Feldman: No Rocket Companies Were Rigorously Tackling Full Reusability in 2019
Tom Feldman · Inside The Startup Building Reusable Rockets · Y Combinator · Jan 8, 2026 · at 5:03
Tom Feldman, co-founder of Stoke Space, explains why he and Andy Lapsa left Blue Origin in 2019 to launch Stoke Space and build fully reusable rockets.
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“There is this problem, you know, people are still throwing away rockets. And like, we really didn't see anybody actively working super hard to like, you know, attack that problem with rigor, combined with the fact that we thought we had a pretty good idea on how to solve it, and it was like, alright, that's a thing.”
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