Steve Kwast
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And it's because space with one build of an infrastructure can tap into every person on the planet versus a linear model where you build one power plant and now you're limited to the capital investment of power lines and then the fact that those power lines are vulnerable. There is a tremendous amount of cost in a linear system of delivery of goods and services versus a networked method.
And it's because space with one build of an infrastructure can tap into every person on the planet versus a linear model where you build one power plant and now you're limited to the capital investment of power lines and then the fact that those power lines are vulnerable. There is a tremendous amount of cost in a linear system of delivery of goods and services versus a networked method.
And I'll give you a perfect example. And it's the mail system, okay? Before the internet, if I wanted to mail out 100 letters, I'd have to buy 100 stamps and then send them out. And that's costly. Now with a networked approach, I can type one email, send it to 100 people, and it is a fraction of the cost. Pretty much just the electricity and the service I purchase.
And I'll give you a perfect example. And it's the mail system, okay? Before the internet, if I wanted to mail out 100 letters, I'd have to buy 100 stamps and then send them out. And that's costly. Now with a networked approach, I can type one email, send it to 100 people, and it is a fraction of the cost. Pretty much just the electricity and the service I purchase.
And I'll give you a perfect example. And it's the mail system, okay? Before the internet, if I wanted to mail out 100 letters, I'd have to buy 100 stamps and then send them out. And that's costly. Now with a networked approach, I can type one email, send it to 100 people, and it is a fraction of the cost. Pretty much just the electricity and the service I purchase.
Okay, that's the difference between. And so now in America, for example, we have over one million cell towers. But you still only get one bar in West Texas or zero bars. And if you're in the bottom of the Grand Canyon, you have no capability. It would just take a few, a handful of satellites in geosynchronous orbit over America, and you have 5G and five bars everywhere.
Okay, that's the difference between. And so now in America, for example, we have over one million cell towers. But you still only get one bar in West Texas or zero bars. And if you're in the bottom of the Grand Canyon, you have no capability. It would just take a few, a handful of satellites in geosynchronous orbit over America, and you have 5G and five bars everywhere.
Okay, that's the difference between. And so now in America, for example, we have over one million cell towers. But you still only get one bar in West Texas or zero bars. And if you're in the bottom of the Grand Canyon, you have no capability. It would just take a few, a handful of satellites in geosynchronous orbit over America, and you have 5G and five bars everywhere.
So now, the difference in cost. And it's about the price point. This is about the fact that everything that is national security is upstream of the economy.
So now, the difference in cost. And it's about the price point. This is about the fact that everything that is national security is upstream of the economy.
So now, the difference in cost. And it's about the price point. This is about the fact that everything that is national security is upstream of the economy.
And if you can build an infrastructure of reusable satellites that you build in space where you can build them as big as you want, you can upgrade, modernize, and recapitalize them at pennies on the dollar so that every new innovation, whether it's quantum coming online or a new supercomputer, you just unplug the old computer, unplug the new one in, now you can invest in a very low-cost infrastructure that taps into trillions of dollars worth of revenue.
And if you can build an infrastructure of reusable satellites that you build in space where you can build them as big as you want, you can upgrade, modernize, and recapitalize them at pennies on the dollar so that every new innovation, whether it's quantum coming online or a new supercomputer, you just unplug the old computer, unplug the new one in, now you can invest in a very low-cost infrastructure that taps into trillions of dollars worth of revenue.
And if you can build an infrastructure of reusable satellites that you build in space where you can build them as big as you want, you can upgrade, modernize, and recapitalize them at pennies on the dollar so that every new innovation, whether it's quantum coming online or a new supercomputer, you just unplug the old computer, unplug the new one in, now you can invest in a very low-cost infrastructure that taps into trillions of dollars worth of revenue.
versus building a power plant in every village in Africa and power lines to every hut. You can see the power of the networked effect of space and why it's going to be so powerful.
versus building a power plant in every village in Africa and power lines to every hut. You can see the power of the networked effect of space and why it's going to be so powerful.
versus building a power plant in every village in Africa and power lines to every hut. You can see the power of the networked effect of space and why it's going to be so powerful.
Yeah, so again, I'll let the experts talk to it, but again, being a generalist and talking to the experts at length and being in a company that's going to build the infrastructure for this technology to be delivered, I can give you the simple answer, and that is that the first thing is that the current way we build a satellite in America is like how we used to build rockets before Elon Musk came along.
Yeah, so again, I'll let the experts talk to it, but again, being a generalist and talking to the experts at length and being in a company that's going to build the infrastructure for this technology to be delivered, I can give you the simple answer, and that is that the first thing is that the current way we build a satellite in America is like how we used to build rockets before Elon Musk came along.
Yeah, so again, I'll let the experts talk to it, but again, being a generalist and talking to the experts at length and being in a company that's going to build the infrastructure for this technology to be delivered, I can give you the simple answer, and that is that the first thing is that the current way we build a satellite in America is like how we used to build rockets before Elon Musk came along.