Mary Long: One of the takeaways for me is about how much failure is involved. Do you think that over time we get better and better at this? And there are fewer failures because right now it hasn't quite seemed like that, she says. Mary Long: We do have just massive leaps forward for it used to be all the space programs were really government run and the best launched maybe once a month over the course of a year.
Low Earth orbit now has some real estate problems.
Deidre Woollard caught up with Ashlee Vance, author of “When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach.” They discuss:
- The new business opportunity in clearing space junk - How a self-taught engineer created a commercially successful rocket company - The massive trade-offs that space companies make by going public
Companies discussed: RKLB, SPCE
Host: Deidre Woollard Guest: Ashlee Vance Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineer: Rick Engdahl
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