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Out of curiosity, which companies do you define as being in the "first", "second", and "third" rounds of space startups?
by jonmrodriguez 12y ago
Out of curiosity, which companies do you define as being in the "first", "second", and "third" rounds of space startups?
- dshankar 12y agoGenerally, - First gen: NASA, governments - Second gen: Lockheed, Boeing, Raytheon, General Dynamics etc. as contractors - Third gen: SpaceX, Orbital, Virgin Galactic as private companies
- fractalsea 12y agoThe way the original poster phrased it made it sound like he was referring to three waves of startups.
- ChuckMcM 12y agoNearly exactly. - The first gen was NASA and their subcontractors Boeing, Lockheed, Rocketdyne, and other military contractors. - The second gen arrived with 'Star Wars' and the need to put lots of things in orbit, Rotary Rocket, the DC-X, and a host of other Single-stage-to-orbit companies. - The third stage is SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, Armadillo, Etc.