space industry. How did they get there? What was it like? What world are they creating now?
Who hosts It's Not Rocket Science?
It's Not Rocket Science is hosted by Jeff Ward. The show has published 17 episodes to date.
What has It's Not Rocket Science covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Laura Crabtree - This Spacesuit's Supposed to Make You Look Cooler" (20 October 2026, 43 minutes), "Boris Lipchin - Only Your Worst Day Matters" (1 October 2026, 45 minutes), and "Trip Harriss - It's Full of Wigs" (1 September 2026, 48 minutes).
How often does It's Not Rocket Science publish?
It's Not Rocket Science publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 36 minutes across 17 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on It's Not Rocket Science?
Booking probability for It's Not Rocket Science is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. It's Not Rocket Science requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. It's Not Rocket Science's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch It's Not Rocket Science?
The strongest fits for It's Not Rocket Science are Aerospace and Scientific Research & Development. It's Not Rocket Science has a technology audience.
About the host
Jeff Ward hosts It's Not Rocket Science, a technology podcast with 17 episodes published.
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Episode #16
Boris Lipchin - Only Your Worst Day Matters
Oct 1, 202645 minAn interview with former SpaceX Dragon engineer Boris Lipchin about cold-calling his way into a flight software internship, reading raw flight code within spitting distance of the ISS, being told he was wrong by Elon...
Episode #15
Trip Harriss - It's Full of Wigs
Sep 1, 202648 minAn interview with SpaceX director of spaceport integration Trip Harriss about quitting trumpet for Star Trek, the internship SpaceX forgot to post, aiming a rocket at a military base, making Elon laugh, and wedding...
Episode #14
Ted Cizma - I'm Just a Cook
Aug 11, 202637 minAn interview with SpaceX executive chef Ted Cizma about butcher shop beginnings, feeding 3,500 people in an Aspen parking lot, building a restaurant inside a rocket factory, breakfast burritos in mission control, and...
Episode #13
Chris Thompson - Employee Number Two
Jul 28, 202641 minAn interview with SpaceX employee number two Chris Thompson about garage rockets, an explosion in Garvey's backyard, beating Jeff Bezos in court, melting Elon's shoes in acetone, and Phantom's unfinished business. Work...
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Episode #13
Laura Rose Plaxico - Rockets or Cheese?
Jul 14, 202630 minAn interview with mechanical engineer Laura Rose Plaxico about SpaceX, exploding batteries, making cheese in The Philippines, a Keurig for frozen yogurt, robot cars, and putting your pride aside. A theme of humility and...
Episode #13
Laura Rose Plaxico - Rockets or Cheese?
Jul 14, 202630 minS0<p>An interview with mechanical engineer Laura Rose Plaxico about SpaceX, exploding batteries, making cheese in The Philippines, a Keurig for frozen yogurt, robot cars, and putting your pride aside. A theme of humility...
Episode #11
Tim Buzza - Leading by Example
Jul 1, 202644 minTim Buzza led test and launch operations at SpaceX for 14 years, standing up and operating test sites, launch sites, and assembly lines from California to Kwajalein. Every step of the way, Tim not only demanded...
Episode #11
Tim Buzza - Leading by Example
Jul 1, 202644 minS0<p>Tim Buzza led test and launch operations at SpaceX for 14 years, standing up and operating test sites, launch sites, and assembly lines from California to Kwajalein. Every step of the way, Tim not only demanded...
Episode #10
Tom Mueller - Employee Number One
Jun 16, 202645 minS0<p>Tom Mueller became SpaceX employee number one through a quirk of paperwork, and went on to design every SpaceX rocket engine from Merlin to Raptor, all because a high school math teacher asked him if he'd rather...
Jun 2, 202638 minS0<p>Bulent Altan started his career at SpaceX in 2004, fresh out of Bob Twiggs' CubeSat lab at Stanford, joining the small team working on Falcon 1. He stayed long enough to put his technical fingerprints on every major...
Episode #8
Krishna Pribadi - From Merlin to VO2 Max
May 19, 202632 minS0<p>Krishna Pribadi spent six years on the test stand at SpaceX in McGregor, Texas — Merlin 1D, the first OctaWeb, F9R Dev1, the first booster recovery, and finally Raptor. He left in 2019 and has since worked on cargo...
May 5, 202642 minS0<p>Hans Koenigsmann: From Falcon 1 to the Kármán Line</p><p><br>Hans Koenigsmann was SpaceX employee #4 and the company's first VP of Avionics, Guidance, Navigation and Control, and later its chief engineer for launch...
Episode #6
Paul Mahacek - Climate is Hot Right Now
Jun 9, 202429 minS0<p>Entrepreneur and former SpaceX enginer Paul Mahacek speaks about his engineering career and his latest project AtmoCooling, which seeks to re-green coastal deserts. Along the way, we stop in France, California...
Episode #5
Joel Brinton - That West Wing Moment
Mar 13, 202428 minS0<p>Former SpaceX engineer Joel Brinton discusses breaking into the space industry, hanging upside down under rocket engines, sending his DNA to space, having lunch with Elon Musk, the risks of space faring (including...
Episode #4
Edwin Chiu - Expect Failure
Nov 15, 202326 minS0<p>Edwin Chiu - Expect Failure by Jeff Ward</p>
Episode #3
Dolly Singh - Unicorn Herding
Apr 15, 202336 minS0<p>An interview with expert Unicorn Herder Dolly Singh about SpaceX, life after SpaceX, feminism, and the unifying power of technology. And plumbers are millionaires.</p>
Oct 21, 202025 minS0<p>An interview with engineers Erin Gatling and Casey Schilling about SpaceX, raising kids on a boat, sheltering in place in Baja, and what life is about.</p>
Aug 5, 202022 minS0<p>An interview with entrepreneur Peter Dohm about his trajectory from college, to SpaceX and onward to Prime Lightworks and the LA Curling Center.</p>
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