Tim Fernholz
How Commercial Space Helps Space Force Keep Troops In the Know
“Something that’s ready to go, that’s off the shelf, that can be delivered quickly and at the speed of mission.”
Aethero Raises $8.4M for Space Computers
Kindred led the round, which included Neo, Giant Step Capital, O’Shaughnessy Ventures and Alumni Ventures.
Planet Hits Free Cash Milestone
“People look at the changing way in which these new technologies play into security, as they have in Ukraine—drones and satellites and AI—and they realize that they need them, and they need them quickly.”
Trump Ditches Isaacman Amid Record NASA Cuts
“They always say [NASA budgets are] dead on arrival—this is extra dead.”
SpaceX and Lockheed Team Up To Accelerate GPS Launch
“We’re trying to prove that we can quickly respond to an on-orbit failure of a vehicle.”
Turn Up the Sustain: The Gateway’s Demise
A “mix of old NASA thinking, new NASA thinking, and SLS shortcomings.”
Rocket Lab Snags IR Sensor-Maker In $275M Deal
“With this deal, Rocket Lab will officially enter the payload market as a disruptive prime contractor to US national security.”
Spire Emerges Anew After Nine Months Of Uncertainty
Inside CEO Theresa Condor’s plans for a revitalized satellite company.
Payload Talks NASA Budget With Rep. George Whitesides
“The United States is leading the world in space technology, and we can’t give that up.”
PiLogic Raises $4M Seed Round For Faster Inference
A space-friendly flavor of AI could help satellites diagnose themselves on orbit.
