Dan Garretson

Gadget geek, technology optimist; mobility, transportation and logistics, and space enthusiast.

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

The next chapter of America’s journey to explore the solar system begins TONIGHT.

Artemis II and the SLS rocket roll out of the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Complex 39B as we target a launch attempt as early as April 1. This mission will potentially send astronauts farther into space than any human has traveled before - around the Moon and safely back home.

And, under @POTUS’ National Space Policy Directive, we’re just getting started.

[Owen Lewis @is_OwenLewis]

🧵 1/14: Just days after Paul Ehrlich (the man whose 1968 book “The Population Bomb” predicted billions would starve) passed away, it’s the perfect moment to celebrate the scientist who proved Ehrlich and other doomsayers spectacularly wrong.

Meet Norman Borlaug, the Iowa farm boy who launched the Green Revolution and quite literally saved a billion lives. This is the ultimate story of human ingenuity triumphing over scarcity.

[GeniusThinking @GeniusGTX]

I'm obsessed with cognitive biases.

A "cognitive bias" is a systematic error in thinking that destroys decision-making.

11 most powerful (and dangerous) cognitive biases I've found: 🧵

1. Survivorship Bias:

[Dan Garretson @wdgarretson]

If you want more context behind this framing, here are a few earlier pieces that outline how I think about the space economy:

🔹 Space-Native vs. Space-Enabled Markets
👉 https://t.co/P7hvgeTPs1

🔹 Space Economy Placemat
👉 https://t.co/ffFZNFB9rN

🔹 Missions vs. Markets
👉 https://t.co/wx7fJ5rEmc

These explain why AI-driven demand — if it materializes — could shift the center of gravity of the space economy.

[Dan Garretson @wdgarretson]

1/
Everyone is treating Sam Altman’s conversations with Stoke Space as personality drama.

But the real story is much bigger: it may signal a shift in the underlying economics of the space sector.

[Dan Garretson @wdgarretson]

8/ I’m personally skeptical about parts of the AI boom, but demand curves don’t care about sentiment.

Altman’s interest is a signal worth paying attention to.

#SpaceEconomy #AIInfrastructure #NewSpace

[Dan Garretson @wdgarretson]

Thanks to SpaceX for making this photo available on @unsplash 🎁 https://t.co/48g41fHzzS

[Rocket Lab @RocketLab]

MISSION SUCCESS for our 74th Electron launch, with successful payload deployment confirmed for the QPS-SAR-14/YACHIHOKO-I satellite for @QPS_inc.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

MAKE SPACE GREAT AGAIN 🇺🇸🚀

@POTUS has signed an Executive Order to streamline regulations and foster a competitive commercial space industry, ensuring the United States maintains its leading role in the commercial use of space.

[Dan Garretson @wdgarretson]

Isaacman Back in the Running for NASA Administrator https://t.co/A4DCbdC4Yy

[Liberty Ventures @liberty_ven]

“Founders and entrepreneurs are just really interesting people.”, the message that stuck with @wdgarretson after our Liberty Ventures meetup in Dallas. Entrepreneurs see the world differently, they MAKE things happen.

These are the people making capitalism work.

If this resonates with you, DM us and let’s talk!

[Dan Garretson @wdgarretson]

@allenanalysis Why are NASA and SpaceX competing?

[Dan Garretson @wdgarretson]

@SpaceX Congratulations to the SpaceX team! Great job!

[Dan Garretson @wdgarretson]

Fantastic achievements all around! Huge congratulations to @SpaceX and the Polaris Dawn team.

SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts splash down to end historic spacewalk mission https://t.co/IGq7etX4UA