This might be the coolest real estate business in the world.
Some dudes took over a ranch in Texas and built a telescope farm. They're managing hundreds and hundreds of scopes for other people and offering super dark skies and fiber internet so that folks can take amazing pictures of space.
Behold Starfront Observatories.
SpaceX IPO, Blue Origin rocket go boom, can American manufacturing be saved, is 60 Minutes worth saving and other fascinating things on this week's Core Memory pod.
Timestamps
00:00:00 – Intro
00:02:05 – The American Actuator Crisis
00:06:51 – WestMag vs. Atlas Motion Systems
00:14:21 – Uncle Sam Pays Attention
00:16:47 – Chinese Robot Ban
00:21:16 – A Robot in Every Home
00:24:29 – Are You AGI-pilled Yet?
00:27:23 – Shoutout to Micayla Sortland
00:31:01 – Blue Origin’s Explosive Launch
00:42:52 – Low Earth Orbit Drugs
00:49:42 – The Two-Trillion-Dollar Elon Bet
00:57:07 – Founders Fund’s Viral “Mafia” Game Night 01:01:23 – Ashlee Braves His Notifications
01:06:12 – Legacy Media vs. The World
Can’t recommend this book enough. Might be time for a reread. When The Heavens Went On Sale along with @SciGuySpace’s Liftoff and Reentry are easily the top 3 books about the rise of the commercial space industry.
You guys are super lucky because Kylie and I saved America this week. Our podcast on actuators, the SpaceX IPO and 60 Minutes.
Come and get it https://t.co/6ix28wDSHo
so the thing is you go on this crazy adventure for 10 days then 3 months later you have to make a compelling story out of it. Anyways here is what i made while procrastinating my script
ive written hundreds and hundreds of stories over the years but this is by far my favorite one. read it if you havent! and comment/email/dm your hot takes on it, i love reading them
More than 70 pecent of the end-of-life lithium-ion batteries in the US flow through Redwood Materials to be recycled into their base elements. Redwood is now the largest Cobalt producer in the US, as a result.
We spent a day with Redwood's CEO JB Straubel to see the whole operation in action. https://t.co/IdadswB8Dl
We spent a day with JB Straubel to see everything Redwood Materials has been building. And we've put it all together for a glorious podcast meets the factory tour episode.
Drops tomorrow for the subscribers.