Max Poliakoff is the man who rescued and really rebirth firefly aerospace. He grew up at the, as the Soviet Empire was kind of collapsing. His parents had worked on the Soviet space program. And yeah, to your point, he, he bought firefly. It was a small rocket maker in Texas that went bankrupt. The story of Max is it's like part comedy, part tragedy.
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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