Tom Lambot 🐑🤖

⚙️Building the tools that build the world. ex-NASA, ex-SpinLaunch. Crowdsource advocate. Feed me your crazy concepts.

[Tom Lambot 🐑🤖 @TheProperTom]

@Jason YC combinator one I (& founder friends w similar background) found garbo. Awful signal noise ratio. Have background of building stuff + some sexy companies in your background ? -> become catnip for people not relevant to your preferences with batshit ideas / business plans.

[Tom Lambot 🐑🤖 @TheProperTom]

@elonmusk Another thing is that gonna need FAA 14 CFR Part 420 to operate. But would be much easier to get (more locations locations) if it’s vertical take off and landing vs horizontal (airspace integration, safety footprint). If SpaceX could cook a vertical rocket plane that’d be 🧨🧨

[Tom Lambot 🐑🤖 @TheProperTom]

@elonmusk Love the idea but wouldn’t the number of locations you can travel from/to fairly limited (FAA regulations & such)? I assume the idea is to have major rocketports hubs where you (conventionally) fly out of for last mile.

[Tom Lambot 🐑🤖 @TheProperTom]

@andrewmccalip When I showed my (Belgian) grandma some pictures of the US when I first moved here, one of the first thing she said wash “you can tell they’ve never experienced the war” pointing at all the above ground power lines.

[Tom Lambot 🐑🤖 @TheProperTom]

@blockgraze Finally, some good take on all in

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@booster_10 Flew all the way from the west coast on a red eye flight to see it. Plane was full of Tesla engineers doing the same, they invited us to a house they had rented to watch the event super close. Awesome memories. Glad I witnessed this.

[Tom Lambot 🐑🤖 @TheProperTom]

@chamath What is the data source for this?

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@Jason Spent a bit of time to evaluate feasibility of launching something in that field previously. Most R&D (that scales) in this field are only incremental vs legacy systems. Two problems: efficiency and brine (byproduct of desal). Energy solves the former. Brine is more tricky.

[Tom Lambot 🐑🤖 @TheProperTom]

@AmericaPartyX @wholemars Disconnect brands and politics please

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@CJHandmer And the answer is energy. Desalination technology works. Every improvement that has been done in the field (that scales) recently have been incremental not revolutionary. Efficiency is the choking point. Make energy abundant and cheaper, water is no longer a problem. Solvable.

[Tom Lambot 🐑🤖 @TheProperTom]

@elonmusk You’d be surprised how well it’d work in California.

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@mcuban @elonmusk Cuban and musk would be the ultimate duo, balance, and foresight

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@elonmusk The only social media poll I ever cared about.

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@SciGuySpace Dislike.

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@MatthewBerman Got a weird one. Struggled with this in the past. Got strong ADHD (diagnosed), 100% my mind spinning. Main stuff that worked:
* no “upsetting/deep” topic 1h before bed
* listen to a non busy police scanner while falling asleep. It’s like white noise w some structure. Trust me.

[Tom Lambot 🐑🤖 @TheProperTom]

@thorgutierrez @Belgium It’s time for a change.

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@chamath Yes! I’ve been doing that for a while in companies I consult for. It’s eye opening for many, and pushes people to get _actual_ productive meetings.

[Tom Lambot 🐑🤖 @TheProperTom]

Had the chance to go see in person @SpaceX transporter 8 launch and falcon 9 ‘s 200th landing. Congrats to @aerospacelab_be successful deployment of Grégoire & to all the other launch customers!

& props to @EXOLAUNCH’s team and their high level of professionalism!

[Tom Lambot 🐑🤖 @TheProperTom]

My favorite band growing up. So sad.

[sister bliss @thesisterbliss]

Maxi Jazz 1957 - 2022. We are heartbroken to share that Maxi died peacefully in his sleep last night. Sending love to all of you who shared our musical journey. Look after each other y’hear. 🙏💔

[Tom Lambot 🐑🤖 @TheProperTom]

Alright, clubhouse is cool.