Timestamps! 0:00 - Introduction 2:03 - What is advanced manufacturing? 5:00 - When a hatch is jammed at the ISS 7:03 - What’s happened since Space Race 1? 10:08 - A retiring workforce 14:48 - What is at stake? 22:59 - Onshoring manufacturing 26:18 - Is capital enough? 26:56 - Fixing the problem with technology 31:27 - Convincing the old guard 34:00 - Building a new culture 37:35 - Experimenting with hardware 40:23 - The value of observability 44:06 - The cost of timeliness 48:42 - Hadrian’s key risks 51:59 - Why Hadrian pivoted 55:04 - What talent is needed 1:00:22 - Why focus on space first? 1:06:47 - The killer app of space 1:14:14 - Who inspires Chris?
In this discussion it seems to me Chris runs a reasonably good and rational argument to set up the ‘sales pitch’ for what he’s doing. The problems he describe: 1. Information management of manufacturing specifications with detailed assembly processes and procedures, so this becomes totally repeatable and enduring. 2. The long-term (lifecycle) management of all the manufacturing suppliers in a tiered ecosystem structure across an economy, including the tacit and explicit knowledge of all the people in these suppliers. The #1 above has definitely already been solved, like 20 years ago, in defence projects, and today’s tech just makes this easier and better. The #2 above has not been solved so this is the real commercial opportunity. A big one. The ‘catastrophization’ associated with the impacts of highly integrated systems like GPS, DNS, Power Grids, etc, are everywhere. Definitely not easy to mitigate the risks associated with these ‘infrastructure’ systems. Edge case, really. Sounds like a new higher tech iteration and variant on ‘expert systems’ tech of the past with an added Learning Management System. So many exciting opportunities for extensibility to make something like this better. Useful and cool. Great initiative Chris, good luck!
I really don't understand where the big speed up in manufacturing is supposedly coming from. Hadrian is replacing a traditional machine shop with a supposedly new model machine shop that still uses traditional CNC milling equipment but is now somehow managed with a new level of software. This isn't the coming revolution in 3D metal parts printing and any of the various woven fiber technologies being worked out by various defense contractors but something that somehow has been completely overlooked by everyone else but can be completely implemented at a sofware level. His company doesn't design or spec these parts but takes existing CAD drawings and files and creates parts that meet those specs out of various metal alloys. HIs knocks on existing machining technologists is way off and various statements do not do these people justice. I can only guess his new model of machining requires untrained talent and smart machining software to make up the difference that is lost by not employing journeyman machinists. His example of water chemistry effecting the finished parts quality due to water hardness is way off base as machining coolants are highly evolved industrial chemical additives and it is pretty common to send these cooling and chip clearing liquids out for lab analysis after a period of use, to make sure they are still effective and also determine their working life. If a shop didn't become aware of these issues until after a year had passed, that is on them as machining coolants and lubricants performance is super sensitive to the metal alloys being machined, speed rates and actual cutting tool materials science and engineering. This is a big part of the materials science of maching various alloys. This is where the experienced machinist's knowledge shines through. I am not sure exactly how a software package can instantly capture this level of experience. It is one thing to automate the manufacturing of a single part but as Chris Power must know, defense production runs are notoriously small in number and high in individual unique parts counts. And how will these newly trained machinist with zero experience stay motivated when they are turned into a small cog in a big machine. I mean the job Chris is describing is babysitting software controlled automated parts making. Chris Power reminds me of an Aussie version of Elon Musk. Although he doesn't have a science or engineering background at all yet he spins tales of simple stories of various one off manufacturing delays that supposedly illuminute his new model of manufacturing small parts efficiently for the defense industry.
Why Focus on Space?: Our lives are short in the broad scope of the universe. Human nature seeks meaning and purpose. Some find it in a god or by digging in the ground; some find it through our atmosphere and beyond. Going to space is the means to ask those challenging questions not many are daring enough to ask - one small step toward finding what every single human being in history has asked: why am I here? Space is the great unknown. If we do not venture toward it, we have surrendered; why am I here? I don’t know and I don’t care. We refuse to stop asking and that is why we partake in life’s greatest adventure. While many see a black void, we see infinite answers that live amongst the stars.
we do better problem solving through good faith distributed cognition. We have more overarching common interests than lethal differences. We don't fully live without challenge and we do better when we anticipate these challenges rather than waiting for them to rudely surprise us. Good faith competition in the spirit of opponent processing underpins life itself. Talented people garner more resources and opportunities but virtue done properly is contagious and creates more opportunities and general abundance than it consumes.
sounds like a profound crisis of relevance realization. Our habits of competence have withered in the face of insufficiently grounding in knowledge and reverence for the principles that sustain such greatness as we have already realized. We have allowed our appreciation of our bounty to be superceded by complacency, wilful ignorance, and ungrounded, unearned entitlements. We have allowed our habits of goodwill tenacious aspiration to be superseded by a culture of diversion and wallowing in the most trivial of self indulgence. The inclusive open future beacons but we have to be worthy of it. We ignore its call at our peril.
This is the scariest thing I've heard in a long time. Geez give me nightmares! God bless this guy I would love to help somehow. Tethered ring infrastructure(Atlantis project ) check them out!!!
He may be a good entrepreneur (remains to be proven), but he sounds like a nut case. I agree with the thrust of his historical views but he sounds like one of those people who become convinced of the independence and brilliance of their own thinking after reading a few history books.
Timestamps!
0:00 - Introduction
2:03 - What is advanced manufacturing?
5:00 - When a hatch is jammed at the ISS
7:03 - What’s happened since Space Race 1?
10:08 - A retiring workforce
14:48 - What is at stake?
22:59 - Onshoring manufacturing
26:18 - Is capital enough?
