MattExSci

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   by MattExSci 2y ago

   You will never meet a hater doing more than you.
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   by MattExSci 2y ago

   Thanks — this shit is definitely hard mode. But we're 3 weeks away from sending the first private spaceship to deep space, and we're doing it for orders of magnitude cheaper than anyone else before us. Fingers crossed it works.
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   by MattExSci 2y ago

   We refine it (or better yet, enrich it) in space and bring it back to Earth. I wish someone would buy it in space, but currently, that market is worth... 0. So, we ship that shit back to Earth and sell it into the commodities market.
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   by MattExSci 2y ago

   We have a refinery that dose exactly this. It's the main IP of the company.
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   by MattExSci 2y ago

   100% this is a margin play on the Platinum Group Metals - were just going to better ore sources.
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   by MattExSci 2y ago

   Destroying civilization by redirecting an asteroid is not on the current roadmap.
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   by MattExSci 2y ago

   Have you heard of Astra...
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   by MattExSci 2y ago

   Size estimates are really really hard to be clear. But we do have additional data that says this should be a little bit larger. That all being said, were gonna find out this year!
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   by MattExSci 2y ago

   I get asked this all the time. And in short — no way in hell we can change the orbit of an asteroid that is large enough to make a massive impact. Cool (I guess) to think about, but physics make this impossible for our size craft.
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    by MattExSci 2y ago

    I have over 8.5B in binding contracts.
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    by MattExSci 2y ago

    The physics don't work to bring this stuff back to LEO. We’ve got to use the atmosphere to slow us down.
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    by MattExSci 2y ago

    Honestly, this had nothing to do with mutual investors. While that's great, the space community is small, and we all talk to each other. Andy and Stoke Space are an amazing team, and in this case, we shared a lot of benefits with each
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    by MattExSci 2y ago

    We are running out of critical metals. Regardless of whether it's us (AstroForge) or someone else, this has to happen, and it has to happen a lot sooner than we realize.