ianvorbach

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by ianvorbach 3y ago
Fair point! SpaceX has their site at Boca Chica, but its really only capable of demonstration launches that can thread the needle between Florida and Cuba. Frequently operating rockets need a wider range of orbits you can reach, and so you
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The Looming Spaceport Bottleneck(newsletter.spacedotbiz.com)
8 points by ianvorbach 3y ago|3 comments
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by ianvorbach 5y ago
I would say this is more an excellent marketing tool or a way to make space seem more approachable to a broader audience
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by ianvorbach 5y ago
This is awesome. Back in 2014, Bezos ran an expedition to recover Apollo engines from the Atlantic and restore them too: https://www.bezosexpeditions.com/updates.html
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by ianvorbach 5y ago
That's a fun idea! I don't see how you would execute that unfortunately though. Hubble wasn't meant to be re-mounted after deployment. Starship wouldn't be able to just gobble Hubble up and have it rattle around in its f
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by ianvorbach 5y ago
Gilmour Space comes to mind: https://www.gspacetech.com/
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by ianvorbach 5y ago
Hopefully sooner rather than later!
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by ianvorbach 5y ago
Thank you Max, excited to see what you and the Epsilon3 team accomplish next!
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by ianvorbach 5y ago
Ah, thanks for elaborating! Fair and interesting point. It's true that the work these companies are doing is not pushing the cutting edge of technology readiness, but is instead exploiting the most recent advances in R&D by finding
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by ianvorbach 5y ago
I agree that this was historically the case, but the newest generation of space companies are making a solid case that the financial ROI is a reality and not just a theoretical promise. As the industry matures, government customers are beco
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by ianvorbach 5y ago
Having trouble following. Interested in hearing more if you'd be willing to expand!
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by ianvorbach 5y ago
Appreciate you sharing!
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by ianvorbach 5y ago
Plus in educating a new generation of engineers in how to build great space technology in a scrappy way. Really started with SpaceX
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by ianvorbach 5y ago
Absolutely agree! Infrastructure, data layers, analytics on top of the data. Plus all of the challenges around space situational awareness, traffic management, etc. I wrote a newsletter a few months ago about the needs that arise from these
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by ianvorbach 5y ago
True! A couple other popular space accelerators that come to mind are the Seraphim/AWS Space Accelerator and Creative Destruction Lab.
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by ianvorbach 5y ago
Thanks for sharing!
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by ianvorbach 5y ago
Good point! The companies that were the "new" players 10 years ago are now so well capitalized that they're acquiring the current wave of startups. Astra acquiring Apollo Fusion and SpaceX acquiring Swarm being great examples
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Space Companies at Y Combinator(spacedotbiz.substack.com)
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China's Impact on Private US Space Companies(spacedotbiz.substack.com)
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Inspiration4 and the Business of Orbital Space Tourism(spacedotbiz.substack.com)
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Space SPACs: How Sustainable Are Public Space Companies?(spacedotbiz.substack.com)
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