James Roland Jones

It may not be surprising to hear that a former SpaceX engineer is developing a plasma gun toy, but you may be surprised to hear it will be available to buy.  James Roland Jones , from Hermosa Beach, CA left SpaceX in 2021, and has designed and built his very own proprietary design for a working plasma gun.  The toy is powered by MAP gas, something commonly used for welding, and sold at most hardware stores.  The plasma gun has the look and feel of something out of a sci-fi movie, with a bang loud enough to scare your neighbors!

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In Hermosa Beach, CA, 33-year-old James Roland Jones has built a working plasma gun, which he intends to sell on his website.  The former SpaceX engineer, and employee of Elon Musk, has put his ingenuity to the test to see if he can accomplish something that has never been done.  The first prototypes are complete, and the site is live and accepting orders, but what sparked such a unique idea? Where did you come up with this idea? In 2018, I ended up getting one of Elon Musk’s flamethrowers for the Boring Company.  The flamethrower was certainly a fun toy, and whenever friends would visit, we would inevitably get out the flamethrower.  After a while, I got tired of playing with the flamethrower and wanted to make something even cooler.  I had seen people on YouTube make “plasma guns” online, but all their guns looked like they had been made from a home improvement store.  I knew I could make something better. How long did it take you to make the first versi...

James Roland Jones is a journalist going inside SpaceX, Blue Origin, and all things spaces to understand what makes these companies so exciting. Elon Musk leads as an engineer for SpaceX, and James Roland Jones seeks to understand why he's able to create some of the top technology in the space industry. As a fan and a journalist, James Roland Jones wants to bring the best perspective for people to understand what it takes to engineer the rockets at SpaceX, Blue Origin, and others. James Roland Jones comes from Hermosa Beach, CA, and studied engineering and journalism at UCLA in California. He seeks to show what the inside of these companies look like, and what makes them so great.