@DrChrisCombs First make it uncrewed. You can make it crewed later.

Outpost is teaming up with @payloadspace to host a fundraising event in support of CAL FIRE and the brave firefighters who battled the LA fires. Donate: Register for the event:

Jason Dunn manufactured the first parts ever made in space with his first company. And now, he’s back with @OutpostSpace — a startup building shipping-container-sized autonomous space factories... that can return to Earth. I invited @ImJasonDunn to my (terrestrial) space factory to ask him how it works, and we got into the technical details. It was a fascinating conversation about how to build a space company. I think you’ll love it. Chapters: 0:00:00 — Introducing Outpost’s autonomous space factories 0:02:34 — Jason’s first rodeo: Made in Space 0:04:07 — Why NASA got mad about the first part ever manufactured off Earth 0:10:00 — Designing a 3D printer that works in zero-G 0:15:19 — Getting inspiration from “a secret cult for the future of space” 0:22:02 — Jason almost started a surf shop 0:23:45 — The first time Jason made ZBLAN fiber optics in zero gravity 0:31:17 — What are the driving engineering requirements for a space return lane? 0:36:44 — “What’s the deal with the huge cube of metal on the Space Station?” 0:37:37 — How do you bring a shipping container back to Earth from space? 0:43:50 — Deployments are scary… why are these worth it? 0:47:40 — Is there a risk of bouncing off the atmosphere? 0:50:11 — Delivering MREs from God to America’s warfighters 0:53:45 — “We are very very hardware-rich.” 0:58:06 — How to convince your children to go into hard tech