In 2023, Max launched the second hobby rocket he's ever built. The Vulpes II is an L1 certification rocket, meaning that he built it to meet certain requirements so that he could obtain the certification to purchase H and I class high-power rocket motors. Getting to an estimated apogee of 1400 feet and successfully separating, the Vulpes was recovered intact. The Vulpes’s motor was single-use, but its intact structure means that all it would need is a new motor to launch again. Learn all about the Vulpes and how you can build your own L1 certification rocket in this Graviton Media video.
This video is about the construction of Orbital Rings and Space Fountains, hypothetical megastructures that could serve as the future of ground-to-space transportation. These structures rely on a concept called active support, because no known material is strong enough to support them in the traditional way (i.e. using their intrinsic tensile and compressive strength). Watch this video to learn about these fascinating structures and about the physics of active support systems.
In this video, we explore Dr. John Wheeler's one-electron universe. According to this hypothesis, all of the electrons in the universe are really just one electron. How does this hypothesis work? Watch the video to find out. While you're here, you'll learn a bit about Dr. Richard Feynman, Feynman Diagrams, and particle physics.
Videos about hypothetical missions and megastructures we might some day use to further explore the cosmos. Often, these are concepts you might find in science-fiction explored through a scientific perspective.
Short videos explaining how the elements got their names, starting with hydrogen and going in order of increasing atomic number. Currently, we've gotten to nitrogen.
Videos about Max's work building and launching hobby rockets as well as tutorials for your own rocketry projects.
Videos about historical scientific theories and events that contributed to humanity's understanding of the universe.
Videos about Max's observations of astronomical events across the country, including solar eclipses, lunar eclipses, meteor showers, and others.