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Aramco of The Moon: Lunar Ice Mining For Multiplanetary Rockets | Starpath

Aramco of The Moon: Lunar Ice Mining For Multiplanetary Rockets | Starpath

Published 1 year, 2 months ago
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Molly O’Shea interviews Saurav Shroff, Founder & CEO of Starpath, a company developing megascale propellant production systems for lunar and Mars operations. For full show notes, visit: https://highlightai.com/share/65820d0a-9323-4de8-a526-9bb3aca1baeb


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Sponsor: Archer


Archer's Midnight is a piloted four passenger aircraft designed to perform rapid back-to-back flights with minimal charge time between flights. Learn more about how Archer is set to open up a new world of opportunity for passengers by providing safe and efficient access to people, places, and events across the communities they live, visit https://www.archer.com/


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Companies mentioned:



SpaceX https://www.spacex.com/


Blue Origin https://www.blueorigin.com/


NASA https://www.nasa.gov/


Investors:


8VC https://www.8vc.com/


Fusion Fund https://fusionfund.com/


Day One Ventures https://www.dayoneventures.com/


Hummingbird https://hummingbird.vc/


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TIMESTAMPS:


(00:00) Introduction and multi-planetary discussion


(01:19) Starpath's mission and fundraising


(02:50) Breakdown of core systems


(04:50) Technical details of mining operations


(08:30) Regulatory considerations for lunar mining


(10:10) Energy demand and power generation


(12:30) Sponsor break


(13:14) Market context and SpaceX developments


(15:06) Prototyping and scaling strategy


(16:40) Power generation system design


(21:30) Testing methodology


(24:09) Lunar night survival challenges


(25:40) Facility and operations


(26:40) Business model and revenue strategy


(28:19) Competition landscape


(29:30) Founder's conviction and vision


(31:00) Hiring plans and closing remarks


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