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Inside The Startup Building Reusable Rockets

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Inside The Startup Building Reusable Rockets

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Jan 08
Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Jan 08
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Stoke Space is racing to build the world's first fully reusable rockets that can launch, survive reentry, and fly again and again. In this episode of Hard Tech, YC’s Aaron Epstein sits down with Stoke Space co-founders Andy Lapsa and Tom Feldman to find out why they chose to take on one of the hardest problems in rocket science, how an obsession with efficiency gives them an edge, and what full reusability could unlock for the future of spaceflight. Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply Work at a startup: https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs

Highlights

In the high-stakes world of aerospace innovation, a small team of engineers is betting everything on a radical idea: a rocket that doesn’t just land, but flies again and again—without costly rebuilds. This is the story of their audacious mission to redefine spaceflight from the ground up.
05:44
Stoke Space built their first prototype engine in a shipping container in Tom's backyard
09:15
Stoke Space raised about $990 million and is operating efficiently
12:15
Making parts in-house shortens the iteration cycle.
13:57
Stoke Space aims to enable daily rocket launches from Cape Canaveral.

Chapters

What if rockets never had to be thrown away?
00:00
How two engineers bet on reusability when no one else would
03:13
From shipping containers to $990 million: can speed beat tradition?
08:28
Why building slower sometimes means moving faster
11:08
Designing Cape Canaveral for launches every single day
13:57

Transcript

Aaron Epstein: The team at Stoke Space is going after the holy grail of rocket science. Andy Lapsa: Stoke Space is building fully and rapidly reusable rockets with aircraft-like reusability. Aaron Epstein: Today, only this section of rockets can be reuse...