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It might interest folks to learn: > Incidentally, the early investment for Isar came from Bülent Altan, the Turkish ex-SpaceX guy who was in charge of the guid
by consumer451 1mo ago
It might interest folks to learn:
> Incidentally, the early investment for Isar came from Bülent Altan, the Turkish ex-SpaceX guy who was in charge of the guidance system for Falcon-1, Falcon-9 and Dragon. [0]
It turns out that Altan was an angel investor in Isar, and then co-founded VC firm Alpine Space Ventures [1] and continued to invest in Isar, among other space ventures in Europe.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49583528 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49583528
[1] https://alpinespace.vc/ https://alpinespace.vc/
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- consumer451 1mo agoThat was not my point. I was thinking more along the lines of SpaceX alumni are creating a lot of really cool stuff. Tesla alumni as well. That might actually be Musk's greatest contribution, frfr. I would love to see some real data on this.
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- tomasphan 1mo agoThe enterprising Germans all left for the US to make bread
- Geof25 1mo agoSeems like they all failed miserably, when all what you can get in USA is a white rubber loaf which never goes moldy.