The book is about misfits and geniuses racing to put space within reach. There's a whole house full of them in the rainbow mansion, it's kind of this Silicon Valley communal utopia. And also potentially a lot of risk for investors in some of this as well. We didn't even get to the business models yet, of which there's many, many, many questions that need to be answered.
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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