Choosing The Final Frontier: Launching a Rocket Company with Andy Lapsa of Stoke Space
Today NFX Partner Morgan Beller is joined by Andy Lapsa, Co-Founder & CEO of Stoke Space Technologies, a company building reusable second-stage rockets to seamlessly Earth and orbit. Founded in 2019 and based in Renton, Washington they have been focused on the reusability aspect of rocketry to make space access more available and frequent in our future lives. Lapsa was a former employee and award-winning rocket engineer at Bezos's Blue Origin, while the rest of their team come from SpaceX and other leading aerospace companies.
Key Points
- Stoke Space Technologies is focused on revolutionizing space travel by creating technology for reusable rockets with rapid turnaround, aiming to reduce the cost and increase the frequency of space access.
- The current renaissance period in the space industry is marked by advancements in satellite technology and a growing commercial sector, which are making space more accessible and profitable.
- The future of space economy hinges on developing a sustainable and profitable commercial sector that can support and scale with new innovations like global internet connectivity, Earth observation, and potentially manufacturing in space.
"We have all the technical and economic ingredients needed to build a massive economy in space. We’re not focused on Mars or the Moon, we’re singularly focused on building a space economy that makes life better on Earth.”
Today NFX Partner Morgan Beller is joined by Andy Lapsa, Co-Founder & CEO of Stoke Space Technologies, a company building reusable second-stage rockets to seamlessly Earth and orbit. Founded in 2019 and based in Renton, Washington they have been focused on the reusability aspect of rocketry to make space access more available and frequent in our future lives. Lapsa was a former employee and award-winning rocket engineer at Bezos's Blue Origin, while the rest of their team come from SpaceX and other leading aerospace companies.
As a lead investor, Morgan uncovers how they originally met, Andy's full Founder journey, why space is such an important industry to apply talented engineers to, and his overall decision to enter one of the most complex sectors in the world of tech.
Visit their website - https://www.stoke-space.com/
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