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Mueller predicts Deneb will be the highest-performing hydrocarbon engine ever
“This engine will probably be the highest performing hydrocarbon engine ever flown because it's, it has a very high area ratio.”
Mueller predicts global compute infrastructure will eventually move to space
“Compute will need to move to space at some point.”
SpaceX's Merlin is the most reliable, highest thrust-to-weight engine ever
“My, probably my proudest development was the Merlin engine, which is currently flying on Falcon nine, the most reliable rocket engine ever developed, and also the highest thrust of weight of any rocket engine ever developed.”
Solar electric propulsion will outperform nuclear on cost for near-Earth missions
“Nuclear electric NEP propulsion is going to be important for going out to the outer planets. If you're staying near earth or even between earth and Mars, probably solar electric is, is, is, is going to outperform it on, on cost and performance just because sol…”
Mueller predicts large-scale nuclear rocket stages are decades away
“I think it's pretty far in the future. I mean, you know, and maybe, maybe a few decades away before we're really doing big nuclear stages.”
Mueller met Elon Musk through amateur rocketry projects in his garage
“In fact, that's how I met Elon was through the amateur rocket stuff that I was doing.”
Impulse Space's Helios vehicle can boost Mars payload capacity 5x
“This can take a large satellite, like a four ton satellite from low earth orbit at a couple hundred miles up to geosynchronous orbit at 22,000 miles. That's so basically escaping most of the gravity well over very high energy transfer. It can take, you know, f…”