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Did you check under the couch cushions?Missing Pluto.
Better idea: the cars have weapons and are able to attack each other during the race!
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Bored start-up super rich guy. Always a good combo.Max Haot is not your typical rocket scientist, and Launcher is not your typical rocket company.
To be fair, Haot really isn't a rocket scientist at all. He's more of a video and technology guy, starting his career in the late 1990s by running digital operations for IMG Media and later founding Livestream. He had always maintained a deep interest in space, however, and by 2017 when he began to look around for something else to do, he returned to those dreams.
8 US employees. For a rocket company. Definitely keeping things small.Haot did not start Launcher in March 2017 with the intent of madly racing toward the launch pad as quickly as possible, as Elon Musk had done with SpaceX and other companies were trying to do. He didn't have that kind of money. Rather, he would keep his company small—really small—to keep expenses low and use additive manufacturing where possible. He had a ten-year plan to reach profitability. And he has stuck to that. The Brooklyn, New York-based company has just eight US employees, along with another 10 people in Ukraine helping with design work.
Rocket engines are not that big. This is the Raptor engine for the Starship rocket that SpaceX is developing. It produces half a million pounds of thrust, but sits on a standard shipping pallet and can be hauled to the test stand with a pickup.8 US employees. For a rocket company. Definitely keeping things small.
What does the size of the engines have to do with # of employees for a space rocket company?Rocket engines are not that big. This is the Raptor engine for the Starship rocket that SpaceX is developing. It produces half a million pounds of thrust, but sits on a standard shipping pallet and can be hauled to the test stand with a pickup.
If they are producing engines, do they really need all the staff that a space launch company needs?What does the size of the engines have to do with # of employees for a space rocket company?
They're not picking the things up by hand and moving them around warehouses on wooden pallets.
Possibly not. And that's why I highlighted it, because rocket companies don't tend to exist with an employee count barely large enough to keep a corner grocery open.If they are producing engines, do they really need all the staff that a space launch company needs?
It means the factory can be a small building, rather than the 36 acre United Launch Alliance factory in Decatur, AL. They can also reasonably order parts from elsewhere rather than making it all in-house. One reason the ULA factory is so large is putting together the large rocket tanks and other structures. In turn the finished stages are too big to go by road or rail, so they have be barged down the Tennessee River on a custom barge. All that big stuff involves more people.What does the size of the engines have to do with # of employees for a space rocket company?
They're not picking the things up by hand and moving them around warehouses on wooden pallets.
Really? So you're saying a company with a very small employee base can totally get by by using a small building to house them all?It means the factory can be a small building
Why are you so bitchy these days? Do you need a hug?Really? So you're saying a company with a very small employee base can totally get by by using a small building to house them all?
Thanks for the information, math man.
It's pretty much how I am when I have to deal with a condescending gasbag who talks down to me like I'm 8 years old.Why are you so bitchy these days? Do you need a hug?
I'm not replying directly to you. I'm replying for the benefit of other people who aren't in the space business. If you hate me that much, put me on ignore. I can't put *you* on ignore, because posting here is your life, and you are responsible for 15% of all the posts ever made on VVO. If I did, I would miss too much of the conversation, and many of your posts are useful, funny, or informative.It's pretty much how I am when I have to deal with a condescending gasbag who talks down to me like I'm 8 years old.
Sure you can. Set enough people on ignore and it with practice becomes clear when it’s worthwhile to press the see ignored button. Your blood pressure will thank you in this high volume fire hose of a forum.I can't put *you* on ignore