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Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: belief
18 Oct 2021 Acquired Standard Oil Part II
“I just wanted to talk about them for anyone that's also a space nerd. Obviously, they're hiring, but I think just go to starfishspace.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 18 Oct 2021
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Standard Oil Part II
Transcript context
…You're even wanting to do this forever. This company is so cool. It's effectively an outer space tugboat. It's a tiny little satellite that you launch and it attaches to other satellites and can tweak them a little bit. It can just move them back into orbit gently. It can do things like extend the life of satellites. It can decommission satellites that are in a dangerous place. I think we've all seen Gravity, you don't want that to happen. Satellites should be where you want them to be. It's autonomous. It uses electric propulsion. It uses this really cool novel technique to dock to other satellites that are a super versatile way to do it. The founders are just top-notch. I just wanted to talk about them for anyone that's also a space nerd. Obviously, they're hiring, but I think just go to starfishspace. com. Check out what this company is doing. I just love the incredible innovation unlocked by this birth of the private space tech ecosystem these days. So cool. Thank you, SpaceX, Elon.…
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