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Jason Kim

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
224 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Rundown
Firefly Aerospace CEO on the Race to Monetize the Moon

orbiting as well as operating in space, it really puts us in a really unique position to do more and more missions from space.

The Rundown
Firefly Aerospace CEO on the Race to Monetize the Moon

And so I think that's kind of, you know, where we're going, you know, we see a future where

The Rundown
Firefly Aerospace CEO on the Race to Monetize the Moon

We're processing more in space.

The Rundown
Firefly Aerospace CEO on the Race to Monetize the Moon

We're creating an app store in space and you can pick whatever app you want to do whatever mission you want.

The Rundown
Firefly Aerospace CEO on the Race to Monetize the Moon

And then we are responsible for getting you that data in a very reliable and repeatable way so that you can improve your productivity on Earth or in space or other planets.

The Rundown
Firefly Aerospace CEO on the Race to Monetize the Moon

It's something that we're definitely already doubling down.

The Rundown
Firefly Aerospace CEO on the Race to Monetize the Moon

If you look at our small and medium rockets, very complementary to SpaceX's heavy and super heavy rockets and Blue Origins, you know,

The Rundown
Firefly Aerospace CEO on the Race to Monetize the Moon

It's not that one rocket can serve all different missions and purposes.

The Rundown
Firefly Aerospace CEO on the Race to Monetize the Moon

For instance, the small rocket that we have, our Alpha rocket, we had a very successful launch, Flight 7, back on 11 March 2026 out of Vandenberg Space Force Base.

The Rundown
Firefly Aerospace CEO on the Race to Monetize the Moon

We launched the Lockheed Martin demonstration.

The Rundown
Firefly Aerospace CEO on the Race to Monetize the Moon

What's great about that rocket is not only can it do the response of 24 hour launches, but it could take one ton to orbit and two tons to suborbital.

The Rundown
Firefly Aerospace CEO on the Race to Monetize the Moon

And what that does is it gives companies a dedicated launcher to low Earth orbit because sometimes you want to go to a mission unique inclination and altitude.

The Rundown
Firefly Aerospace CEO on the Race to Monetize the Moon

And if you're a rideshare, then you're at the mercy of whoever is paying the most on that rideshare versus you having your affordable, dedicated launch on a timeline that's very flexible.

The Rundown
Firefly Aerospace CEO on the Race to Monetize the Moon

And so that's what the Alpha provides you.

The Rundown
Firefly Aerospace CEO on the Race to Monetize the Moon

And because we can launch things to suborbital, two tons of suborbital, we're starting to launch hypersonic missile tests as well.

The Rundown
Firefly Aerospace CEO on the Race to Monetize the Moon

And as you know, there's a big backlog.

The Rundown
Firefly Aerospace CEO on the Race to Monetize the Moon

of missile testing, hypersonic missile testing that needs to get burned down.

The Rundown
Firefly Aerospace CEO on the Race to Monetize the Moon

And so now you can launch multiple hypersonic tests at the same time.

The Rundown
Firefly Aerospace CEO on the Race to Monetize the Moon

So you can get economies of scale by doing that.

The Rundown
Firefly Aerospace CEO on the Race to Monetize the Moon

So there's a lot of applications of that one ton to orbit, two ton to suborbital rocket alpha.