Meet the Company Making a Spaceplane! Inside Dawn Aerospace

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 22:18:27 +0000

​@DawnAerospace could be the first company to turn the NASA concept of a spaceplane into a commercial success. Dawn's reusable, rocket engine-powered aircraft, named Aurora, can fly from any airport at a fraction of the cost of today's rockets. Come and visit the company with me!

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00:00 - Intro
01:47 - Dawn's Aurora spaceplane
04:39 - Turning airports into spaceports
08:16 - Remote control pilot simulator
10:21 - Test flying the spaceplane!
11:24 - Dawn's business model
13:00 - Advertisement
13:47 - Economics: Spaceplane v Rocket
18:52 - Space industry opportunities
24:17 - Geopolitics & China's efforts
26:15 - Satellite propulsion division
30:53 - Revenue growth forecast
32:02 - Engineering: Next-gen MK-11B aircraft
38:33 - Outro

Thank you to One New Zealand for sponsoring this episode and to Dawn for contributing to production costs.

Sources:
- Archive Footage:
NASA ID: ET62-0205
NASA ID: NDTV001077-X-15_Documentary_Revised
- Supplied:
Dawn Aerospace
Powell Family Archive
- Music:
Envato Elements