Inspired with Alexa von Tobel
00:41:55 · Alexa von Tobel, Dylan Taylor
[00:41:55] S2: Dylan, I just did a year long thesis on quantum, so I'm like, you've got a good audience here. [00:42:02] S1: I love it. Well, as you may know from your research, qubits are actually more... Appear to be more stable in microgravity than here on Earth because... For obvious reasons. Right? So quantum timing in space is a really important thing. Back to positioning yourself in space, timing, and having a precision quantum clock is really important. Post quantum encryption is a big deal. Yep. And, as I'm sure you studied as well, and so that's being worked on, quantum keys, things like that, quantum handshakes. So that's a big, thing. The other thing, it's not really leaning into the future as much as you would think, but it's important, which is a lot of helium three is on the moon, and of course, we're running out of helium three here on earth. If fusion works, which I think we all think it will eventually, we're gonna need more helium helium three. There's a ton of helium three on the month, or or on the moon, literally and figuratively. [00:43:03] S2: The former president of Blue Origin is working on this project.
00:43:03 · Alexa von Tobel, Dylan Taylor
[00:43:03] S2: The former president of Blue Origin is working on this project. [00:43:07] S1: Yes, Rob. I know him well. Yeah. Know. And and it's an important, and by the way, teacup of helium-three would power LA for a year. Wow. So you don't need much of it, but we need more than what we have, we think. So these are some of the things I'm interested in. Deep space, of course, I mean, Elon's really focused on Mars. I think Mars will happen probably first with humanoid robots before humans, but that's coming down the pike, and so we've got a big human factors, you know, do we... So here's an interesting thing to think about, Alexa. Do you focus on making humans immune to radiation, which is the big issue in space, you know, with technology to protect us, or do you hack your biology and make your biology more radiation resistant? It's interesting, the longevity community, I know. A lot of this is frontier tech convergence, but the longevity community and the space community are very aligned on a lot of these things. Because if you want to do deep space, you've got to figure out how to live longer, or put people under stasis, or hack your biology in some way. So I find all these things fascinating, but these are some of the topics that are a little bit on the edge of the industry right now.
00:44:38 · Alexa von Tobel, Dylan Taylor
[00:44:38] S2: Dylan, just, first of all, what's fun for me is what's casually rolling off your tongue, which is you're like, well, the first humanoid will go to Mars, and maybe we make ourselves radiation resistant. I'm like, those are two wildly big ideas separately, and you think of them as everyday course of potential action, which is so interesting. Dylan, I wanna talk to you for another five hours. I'm gonna force you to get a meal with me next time you come to New York City. I wanna just end on a few quick fire rounds because there's something about all of this that is so clear to me, which is just who you are, which is a very purposefully focused leader who's focused on glowing other human beings in their life rather than collecting your own glory. That's very clear. And I would love just to get a sense of a few things that have helped you get there. So I'm going to ask a few questions. The first is, is there a motto or a saying that you kind of live by that is sort of burned into your soul? [00:45:41] S1: Less talk, more do. [00:45:43] S2: Yeah, it's a good one. Is there a book that you read that you want to pay it forward to people? It doesn't have to be a business book, just a book that changed your life in some way. [00:45:51] S1: For sure. Yeah, The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. [00:45:55] S2: The Last Lecture. I'm gonna pick that one up. I have not read that one. The Last Lecture. Or [00:45:59] S1: you have an option to watch the YouTube lecture itself. Oh. So one of the... Yeah.
00:45:59 · Dylan Taylor, Alexa von Tobel
[00:45:59] S1: you have an option to watch the YouTube lecture itself. Oh. So one of the... Yeah. [00:46:05] S2: I will be watching that today. The Last Lecture, I will find it. Everybody out there, make sure you find it too. What is one space fact that kind of has blown your mind? [00:46:15] S1: Stick with me on this. If you took something the size of the space shuttle, and you wanted to go to the next star system, Alpha Centauri, and you had ten thousand years to do it, the amount of rocket fuel you would need would weigh more than the mass of the universe. What that shows you is how inefficient chemical rockets are. Wow. Right? Yeah. Chemical rockets are the most inefficient, but it's the only thing we have at this point, until nuclear or something else comes along. But that's one fact that just blows my mind. [00:46:47] S2: That's wild. What is one lesson that you hope your daughters take from your journey to outer space? [00:46:54] S1: Follow your passion. I remember talking to my youngest daughter about this. She was very nervous. She's like, You you could die. I said, Well, Morgan, everyone dies. Very few people actually live passionately their life. So hopefully they took that away. [00:47:10] S2: That's a pretty good one, Dylan. That's a pretty great one, which maybe we'll end on this one, which is, What is your boldest, wildest hope or innovation that you're, like, paying attention to to see if it happens in your lifetime for outer space? Your biggest, most ambitious thought.
00:47:10 · Alexa von Tobel, Dylan Taylor
[00:47:10] S2: That's a pretty good one, Dylan. That's a pretty great one, which maybe we'll end on this one, which is, What is your boldest, wildest hope or innovation that you're, like, paying attention to to see if it happens in your lifetime for outer space? Your biggest, most ambitious thought. [00:47:30] S1: I'm gonna focus on on a fundamental one back to what I said earlier. I want to make sure humans can live and work in space, and ultimately reproduce in space. I'm gonna say the first human born in space, I'm focused on that, creating the infrastructure and things that allow that to happen. [00:47:52] S2: First of all, what a concrete and clear one, and oh my goodness, I'm rooting for you. Last thing I just have to say, Dylan, that I will take away and I will never forget, which is that your heart rate was 56 because you were being catapulted off our planet. That says a lot about who you are and how deeply excited and and actually calmed by that. I can promise you I would not have been 56, but I just can't thank you enough for what you're doing on behalf of humanity. It's very clear that you are going to work and showing up every day to allow us to have a better world. I'm just so grateful we have the Henry Crown Fellowship in common and what a link that that is for both of us, but just we're rooting for you on every level. Thank you so much, Dylan. [00:48:39] S1: Thank you so much, Alexa. Love the conversation. Thank you. [00:48:43] S2: Thank you all so much for tuning in today. If you enjoyed the episode, please read, review, subscribe, and we'll be back.