Ep 123 out now! @JTLonsdale sits down with @IanCinnamon, co-founder & CEO @ApexSpacecraft He sold his computer vision company to Palantir, worked on Project Maven, and is now building the fastest growing satellite manufacturer. Reusable rockets, attritable satellites, space-based interceptors, asteroid mining, and more — the new space age has arrived! (00:00) Episode intro (02:09) MIT, cognitive science & building Synapse (06:17) PLTR, Project Maven & protestors (08:53) Ian's "light bulb moment" for building Apex (15:23) The space boom & new possibilities (21:30) Engineering for space & lessons from SpaceX (27:50) China's ambitious space plans (30:19) Golden Dome & space-based interceptors (36:00) Understanding orbit altitudes (40:00) Is China trying to steal Apex's IP? (44:13) Asteroid mining & new possibilities beyond Earth