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Hello , and welcome back to TechCrunch Space . TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 is a wrap , and I ’m more than throb by the amazing quad industry programming we had on fling this twelvemonth .
We cover everything from build a dual - use line of work to orbital re - entry , we caught up with Rocket Lab ’s Peter Beck , and heard about the land station problem from Bridgit Mendler . Below , I murder some of the highlights , but this is just a fraction of the topics we covered onstage , so be sure to head over to TechCrunch.com to fascinate the full reporting . ( Not to mentionThe Aerospace Corporation ’s Future of Space Operations lurch challenge ! )
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Bridgit Mendler on scaling connectivity to enable the industrialization of space
Former Disney channel star Bridgit Mendler made a splash when she denote that she was co - founding a space startup focused on one the least sexy face of the industry : ground stations . We talked about her past career in the amusement industry and her next track as a space CEO .
“ To actually action the benefit of citizenry in the Earth , you have to invest in unsexy problem , like build a ground connection , ” Mendler said . “ I personally conceive that ’s middling aphrodisiacal and fun . It ’s absolutely not what most people think of when they think of the blank space industry . I think they think of rocket engine , they think of satellites , but they do n’t think about ground substructure . ”
Peter Beck on Rocket Lab’s vision for the future of space
All eyes will be on Rocket Lab early next class , as the society looks to launch its Neutron rocket , the response to the “ intermediate - launch monopoly ” that be today , as CEO Peter Beck put it onstage . It ’s part of the society ’s plan to build out an ending - to - end place company .
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Indeed , launching is far from the only core part of the business : Rocket Lab also make space vehicle for interplanetary charge , supplies spacecraft components , and more . Part of the role of Neutron is to enable repeat launches of Rocket Lab ’s own orbiter .
“ Spacecraft are right smart gentle to work up than skyrocket , ” Beck say . “ They really are . ”
He also talked scale the infinite supply chain , with the tally anecdote that Sinclair Interplanetary , a spacecraft portion byplay that Rocket Lab bought in 2020 , used to produce 150 chemical reaction wheels but now has scaled production to over 2,000 annually .
