The Insane Mission to Mind Space

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AstroForge CEO Matthew Gialich joins Jason to discuss his startup’s lofty goal of mining Platinum Group Metals from asteroids (1:11). They discuss the recent launch of their Brokkr-1 space vehicle, the company’s road map to gather PGMs successfully from space, and SpaceX’s impact on the space industry (5:42). Then, Founder University’s Kelly Schricker gives a presentation on how to set up a fundraising process for your startup (31:51).

(0:00) AstroForge’s Matthew Gialich joins Jason

(1:11) The purpose of mining asteroids

(5:42) Brokkr-1 mission

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(12:09) AstroForge’s roadmap

(16:07) Unit economics of hardware-based businesses

(17:38) Scaling Virgin Orbit and Virgin Galactic

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(22:20) The evolution of the space economy

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(31:51) How to set up a fundraising process

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