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It’s not rocket science! Well, actually, it is! Rocket scientists Tiera and Myron Fletcher answer the internet’s burning questions about rocket science, rocket ships and space travel. What’s harder, rocket science or brain surgery? Will humanity ever leave the solar system? What’s so special about Elon Musk’s new rocket? Why are rocket engines so loud?…

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It’s not rocket science! Well, actually, it is! Rocket scientists Tiera and Myron Fletcher answer the internet’s burning questions about rocket science, rocket ships and space travel. What’s harder, rocket science or brain surgery? Will humanity ever leave the solar system? What’s so special about Elon Musk’s new rocket? Why are rocket engines so loud? Will we eventually have warp drive? Tiera and Myron answer all these questions and much more!

Director/Producer: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Kevin Harrington
Editor: Joshua Pullar
Talent: Tiera & Myron Fletcher

Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas
Production Manager: Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila

Camera Operator: Ingrid Thronson
Audio: Tim Wolfe

Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Paul Tael

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107 Comments

107 Comments

  1. Eric Thompson

    January 31, 2023 at 8:44 pm

    Man, I love watching experts explain their fields. And these guys are very good.

  2. ScoutiverTTV

    January 31, 2023 at 8:47 pm

    How many rocket scientists does it take to pronounce “ask” correctly?
    More than 2.

    • David Strasburger

      January 31, 2023 at 9:23 pm

      Correct pronunciation is in the ear of the beholder.

    • ScoutiverTTV

      January 31, 2023 at 10:13 pm

      @David Strasburger …under the influence of drugs you mean?
      Cause in this dimension you clearly hear “axed”.

    • Gomul

      January 31, 2023 at 10:58 pm

      @ScoutiverTTV and apparently that is what an aerospace engineer sounds like, what a joke

    • GingerCat

      January 31, 2023 at 11:15 pm

      Your racism is showing. That pronunciation of ask has been documented in many English accents and dialects as far back as Chaucer.

  3. J M

    January 31, 2023 at 9:08 pm

    These two are fantastic. More of them please!

  4. Leo Brad

    January 31, 2023 at 9:10 pm

    What about brain science and rocket surgery?

  5. Kevin Amidon

    January 31, 2023 at 9:17 pm

    What about that new element it’s in the periodic table that New elements are supposed make life easier and better by not needing rocks why aren’t you promoting that new element 🙏😇🌍

  6. Em_green_13

    January 31, 2023 at 9:19 pm

    Its like landing a pencil on its eraser lol

  7. Leo Nocchi

    January 31, 2023 at 9:20 pm

    Didn’t know Lewis Hamilton was ALSO a Rocket Scientist!

  8. Monkey Donkey Brain

    January 31, 2023 at 9:42 pm

    not a millions years i would think these two are rocket scientists. i would laugh but you guys proved it genius 👏

  9. Jedi

    January 31, 2023 at 9:48 pm

    Like these two seem so down to earth no pun intended ❤

  10. ElMoro

    January 31, 2023 at 9:56 pm

    Did I axe you?

  11. lillustpotion

    January 31, 2023 at 9:57 pm

    I have NO IDEA what they’re talking about but I LOVE how passionate they are about their subject!

  12. Brucifer

    January 31, 2023 at 10:05 pm

    We will definitely not travel at light speed. We can only ever hope to travel very close to the speed of light, but not actually at the speed of light since the craft has mass and would therefore require infinite energy to get there, which is of course impossible due to the good old E=MC2

  13. Janet F

    January 31, 2023 at 10:23 pm

    Another fun one that lifted my spirits, thanks Tiera and Myron!🚀❤

  14. Luke Scholler

    January 31, 2023 at 10:48 pm

    Does anybody else feel sort of upset with some of their answers. As someone who knows a lot about the field, some of their answers were annoyingly misleading. Regardless, they did a good job and made a great video!

    • Chris Nowak

      January 31, 2023 at 11:08 pm

      Like the suggestion that fusion technology might let us travel at light speed? Yeah, there were a few places that made me cringe a bit. But overall well done.

  15. Edgy Koala

    January 31, 2023 at 10:48 pm

    Liquid oxygen? How do you make liquid oxygen?

