Molly O’Shea interviews Saurav Shroff, Founder & CEO of Starpath, a company developing megascale propellant production systems for lunar and Mars operations. For full show notes, visit: https://highlightai.com/share/65820d0a-9323-4de8-a526-9bb3aca1baeb

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Companies mentioned:

SpaceX https://www.spacex.com/

Blue Origin https://www.blueorigin.com/

NASA https://www.nasa.gov/

Investors:

8VC https://www.8vc.com/

Fusion Fund https://fusionfund.com/

Day One Ventures https://www.dayoneventures.com/

Hummingbird https://hummingbird.vc/

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) Introduction and multi-planetary discussion

(01:19) Starpath's mission and fundraising

(02:50) Breakdown of core systems

(04:50) Technical details of mining operations

(08:30) Regulatory considerations for lunar mining

(10:10) Energy demand and power generation

(12:30) Sponsor break

(13:14) Market context and SpaceX developments

(15:06) Prototyping and scaling strategy

(16:40) Power generation system design

(21:30) Testing methodology

(24:09) Lunar night survival challenges

(25:40) Facility and operations

(26:40) Business model and revenue strategy

(28:19) Competition landscape

(29:30) Founder's conviction and vision

(31:00) Hiring plans and closing remarks

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