Starship

3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Apr 23, 2025 by Shyam Sankar · said 14 times in 4 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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brought up most by Gavin Baker (6), Erin Price-Wright (4), Chandler Lujica (2), Shyam Sankar (1), Doug Bernauer (1)

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2026 13 mentions in 3 episodes 4 per episode
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Apr 23, 2025 bullish
Assertion Open · timeframe Apr 2028
Sankar: SpaceX Starship heavy reuse will reduce launch costs to $10-$20/kg
“The shuttle used to cost 50,000 dollars a kilogram to get to orbit. Cheaper mechanisms we had were like 20,000 dollars a kilogram. And with Starship heavy reuse, we're talking about 10 to 20 bucks.”
Shyam Sankar Apr 23, 2025 ▶ 2:50 Mobilizing the American Industrial Base
Mar 27, 2026
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Luzsicza: Most critical SpaceX engineers on Starship and Falcon are former interns
“There, I think the overwhelming population of folks that are doing so much of the critical work on Starship, Dragon, Falcon even are intern conversions.”
Chandler Lujica Mar 27, 2026 ▶ 41:59 Tesla and SpaceX Alumni on Elon Musk, Decision Velocity, and the Future of Hard Tech | a16z
Aug 31, 2026 bullish
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Starship Reusability Drops Orbital Compute Launch Costs Under $1B per Gigawatt
“What you have to compare it to is the cost of launch, and with Starship reusability, that goes to under a billion, so the economics just instantly flip.”
Gavin Baker Aug 31, 2026 ▶ 38:03 Why AI Demand Is Outrunning Compute Supply
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