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Is crewed spaceflight a natural monopoly?
The market for people is different from the market for satellites
Aug 16 • 
Aaron Pickard
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Reading Stoke Space's Thesis
What kind of future does CEO Andy Lapsa want to live in?
Jun 27 • 
Aaron Pickard
What will it take to cancel the Space Launch System?
It's a very persistent program
May 30 • 
Aaron Pickard
Reorganizing Rocket Scaleups
Tracking a Trend
Apr 4 • 
Aaron Pickard
Danti: A startup snapshot
Sitting at the intersection of NLP & Earth Observation data
Mar 28 • 
Aaron Pickard
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SpaceX: A scaleup snapshot
Spacecraft and satellites and super-heavy lift launch, oh my
Mar 7 • 
Aaron Pickard
Quindar: A startup snapshot
SaaS integrations for satellite ground ops
Jan 31 • 
Aaron Pickard
Moonshots that pick the wrong funding mechanism don't launch
Reactions to NASA's Mars Sample Return update
Jan 10 • 
Aaron Pickard
Marketing @ Umbra
A differentiated approach
Nov 22, 2024 • 
Aaron Pickard
Satellite busses are bussin
Is that a good thing?
Oct 25, 2024 • 
Aaron Pickard
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YC's got a space strategy
And they're not a bunch of space cadets!
Sep 13, 2024 • 
Aaron Pickard
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DITL is for satellites, not people
Musings on the true meaning of a "Day In The Life"
Mar 22, 2024 • 
Aaron Pickard
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