    • Mister Incognito

      January 31, 2023 at 11:19 pm

      you cool it down and create a lot of pressure. Simple enough

  16. Rick

    January 31, 2023 at 11:00 pm

    Rocket science is harder

  17. Slothptimal

    January 31, 2023 at 11:00 pm

    The word “asks”: 1, literal rocket scientist: 0

  18. Sol Sol

    January 31, 2023 at 11:13 pm

    I think rocket surgery is hardest! Seriously still wrapping my head around the first question answer. A launch takes into account the rotation of the earth?

  19. Marizane Bogdan

    January 31, 2023 at 11:19 pm

    This was a great video! They made rocket science accessible, not a lot of academics/scientists have the hability to explain things in simple terms and these two were excellent.

  20. CD R

    January 31, 2023 at 11:22 pm

    Fascinating.

  21. Mervin Bunter

    January 31, 2023 at 11:34 pm

    These two are amazing! Are they siblings, a married couple, or just two people with the same last name? Love them, please give us more!

    • Kurt Eisner

      February 1, 2023 at 12:37 am

      They are in fact a married couple. Medium has an article on them.

  22. FDi

    January 31, 2023 at 11:44 pm

    Me looking at the thumbnail .. What? Kawhi is a rocket scientist?!😅

  23. Jeremy Reese 'student'

    February 1, 2023 at 12:22 am

    Yooo this video is amazing! Thank you for sharing this with us. This is the best media representation of how we should be taught concepts. Great job. Can picture it all 🙌🏽👏🏽

  24. Alesandro Leka

    February 1, 2023 at 1:08 am

    *People will be kicking themselves in few weeks if they miss the opportunity to buy and invest in bitcoin..Now is the best time to buy the Dip and invest *

    • didudley61

      February 1, 2023 at 1:27 am

      Crypto is the new gold 🏅💯

  25. Dominique Francon

    February 1, 2023 at 12:39 pm

    They should have their own channel, they’re great!

  26. Sandile Mtolo

    February 1, 2023 at 12:47 pm

    Maaan, I misread this as Pocket Scientists. Thought I was going to learn some cool thigs about the science of pockets. I guess I’ll settle for this 😐

  27. like a rock cm

    February 1, 2023 at 12:53 pm

    What does a rocket scientist say when something is easy?

  28. asksearchknock

    February 1, 2023 at 1:09 pm

    7:15 – no… there isn’t.. are you sure you are an actual rocket scientist

  29. iWitness

    February 1, 2023 at 1:59 pm

  30. KIADORA

    February 1, 2023 at 2:00 pm

    loved learning new info with this video, both of them seem to be such cool people too!

  31. MythReindeer

    February 1, 2023 at 3:41 pm

    That’s definitely one way to describe Operation Paperclip. About those Germans, um…

  32. D

    February 1, 2023 at 3:46 pm

    I love how they’re both brilliant scientists but they still say “axe” instead of “ask”

  33. Angel b

    February 1, 2023 at 4:10 pm

    WIRED. Thank-you. I wouldn’t be learning about stuff like this if it weren’t for these videos.

  34. HBK Kody

    February 1, 2023 at 4:30 pm

    That’s my cousin!!! Mr. Myron Fletcher. So proud of you and Mrs. Fletcher, continue to be great❤️!!!

  35. Kay Trout

    February 1, 2023 at 4:47 pm

    Paperclip being sterilized. German=Nazi

  36. Pj Madison

    February 1, 2023 at 4:50 pm

    Very interesting! I love it!

  37. Dedu Tedy

    February 1, 2023 at 4:55 pm

    Isn’t this destructive for our solar shield?? So many and large resource dissipation?

  38. JonesJr876

    February 1, 2023 at 5:03 pm

    Awesome video. Love the amount of information.

  39. Rubbela_XxSnipper_

    February 1, 2023 at 5:47 pm

    This was a great video! They made rocket science accessible, not a lot of academics/scientists have the hability to explain things in simple terms and these two were excellent.

  40. Rubbela_XxSnipper_

    February 1, 2023 at 5:47 pm

    Another fun one that lifted my spirits, thanks Tiera and Myron!🚀❤

  41. Reem

    February 1, 2023 at 5:56 pm

    I just found out that these two are a married couple!! Awesome video WIRED, I loved their explanations.

  42. Daniel Molidor

    February 1, 2023 at 6:04 pm

    Are they rocket scientist power couple?lol

  43. Simnikiwe Mpabanga

    February 1, 2023 at 7:14 pm

    Subs helped.

