aerospace_guy

This has been happening for years now. Just adding "AI" or "LLM" gets the views and $$ these days.

The Van Horn property is primarily for Blue Origin, and I believe most is under the Blue Origin LLC, not him directly.

Amazon can launch Kuiper satellites on any launch vehicle, not just New Glenn.

> And aerospace engineers are dirt cheap

Inaccurate, please stop sharing misinformation. Seeing this on HN is unfortunate.

It seems this is becoming the norm these days. Astra, Joby Aviation, Lucid Motors, Archer and a few others in the aerospace/automotive industries have done this recently.

Thanks for the response, y'all sound like a cool group of people. Wish you the best of luck, and I might sneak an application in once you get that hiring page up.

Godspeed!

Super cool!

1. I know there are a few other startups/companies working on similar technology. What differentiates y'all? I think Turion is the only one I've seen come out of YC though.

2. Don't see a careers page on your website. Are you hiring?

When commercial airplanes started out, people said the same thing about it being for rich people only. That's how these expensive things start. One day, the cost of these flights will be much lower, to the point where you and I can afford them. Hopefully that day is during our lifetime.

For sure, you're right that compared to a jet engine there are fewer parts. The caveat is you're comparing a large engine (and aircraft) with a much smaller one. Electric aircraft of today can't go anywhere near the range of jet engine powered aircraft, and hence the engine sizes are similarly sized. It's not a fair comparison, but you are right.

I agree! Just that saying "almost nothing to inspect or maintain" is not true.

Huh? I see a lot of parts that can fail. What do you mean?

I just watched this for the first time. Your energy is infectious and inspiring.

Thank you for what you do.

> feedback loop that robs us of our independent thought by way of falling victim to laziness

This was my first thought when I saw this. I intentionally don't use predictive text whenever I can to preserve whatever originality I have left.