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Space Business Podcast #126 - Mo Shahzad, Relativity Space: Launch

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Relativity Space, from Long Beach, California, is probably one the best-known launch startups in the world. They had a partially successful launch of their Terran One rocket last year, are now working towards the launch of the much larger Terran R, have 1200 employees and raised over $1bn in funding. My guest is their President & CFO Mo Shahzad and we talk about all things Relativity but also a little about the launch market in general. Enjoy!

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    Timestamps:

    0:00 Intro

    2:30 Relativity Space summary
    5:13 Mo's career incl. switching to the space sector
    7:00 Acting as a "translator"
    13:00 Discussing difficulties with clients
    17:38 Hiring
    22:00 Steps on the way to Mars
    28:32 Production and flight cadence
    31:18 Pricing
    34:00 Relativity in the broader launch market
    38:31 Rideshare
    40:50 Ancillary products
    43:30 Vision
    45:48 Interesting things in commercial space
    49:00 Sci-Fi

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