The big launch sites tend to be near the equator. The buildings look like an AR from sort of like the 1970s. I wonder sometimes if the next iteration of space businesses starts to become businesses that clean up the things that other businesses have put up there. And then there's some that are just pure. We want to go up there and try to manage all this.
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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