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Mendler: Comms customers need more reliability than a SpaceX architecture offers
“They are, they're monetizing bits and the customers that are buying their bits are the ones that need more reliability and flexibility than maybe like SpaceX driven architecture.”
Mendler: In-space compute and IoT are not today's commercial reality
“Like now there's enthusiasm around compute use cases and there's enthusiasm about IOT and other future industries moving to space. But the reality is that that's not space today.”
Mendler: Current ground infrastructure lacks capacity for future space missions
“Today the state of that ground infrastructure is really lacking in the capacity and volume that it can support for the future of space missions”
Mendler: Ground station licensing is easy because countries want space business
“Fortunately for us, the licensing has been relatively easy to work with in the different regions that we focused on, because most countries are open for business, you know. Like, they want to have more space business.”
Mendler: Space investors won't just bankroll 10-year visions anymore
“Like I think with investors in space today, and I think it's really the right thing. It's not just about bankrolling a vision that takes 10 years to materialize.”
Mendler: Tech overemphasizes Elon Musk's style over Steve Jobs' craft obsession
“I do think you know, Steve Jobs isn't the name that's mentioned as much anymore. Well, maybe that's an understatement. But I think, like, there's a lot of emphasis on, on the Elon mode, which I think is true, but also I think, like, the things that I really re…”