Matt Gialich
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
We're really good at predicting them.
We can evacuate cities if they're gonna hit them.
They'll probably land in the oceans, though, just on statistics.
And those kind of missions are what we're kind of set out and purpose-built for.
With planetary defense?
Mm-hmm.
Who brought it up?
Was it you?
No, actually, Planetary Defense was brought to us by NASA to ask if we could help with these kind of missions as we've gone out there.
So it's not something that we bring up a lot.
Again, I got to keep the... Sean...
The problem that is with government work is you become a government company.
And if you ever have worked at Boeing or anybody that contracts with the government, which I have, not with Boeing, but with a government contractor, it's a very different methodology.
You have time cards, you're keeping track of your hourly rates, you're trying to manage all this.
And what it becomes is marginal dollars for a service.
You're a consulting service, right?
Now you're just consulting for what the government wants.
That is not the company I want to build.
I do not think that is the most efficient company you can build.
I want highly motivated people that are willing to go explore the universe and work really fucking hard seven days a week.