Keep pulling the thread on Delian Asparouhov.
Under the Commercial Crew program contracts, NASA paid Boeing approximately double the price it paid SpaceX for the same astronaut transport services.
The first crewed test mission of Boeing's Starliner experienced thruster issues and leaks, which were similar to problems observed in prior uncrewed tests.
Following thruster anomalies on the Starliner, NASA decided to deorbit the vehicle without its two astronauts, leaving them on the International Space Station for an extended and indefinite period.
Delian Asparouhov asserts that the Biden administration rejected SpaceX's offer to rescue the stranded Starliner astronauts to avoid giving Elon Musk a political win against Boeing during an election campaign.
Varda expects to have launched and landed four missions and generated tens of millions of dollars in revenue by the end of the current year.
Eric Schmidt has become the CEO of Relativity Space, a company that was reportedly on the brink of bankruptcy toward the end of last year.
The U.S. House and Senate passed a continuing resolution that freezes 2024 budget levels for the full year of 2025, preventing net new program additions and benefiting incumbent defense contractors.
SpaceX is the current next-generation space defense prime, holding the largest contracts in the field and representing the long-tail winner.
Outside of Anduril, Palantir, and SpaceX, no other venture-backed unicorn has delivered meaningful capabilities at scale for the warfighter.
Ramp recently achieved a $13 billion valuation in the secondary markets.
Sword Health has achieved a valuation of $3 billion or higher in recent transactions.
Varda plans to conduct either a launch or a landing for every one of its board meetings in the current year.