Feldman: Fully reusable on-demand rockets will be an iPhone App Store moment
Tom Feldman · Inside The Startup Building Reusable Rockets · Y Combinator · Jan 8, 2026 · at 0:27
Tom Feldman is the co-founder and CTO of Stoke Space, discussing the economic impact of fully reusable orbital rockets.
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“I think if you have something that can go up and come back to the place where you want it to go, when you want it to go, I think it is like the iPhone app store moment.”
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