Episode 2: Get Rich Mining Asteroids or Die Trying w/ AstroForge CEO Matt Gialich

18/02/2025 57 min Temporada 1 Episodio 2

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In this episode, hosts Tom Culligan and Clayton Swope talk with Matt Gialich, the Co-Founder and CEO of AstroForge, to discuss the future of asteroid mining and the commercial space economy. They explore Matt's journey from working at Virgin Orbit to building scooters at Bird to founding AstroForge. The conversation delves into what makes Space Mining 2.0 different than AstroForge's predecessors, the technological innovations that enable asteroid mining today and the competitive landscape. Matt shares insights on what it takes to start a space company that has a lot of "firsts" and the future missions planned for AstroForge.

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