26:56 - Fixing the problem with technology
31:27 - Convincing the old guard
34:00 - Building a new culture
37:35 - Experimenting with hardware
40:23 - The value of observability
44:06 - The cost of timeliness
48:42 - Hadrian’s key risks
51:59 - Why Hadrian pivoted
55:04 - What talent is needed
1:00:22 - Why focus on space first?
1:06:47 - The killer app of space
1:14:14 - Who inspires Chris?
Fantastic interview... go Hadrian. I wish them all the best.
In this discussion it seems to me Chris runs a reasonably good and rational argument to set up the ‘sales pitch’ for what he’s doing.
The problems he describe:
1. Information management of manufacturing specifications with detailed assembly processes and procedures, so this becomes totally repeatable and enduring.
2. The long-term (lifecycle) management of all the manufacturing suppliers in a tiered ecosystem structure across an economy, including the tacit and explicit knowledge of all the people in these suppliers.
The #1 above has definitely already been solved, like 20 years ago, in defence projects, and today’s tech just makes this easier and better.
The #2 above has not been solved so this is the real commercial opportunity. A big one.
The ‘catastrophization’ associated with the impacts of highly integrated systems like GPS, DNS, Power Grids, etc, are everywhere. Definitely not easy to mitigate the risks associated with these ‘infrastructure’ systems. Edge case, really.
Sounds like a new higher tech iteration and variant on ‘expert systems’ tech of the past with an added Learning Management System. So many exciting opportunities for extensibility to make something like this better. Useful and cool.
Great initiative Chris, good luck!
What a fantastic interview. Thank you.
I really don't understand where the big speed up in manufacturing is supposedly coming from. Hadrian is replacing a traditional machine shop with a supposedly new model machine shop that still uses traditional CNC milling equipment but is now somehow managed with a new level of software. This isn't the coming revolution in 3D metal parts printing and any of the various woven fiber technologies being worked out by various defense contractors but something that somehow has been completely overlooked by everyone else but can be completely implemented at a sofware level. His company doesn't design or spec these parts but takes existing CAD drawings and files and creates parts that meet those specs out of various metal alloys. HIs knocks on existing machining technologists is way off and various statements do not do these people justice. I can only guess his new model of machining requires untrained talent and smart machining software to make up the difference that is lost by not employing journeyman machinists.
His example of water chemistry effecting the finished parts quality due to water hardness is way off base as machining coolants are highly evolved industrial chemical additives and it is pretty common to send these cooling and chip clearing liquids out for lab analysis after a period of use, to make sure they are still effective and also determine their working life. If a shop didn't become aware of these issues until after a year had passed, that is on them as machining coolants and lubricants performance is super sensitive to the metal alloys being machined, speed rates and actual cutting tool materials science and engineering. This is a big part of the materials science of maching various alloys. This is where the experienced machinist's knowledge shines through. I am not sure exactly how a software package can instantly capture this level of experience. It is one thing to automate the manufacturing of a single part but as Chris Power must know, defense production runs are notoriously small in number and high in individual unique parts counts. And how will these newly trained machinist with zero experience stay motivated when they are turned into a small cog in a big machine. I mean the job Chris is describing is babysitting software controlled automated parts making.
Chris Power reminds me of an Aussie version of Elon Musk. Although he doesn't have a science or engineering background at all yet he spins tales of simple stories of various one off manufacturing delays that supposedly illuminute his new model of manufacturing small parts efficiently for the defense industry.
Best Video on the Internet. See you at Tech Week!
Great Insights
Really cool stuff! Love the energy and the ambition.
Why Focus on Space?:
Our lives are short in the broad scope of the universe. Human nature seeks meaning and purpose. Some find it in a god or by digging in the ground; some find it through our atmosphere and beyond. Going to space is the means to ask those challenging questions not many are daring enough to ask - one small step toward finding what every single human being in history has asked: why am I here? Space is the great unknown. If we do not venture toward it, we have surrendered; why am I here? I don’t know and I don’t care.
We refuse to stop asking and that is why we partake in life’s greatest adventure. While many see a black void, we see infinite answers that live amongst the stars.
See you at tech week LA!
See you at Tech Week SF!
we do better problem solving through good faith distributed cognition. We have more overarching common interests than lethal differences. We don't fully live without challenge and we do better when we anticipate these challenges rather than waiting for them to rudely surprise us. Good faith competition in the spirit of opponent processing underpins life itself. Talented people garner more resources and opportunities but virtue done properly is contagious and creates more opportunities and general abundance than it consumes.
It seems obvious to me that the way to transfer knowledge of manufacturing is by video. Record and explain how to do stuff on video..
We can grow replacement organs in space!
sounds like a profound crisis of relevance realization. Our habits of competence have withered in the face of insufficiently grounding in knowledge and reverence for the principles that sustain such greatness as we have already realized. We have allowed our appreciation of our bounty to be superceded by complacency, wilful ignorance, and ungrounded, unearned entitlements. We have allowed our habits of goodwill tenacious aspiration to be superseded by a culture of diversion and wallowing in the most trivial of self indulgence. The inclusive open future beacons but we have to be worthy of it. We ignore its call at our peril.
This is the scariest thing I've heard in a long time. Geez give me nightmares! God bless this guy I would love to help somehow. Tethered ring infrastructure(Atlantis project ) check them out!!!
He may be a good entrepreneur (remains to be proven), but he sounds like a nut case. I agree with the thrust of his historical views but he sounds like one of those people who become convinced of the independence and brilliance of their own thinking after reading a few history books.
Seems to have snorted quite a lot of something prior to the interview.
If we don't build a city on the moon first were in deep trouble. We should team up with India!
Sound like a scam... Is JUST FTX leaders types still popular