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HOW ROCKETS ARE MADE (Rocket Factory Tour - United Launch Alliance) - Smarter Every Day 231

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Manufacturing & industrial processesSpace exploration & spaceflight

What it is

Destin Sandlin tours United Launch Alliance's rocket factory with CEO Tory Bruno, showing friction stir welding, structural rocket skins and large milled parts.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as a rare look inside a rocket factory and cites it for manufacturing details like welding methods.

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “If you haven't watched Smarter Every Day's ULA factory tour I highly recommend it.”

    ULA factory tour including materials improved by computer modeling

    tastyfreeze, 2020-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Starship SN9 damaged in an accident in the high-bay”

  2. “Smarter Every Day has a very interesting video[1] inside the factory of United Launch Alliance”

    ULA factory tour showing friction stir welding on Atlas

    725686, 2020-05 · Recommendation · in “Crew Dragon Docks with ISS”

  3. “Smarter Everyday did a tour of the ULA facilities [0], which is also worth checking out if you like this kind of thing.”

    ULA facility tour

    polytely, 2021-08 · Recommendation · in “Everyday Astronaut: Starbase Factory Tour with Elon Musk”

  4. “Also literally everything Destin/SmarterEveryDay puts online is worth watching.”

    ULA also gave a factory tour

    AdamJacobMuller, 2024-06 · Recommendation · in “Navigating Starlink's FCC Paper Trail”

  5. “There’s a great “Smarter Every Day” video on how rockets are made and the guest host was Tory Bruno.”

    Tory Bruno guest-hosts how rockets are made

    tiffanyh, 2025-12 · Recommendation · in “Former ULA President and CEO Tory Bruno Joins Blue Origin”

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Topics: ula, rockets, friction stir welding, factory tour, tory bruno, manufacturing

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