SpinLaunch Doesn’t Pencil Out
I can’t make it pencil out. Kudos to the team for raising so much money, though. Here’s where I see problems. When the chamber admits air after a launch, the …
Recap – Orbital Bridge Launch: A Revolutionary Space Launch System
Introduction: Orbital Bridge Launch is a patent-pending, innovative launch system that redefines the current space launch paradigm. It eliminates the need for the traditional Stage One of a liquid-fueled rocket …
Is Humanity in Space, at Scale wasted money?
In a recent conversation with some environmentalists about the need for humanity to be in space, at scale, they tried to convince me that it was wasted money, which would …
Highschool with Jeff Bezos
Fun fact: The founder of Orbital Bridge LLC, Jared Freedman, went to Miami Palmetto Senior High School, at the same time as Jeff Bezos. Yes, that Jeff Bezos. He was …
Happy Birthday, In Memoriam, to Bob Truax
Today we remember Captain Robert C. “Bob” Truax, born September 3, 1917, one of the great original thinkers of American rocketry and a lifelong advocate for practical, reusable, and dramatically …
The Inventor of Bread and the Collector of Heads
In the heart of ancient Egypt, where the sun blazed over golden sands and the Nile’s waters shimmered with life, there lived a humble beer maker named Akhem. A recent …
Lessons from the Orbital Prime Program
Orbital Bridge’s participation in the SpaceWERX Orbital Prime program provided an opportunity to work directly with the United States Space Force, explore emerging requirements for in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing, …
Orbital Prime Phase II Proposals Judged Selectable, Not Funded
Following completion of the SpaceWERX Orbital Prime Phase I program, Orbital Bridge submitted three proposals for continued development: a Phase II STTR proposal for CoVAISAMO, a Direct-to-Phase II SBIR proposal …
SpaceCom 2023 Booth and Technology Debut
Orbital Bridge LLC made its first major public industry appearance at SpaceCom 2023, presenting a range of launch, artificial intelligence, satellite, orbital logistics, and in-space infrastructure technologies. Orbital Bridge occupied …