Eric Lasker

physics, former cook, now @vardaspace.

[Eric Lasker @laskerer]

And so the sat bus carcinisation of the space industry re-emerges 🦀

[Max Haot @maxhaot]

Ready for orbital data center (@NVIDIA Space-1 option) , communication, observation and national security missions. Join our first batch mission planned for end of 2027.

[Eric Lasker @laskerer]

@hamandcheese Nothing. This is the em-drive guy

[Eric Lasker @laskerer]

@somefoundersalt @sdamico The critique is fair, though if more true commercial markets existed for space applications then the default would not be defense but commercial. Companies move to or start with defense space because it’s actually an established and growing market (and worth doing of course).

[Eric Lasker @laskerer]

@_Faraz @DJSnM Real ones know

[Eric Lasker @laskerer]

@artem_zin @DJSnM That’s actually exactly how fiber is made on earth today — tall draw towers. Zblan is particularly low viscosity and prone to nucleation so you unfortunately really do need true microgravity to suppress the internal turbulence enough to make lower than silica attenuation fiber

[Eric Lasker @laskerer]

@andrewmccalip @heskelbalas @jarrodxmartian Slippery slope and no free lunch; building new launch pads and obtaining launch permits for dramatically increased launch cadence is not free (see: https://t.co/9LP6Dy3WIK)

[Eric Lasker @laskerer]

@PettitFrontier Had this made at Varda recently…

[Eric Lasker @laskerer]

@ryanzip Generally agree though also seems increasingly possible for humanity to make von Neumann probes. So while biologic light cone intersection is likely rare it would at least seem possible/likely for post biologic life to intersect if a civ can survive to that point.

[Eric Lasker @laskerer]

An actually important company during these grifting times 👏👏

[Kathleen McMahon @kath_mcmahon]

1/ I spent a long time at Palantir chasing hard problems with brilliant people (can recommend).

So I think I know a good quest when I see it. Excited to announce that I started Valthos with @velvetatom and an incredible team

[Eric Lasker @laskerer]

@mattparlmer Vibes

[Eric Lasker @laskerer]

@Truthful_ast @mattparlmer Reaction Engines throwback 🥹

[Eric Lasker @laskerer]

@dkirtley Going to crush the dreams (and business cases) of many space entrepreneurs with this

[Eric Lasker @laskerer]

@andrewmccalip @LepsThomas When can I bid on my ad on live stream around the Solomon Islands?

[Eric Lasker @laskerer]

@andrewmccalip I mean ya; you’re just correct. Feel very lucky to have seen both up close

[Eric Lasker @laskerer]

@pdhsu I’ve watched far too many of his restaurant reviews…ie chef wang calling restaurants mid and stingy

[Eric Lasker @laskerer]

@Matt_Schulman1 I’d like to nominate Matt Yalowitz as your king

[Eric Lasker @laskerer]

@zebulgar The transition from shit poster to insta influencer is now complete. We all grow up I guess 🥲

[Eric Lasker @laskerer]

@fikocian No need to call out small sat when you could insert ~any space conference and still be accurate

[Eric Lasker @laskerer]

@TGMetsFan98 Sir, get out of my head https://t.co/vqtj4BZDmT

[Eric Lasker @laskerer]

@GregWAutry Increasingly feels like there should be a program to just have a probe ready to go for the next one — TacRS for NASA