  44. James Bungert

    February 1, 2023 at 7:50 pm

    Their being named “Fletcher” is a clinic in serendipity.

  45. zukacs

    February 1, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    1:40 i think bigger diffrence is that sls throws aways 99% percent of itself after orbit and starship is fully reusable

  46. Nicolas Guerin

    February 1, 2023 at 10:55 pm

    The first answer confuses me. As far as I know, rockets don’t push against the ground. Exhaust gases are pushed out of the engines nozzle by the pressure inside the combustion chamber and, in turn, push back on the rocket in the opposite direction. Am I missing something?

    • Gomul

      February 2, 2023 at 1:15 pm

      Nope, what you said is right

  47. MelTheGod

    February 1, 2023 at 11:53 pm

    i love this duo

  48. Mandeep

    February 1, 2023 at 11:55 pm

    Wow. I loved this, very interesting!

  49. Alicia Costello

    February 2, 2023 at 12:38 am

    Loved learning about this! Please bring them back!

    • Rocket With The Fletchers Official Channel

      February 2, 2023 at 10:38 am

      Let’s make that happen! Ha!

  50. D Lee

    February 2, 2023 at 1:48 am

    Off topic: Tiera looks absolutely smashing! Clean, natural, confident and simply beautiful.

  51. D H

    February 2, 2023 at 3:59 am

    This was so interesting! These two did such a great job explaining everything.

    • Rocket With The Fletchers Official Channel

      February 2, 2023 at 10:35 am

      Thank you!

  52. chris

    February 2, 2023 at 4:07 am

    dont use twitter..never installed ..

  53. bruha

    February 2, 2023 at 6:57 am

    I feel ready to take on kerbal space program…again

  54. Miguel Alvarez

    February 2, 2023 at 9:11 am

    I think the woman doesn’t have a feeling how much a centimeter ist 😅

  55. FrotLopOfficial

    February 2, 2023 at 9:34 am

    Crazy that these people are literally rocket scientists and still say “Axe” for “ask”

    • ahmet_u

      February 3, 2023 at 7:31 am

      Because it is their language. AAVE is almost a different language with its own syntax and grammar(it is a different language but it is not organized like English). She was speaking a mixture of American English and AAVE. It is called code-switching.

  56. Dallas1234

    February 2, 2023 at 10:10 am

    Thumbnail starts at 8:35 😀

  57. Nicolas Guerin

    February 2, 2023 at 1:32 pm

    I never left a negative comment on a video before, but I can’t let this go. This video is full of inaccurate, misleading or flat out false statements. It’s quite bad actually. The girl is good, but the guy says so many things that are not true. Usually Wired has good videos but this one is really bad…

  58. Manfred M

    February 2, 2023 at 6:55 pm

    Very proud of you guys

  59. Jansen Art

    February 2, 2023 at 8:28 pm

    13:10 “German” scientists.

  60. Lamorra fierro

    February 2, 2023 at 10:14 pm

    I love these videos

  61. Zejohnne Hyde

    February 3, 2023 at 6:56 am

    More

  62. Love2x_

    February 3, 2023 at 9:31 am

    Why are they using pounds?? Is rocket science in English system??

    • Full Metal Jazz

      February 3, 2023 at 10:35 pm

      They’re Americans. Most rockets are launched by America.

  63. biz

    February 3, 2023 at 12:22 pm

    well rocket science isnt exactly brain surgery, and I SHOULD KNOW

  64. AmeliaKC173

    February 3, 2023 at 6:23 pm

    I’m glad they got some diverse people to do this video and not a bunch of old white guys

  65. Marek D

    February 3, 2023 at 7:09 pm

    Why do I think that rockets are not really efficient way of traveling space. I mean I don’t have any other solution. But that huge power it needs to have just to lift of. Idk something is wrong and very not efficient. But I’m not scientists it just looks like that to me.

    • Full Metal Jazz

      February 3, 2023 at 10:34 pm

      That’s why you’re not a scientist. The fact that they still launch rockets the way they do instead of any other method means they’ve tried other methods many have thought of before.

  66. Barney Laurance

    February 3, 2023 at 8:46 pm

    Rocket Surgery question @ 8:35

  67. kenny ,

    February 3, 2023 at 10:08 pm

    Very professional and informative. Thanks to the two people able to answer our questions.

