🚨 Only 4% of SpaceX shares will be made available as the free float, making the $SPCX IPO likely to be EXTREMELY volatile.
Ahead of this, Goldman Sachs says they expect SpaceX revenue to 100X by 2030.
Prepare for liftoff.
🩺 TYPES OF DOCTORS
1) ❤️ Doctor of Heart → Cardiologist
2) 🧴 Doctor of Skin → Dermatologist
3) 🦴 Doctor of Bones → Orthopedic
4) 🧠 Doctor of Brain → Neurologist
5) 👶 Doctor of Children → Pediatrician
6) 👁️ Doctor of Eyes → Ophthalmologist
7) 🦷 Doctor of Teeth → Dentist
8) 🫘 Doctor of Kidney → Nephrologist
9) 🔪 Doctor of Surgery → Surgeon
10) 🎗️ Doctor of Cancer → Oncologist
11) 🧠 Doctor of Mind → Psychiatrist
12) 🫀 Doctor of Liver → Hepatologist
13) 👩 Doctor of Women → Gynecologist
14) 🍽️ Doctor of Stomach → Gastroenterologist
15) 👂👃🗣️ Doctor of Ear, Nose & Throat → Otolaryngologist (ENT)
16) 🫁 Doctor of Lungs → Pulmonologist
17) 🩸 Doctor of Blood → Hematologist
18) ⚖️ Doctor of Hormones → Endocrinologist
19) 🩻 Doctor of X-rays & Scans → Radiologist
20) 🦴 Doctor of Joints & Arthritis → Rheumatologist
21) 🦠 Doctor of Infectious Diseases → Infectiologist
22) 🚻 Doctor of Urinary System → Urologist
23) 🦶 Doctor of Feet → Podiatrist
24) 🫁 Doctor of Chest & Tuberculosis → Pulmonologist (TB Specialist)
25) 👓 Doctor of Vision & Glasses → Optometrist
26) 🐶 Doctor of Animals → Veterinarian
BREAKING: Inside Impulse Space with Tom Mueller (@lrocket) (SpaceX's 1st Employee)
FULL TOUR
The famous engineer behind the Merlin engine, now Founder, CEO & CTO of Impulse Space (@GoToImpulse)
ICYMI: Merlin still powers Falcon 9 today, the most reliable rocket engine ever flown & the highest thrust-to-weight ever developed. It's the workhorse behind nearly every SpaceX mission: Starlink launches, Dragon crew & cargo flights to the ISS, & booster landings
Tom walks us through the factory floor, from the avionics clean room to a live rocket engine firing in the vacuum chamber
Impulse is building the in-space mobility layer: the vehicles & engines that move spacecraft after launch, from LEO to GEO, the Moon, infinity & beyond
We cover:
→ Mira: precision maneuvering spacecraft & its saiph thrusters (8 thrusters, ~50 lbs thrust, 5-yr orbit life)
→ Helios: long haul same-day delivery vehicle (12 tons of LOX/methane, LEO to GEO)
→ Deneb Engine: 15,000 lbs thrust engine that powers Helios, ox-rich staged combustion, carbon skirt running over 3,000°F
→ Why 3D printing is "almost a cheat code" for rocket engines
→ In-house composite tanks, Novaloy, & copper liners machined from 700 lbs down to 25
→ 3 spacecraft in orbit + a 1,200-meter rendezvous
→ Starlink, iterating Merlin & Raptor, & working with @elonmusk
→ Nuclear propulsion, the Moon, & why compute needs to move to space
𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒
(00:00) Tom Mueller, Founder, CEO & CTO of Impulse Space
(00:49) Inside Impulse Space
(02:32) Avionics Bay floor
(02:59) Building rockets at home
(03:50) Mira and Helios
(08:00) Why Tom left SpaceX
(09:33) The Deneb Engine walkthrough
(11:42) Testing in Mojave
(12:23) Favorite part of the Engine
(13:30) How it's 3D Printed
(14:21) Why 3D Printing changes everything
(16:54) Finding Talent for COPVs
(17:28) No Modern hardware without software
(19:52) The Mill Turn explained
(22:42) Payload Deck Design
(25:28) Entering the Secret Area
(30:48) Thrust, Flow Rate, & 100 Sensors
(32:13) Collision avoidance in Orbit
(32:57) The Electric Propulsion Chamber
(34:28) Nuclear Electric is the future
(38:49) Data Centers in Space
(40:28) SpaceX & Starlink's Growth
(41:10) Working with Elon
(42:07) If not CEO, then what?
(42:32) Moon matters more than Mars