Acquired

Virgin Galactic

Nov 23, 2020

01:46:19

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Episode guests

Sir Richard Branson

Paul Allen

Highlights

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Episode notes

The problem with IPO pops and the potential solution with SPACs

01:48

The unique nature of aerospace and space innovation

01:06

The Analysis of Season Seven - Bamboo

04:01

Scaled Composites - Is It a Scalable Composite?

02:22

Introduction

3min

The Space Ego Podcast - Part Seven

3min

Achieved Limited Partners Podcast - The History of the Ex Prize

3min

Reusable Spacecraft

2min

The Space Shuttle Challenge

3min

First US A's Biggest Idea Was the Hole in One Insurance

2min

Scaled Composites Enters the Ex Prize Competition

2min

Scaled Composites - Is It a Scalable Composite?

2min

Ai Lai on Was a Duel Fuselage, or a Duel Fusilage

3min

10.

Spaceship One in the White Night

2min

11.

The Ex Prize and Scale - What's Next?

4min

12.

Space Is the Future, Let's Do It

2min

13.

Spaceport America - The Only Product That Experiences Weightlessness

2min

14.

Spaceship One Is Not Ready for Virgin Galactic Safety Measures

4min

15.

Scaled Is a Venture Capital Style O Valuation

2min

16.

The Virgin Galactic Spaceship Company, a Spaceship Company, Is a Vertically Integrated Company

2min

17.

Totally Insane Connection

3min

18.

Space Is Hard and This Is New Stuff

2min

19.

Virgin Galactic Launches a New Spaceship, the v S S Unity

2min

20.

The Space Shuttle Launches Into Orbit

2min

21.

The One Biggest Leap to the Two Hundred Thousand Dollars

1min

22.

The Soudy Arabian Sovereign Wealth Fund, a Billion Dollars to Fund Continued Operations

2min

23.

The Facebook Home - The Operating System for Phones

2min

24.

Social Capital - A New Venture Firm

3min

25.

Isn't That Thet IPO Pop?

4min

26.

What Is Going on With Socrit Capital?

2min

27.

Virgin Galactic Becomes a Publicly Traded Company With About Two Point Three Billion Dollars

3min

28.

The Dspacking Verten Galactic - Is It a Good Stock?

3min

29.

Is It a Moonshot Bet?

2min

30.

Disney Land in Space, That's Pretty Convenient, Imean

2min

31.

Space X and Tessela, Space Is Party.

2min

32.

The Analysis of Season Seven - Bamboo

4min

33.

The Bull Case Is a Lot More Than One Million Dollars

2min

34.

The Bearcase Narrative on Spaceships

2min

35.

Is Space X a Real Business?

2min

36.

Virgin Galactic's Plan to Unbundle From Their Full Service Offering

2min

37.

Space X's Technology Strategy

2min

38.

The Virgin Galactic Challenge Is a Play Book

2min

39.

The Best Time to Invest Is Yesterday, but the Second Best Time Is to Day

4min

40.

I'm Not Afraid to Look Like a Moron, Isn't It?

3min

41.

The Race to Space Is Full of Spacks

2min

42.

Virgin Galactics - The a Plus, the C and the F Scenarios

4min

43.

Space X - Is It a Good Idea?

3min

Live from the 2020 ASCEND Space Conference, Acquired covers the full story behind the most "out there" technology story of the past few years: Virgin Galactic. How did this space tourism company grow out of the winning X Prize team, and catch the eyes and fancy of billionaires like Paul Allen, Sir Richard Branson, and, most recently, company chairman Chamath Palihapitiya who took it public via the first "modern" technology SPAC transaction in history? Tune in to find out!!

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