  68. Dave Cinquemani

    February 3, 2023 at 10:16 pm

    Great vid, but come on people it’s not rocket brain surgery..easy….hehe

  69. Waldermangopuree

    February 4, 2023 at 12:13 am

    When it is rocket science

  70. Cherry Bomb

    February 4, 2023 at 2:52 am

    You can tell the guy really loves his job

  71. Sharan Rai

    February 4, 2023 at 5:19 am

    While this is a nice video to get people interested in rockets, there are a few inaccuracies that just ticks the aerospace engineer in me

    For instance, rockets don’t really “push off” of the ground.. it’s an action reaction pair between the rocket and the exhaust coming out that causes it to lift.. real reason they go vertical is to minimize overall drag experienced so as to use up their limited fuel efficiently

    About the ballistic missiles.. the difference isn’t payload, it’s trajectory… Ballistic missiles don’t need to travel as fast as rockets cause they don’t need to go into orbit, (instead they take a parabolic path), and so they require less fuel and are a lil smaller in size

    • Sharan Rai

      February 4, 2023 at 5:25 am

      And the fins on a rocket dont provide down force, they provide roll stability.. If the rocket starts spinning, these fins try to provide force in the opposite direction of the spin and so keeps it stable (a lot more engineering goes into sizing and shaping of these fins, cause if the opposing force doesnt match quite right, your rocket would spin out of control)

    • Quasimodo

      February 5, 2023 at 9:33 am

      @Sharan Rai 🤓🤓🤓

  72. Duffyyy

    February 4, 2023 at 8:39 am

    but the earth is flat

  73. TESSIE PINKMAN

    February 4, 2023 at 11:51 am

    These two were wonderful to listen to! I’d love it for them to return, if they want to and if it’s possible. This was sooo interesting and they did a great job explaining really complex ideas in a way that any layman could understand. Thank you for this episode, I truly loved every second of it!

  74. CellRus

    February 4, 2023 at 12:21 pm

    They both explain complicated concepts really really well. And I know they are rich rich, I checked the salary for their jobs, it’s both in the range of $130-170k/year

  75. Invox

    February 4, 2023 at 12:29 pm

    6:50 Zero Point Energy.

  76. Wunderbar!

    February 4, 2023 at 5:15 pm

    “It’s not rocket science!”.

  77. Skan Man

    February 4, 2023 at 7:10 pm

    Did he say “push against the ground”?

  78. missjaygh

    February 4, 2023 at 7:53 pm

    How cool are they!😄

  79. Gabe Jaghnoun

    February 5, 2023 at 4:37 am

    Did I just hear a rocket scientist say “axe”?!!!

  80. Paul Bailey

    February 5, 2023 at 4:46 pm

    The word is ask not acks… bloody scientists

  81. JeskidoYT

    February 6, 2023 at 1:42 am

    good video!

  82. Gentix

    February 6, 2023 at 3:08 am

    wait a fuckin minute …. is that DUCT TAPE @6:18 .

  83. pnn

    February 6, 2023 at 7:30 am

    I like how the “how do you build a rocket?” question was answered

  84. Sakhawat Rahman Anan

    February 6, 2023 at 9:00 am

    This is literally…. Quite literally…. Rocket science!

  85. Jose

    February 6, 2023 at 10:02 am

    “Mr. Musk’s new rocket engine” Ugh… can we stop giving that man undue credit?

  86. Vulgarism

    February 6, 2023 at 10:06 am

    She sounded smart until she said “axxed”.

  87. Valentino Richardo

    February 6, 2023 at 11:53 am

    i just know that Kendrick Lamar is rocket scientist

  88. Radhika Jujjavarapu

    February 6, 2023 at 5:01 pm

    Hands down brain surgery. You don’t get a second chance when you fail working on a human body.

  89. Laurentiu T.

    February 6, 2023 at 6:42 pm

    Since when Andrew Wiggins became a rocket scientist?

  90. Mibe Utbig

    February 6, 2023 at 7:09 pm

    I can’t believe they are black!! Let’s go!!! This is very inspiring for a young black person as myself

  91. RAUL CHEVALIER CASELLA

    February 6, 2023 at 9:16 pm

    I’d like to know how damaging to the ozone layer and to earth’s atmospheric gaseous ecosistems are the rocket launchings in general. I. E: in average, how many commercial 30k feet plane flights have the same impact of a massive rocket launch? Thanks
    !

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