T+341: The Launch Shortage, SpaceX Going Alone (with Caleb Henry)
Caleb Henry, Director of Research at Quilty Space, joins me (in studio!) to talk about the growing launch shortage, which new rockets are best positioned to fill the gap, and how SpaceX is separating itself from the launch market as the rest of the industry finds a path forward without them.
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Topics
- Caleb Henry (@ChenrySpace) / X
- The OneWeb Book | Caleb Henry | Substack
- Quilty Space
- Space Force scrambles as Musk’s SpaceX retires its major rocket - POLITICO
- Neutron's first launch slips again amid trouble with carbon composites - Ars Technica
- SpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that's a problem for America's space agency - Ars Technica
- SpaceX to attempt Starship catch on next flight, with eye on rapid cadence increase - Ars Technica
- Does anyone actually want to win the medium-lift race in the United States? - Ars Technica
- Blue Origin is going all in on the New Glenn rocket - Ars Technica
- Amazon builds 1,000th satellite, will launch space internet service by end of year - Ars Technica
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