# From First Principles

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Official site: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chris-zhu7
Author: Chris Zhu
Episodes: 2

## Resource

From First Principles is a documentary-style podcast that traces industries from their earliest foundations to the present day. Each season follows a single industry from the people, inventions, and ideas that started it all through the breakthroughs, failures, companies, and personalities that shaped its evolution. From Robert Goddard's first liquid-fueled rockets to SpaceX's reusable launch systems, from the invention of the shipping container to modern logistics networks, let's explore how the industries of the future were built. To understand where we're going, we start at the beginning

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## Episodes
- [S1E2 — The Shuttle Gamble | How NASA Lost the Moon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/from-first-principles-7918512/s1e2-the-shuttle-gamble-how-nasa-lost-the-moon) — 2026-07-25T18:22:10+00:00
- [S1E1 — The Early Days | From Hitler's V2 to SpaceX's Falcon 9](https://stenobird.com/podcast/from-first-principles-7918512/s1e1-the-early-days-from-hitler-s-v2-to-spacex-s-falcon-9) — 2026-05-31T23:20:14+00:00

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