Madison Malone

. @RocketLab is bolstering its in-house production of satellite thrusters and lasers as demand grows for constellations. In our latest interview, CEO @Peter_J_Beck shares his thoughts on where the space industry is going and how his company is preparing to benefit. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:01 - Why Peter Beck axed his own salary 02:17 - Electric Propulsion: Introducing Gauss 05:25 - How Rocket Lab’s Special Projects team solves space industry pain points 08:47 - @mynaric acquisition: Why satellite laser communications is critical 10:55 - $RKLB ’s satellite constellation strategy 12:28 - “The biggest opportunity is yet to be thought of” 13:55 - Are space-based data centers legit? 15:16 - Hyperscaler's strategic access to orbit 17:21 - US$2 billion-plus backlog: Military v Commercial revenue mix 20:06 - @NASA 's Artemis II moon mission! 21:15 - Permanent lunar base thoughts (cc. @NASAMoonBase ) 22:58 - Competition for Mars missions 25:06 - The Big Rocket Race: @SpaceX 's Starship, @blueorigin New Glenn & Rocket Lab’s Neutron 26:58 - Neutron 2026 launch: “We work our ass off” 28:40 - “It’s all about the economics. This is where a lot of space companies go wrong.” 29:37 - Launch cadence & reusability 31:40 - Durability of rocket hardware (does useful lifetime compress with demand, like GPUs?) 33:06 - Outro Disclaimer: I own shares in Rocket Lab. This content is of a general nature and is not intended to be personalized financial advice.

. @SpaceX has @NICKIMINAJ , @blueorigin has @katyperry so @RocketLab must now send @lorde into orbit

+ @NICKIMINAJ cameo !!!

Stand down on launch today but still worth a watch to see @SpaceX 's - New launchpad - New rocket - New engines - New flight & ground software - New Starlink sats coming - More details about Stargaze satellite camera project - Announcement of plans for first Mars fly-by mission - V cool footage from the ocean recovery team

Alright, I pulled 24 tidbits from SpaceX's S-1. Here they are, ranked 👇

@quant2be Legend, thank you!

@maddireidy Saramonic WiTalk9 Duplex Wireless Intercom System

Someone pls tell me what these headset microphones are that capture voices without background noise?! Ideal for filming factory tours

@GounderRishan Would love to do a Taiwan episode. What companies do you recommend looking into in photonics specifically?

@maddireidy Not sure about the headsets, but keen to have you do an interview/factory tour of photonics/copackaged optics in relation to current/future choke points within Datacenter/AI workloads in Taiwan. 😁

@JacobKeeton20 @EShoreSpaceflt @Muzznzer I don’t! @MoreMorganB & @muriellebaker may have more intel?

@EShoreSpaceflt @Muzznzer @maddireidy any chance you have more info on this?

There has been some very interesting speculation building in the Rocket Lab community, and a recent post from a New Zealand logistics company may have just added a significant piece to the puzzle. It started when @Muzznzer spotted on X that the Payload Attach Fitting — also known as the PAF, or Payload Adapter — appeared to be missing from Rocket Lab's complex in New Zealand. Two to three days later, Rocket Freight LTD posted on Facebook about chartering an Antonov AN-124 — the largest cargo aircraft in the world — for a highly specialized, time-sensitive freight project in New Zealand. The operation involved aircraft charter coordination, oversized transport planning and permits, customs and biosecurity management, airside security, heavy lift loading using gantry cranes, and full airport and apron coordination. One piece of cargo measured an impressive 5.4 meters wide, requiring specialized route planning, pilot vehicles, and permits across multiple parties. facebook.com/share/r/1LRT1G… Screenshots from Rocket Freight LTD's video of the loading process appear consistent with what a PAF and associated Rocket Lab hardware would look like during transport. The AN-124 was tracked departing New Zealand, stopping in Fiji, and arriving in California. Now, we're not saying it's aliens — but something 5.4 meters wide, wrapped up tight, loaded in the dead of night onto the world's largest cargo plane, and flown across the Pacific for "analysis" does sound like it came straight out of a Roswell press briefing. We'll just say it's "unidentified freight objects" and leave it at that. In all seriousness, the big question now is: what happens next? Does this hardware go on a direct flight to Wallops Island, Virginia, or does it arrive near Baltimore, Maryland and make its way down by barge — possibly linking up with additional parts from Rocket Lab's facility in Maryland? Things are moving. Stay tuned. 📷@Roket Freight LTD 📷@RocketLab @NASASpaceflight

@Muzznzer @JacobKeeton20 @EShoreSpaceflt @RocketLab I don’t disagree with this, you guys keep us all on our toes 😅

@JacobKeeton20 @EShoreSpaceflt @maddireidy Nah, Madison @maddireidy is a fantastic "investigative" journalist but no patch on us @RocketLab super slueths🕵️

Overnight, $IREN traded almost AUD $10 billion in a single session on the NASDAQ - more than the entire @ASX's on-market daily turnover of AUD $7.5 billion. I'll be honest. That number is humbling. But it also stings a little. Because two and a half years ago, we were told we weren't welcome on the ASX. The rejection was disappointing - not just for what it meant for us as a company, but for what it said about Australia's willingness to back next-generation technology at scale. We believed then, as we do now, that the future of digital infrastructure and compute deserved a place in Australian capital markets. Apparently, the feeling wasn't mutual. But we never gave up on Australia. We have continued to try and do business here. We have several large-scale data centre development sites across the country, and our commitment to building world-class, renewable-powered infrastructure on Australian soil has never wavered. Australia has everything it needs to be a global leader in AI infrastructure - the land, the renewable energy, the engineering talent. The permitting and regulatory process remains our biggest challenge - and I won't pretend otherwise. It is slow, complex, and at times deeply frustrating for a business operating at the speed that AI demands. What it needs now is the regulatory and policy environment to not miss out on this opportunity. But we are working through it, and when we get to the other side, we are ready to accelerate.

@natbrunell @nycdivorcelaw Unrelated appreciation comment for those heels @natbrunell !!

I sat down with the one and only James Sexton @nycdivorcelaw for one of the most eye-opening conversations I’ve had about what really happens when relationships and finances collide. We talked about the questions many people shy away from: – Do couples with more money actually have happier marriages? – Are we carrying financial trauma from childhood into our relationships? – What happens when one person is a saver and the other is a spender? – What if the woman is the breadwinner - does it change the dynamic? – Are prenups practical… or unromantic? – And in today’s world: how do Bitcoin and crypto get handled in a divorce? What stayed with me most is this: money isn’t just a balance sheet…it’s tied to emotion, identity, power, and sometimes fear. And if you don’t talk about it early, it will show up later. We also talked about something hopeful: how couples can actually fix an unhappy marriage before it gets to the breaking point. This is one of those conversations I think everyone should hear… whether you’re single, dating, married, or somewhere in between. Episode drops tomorrow! Subscribe to Coin Stories wherever you get your podcasts. Save this so you don’t miss it—and send it to someone you’d want to have these conversations with.

@IHateUrContent @pronounced_kyle I might have to rebrand to this title 😅

@pronounced_kyle Get mommy madison in there. @maddireidy

Related: I made a group chat for startup video creators this weekend. For now, we're keeping it exclusive — people working with hardware startups, and who clear a pretty high threshold of seriousness. Let me know who I should add!

@pronounced_kyle 🙋‍♀️ I make the only independent business show in New Zealand covering hardware start ups, would love to represent down under in the chat

@ashleevance Let’s get you some cyborg legs @Liammalone93

Elective amputations to keep up with the robots? Oh, why not, let's go there. In this episode, we get into the next era of humans as technology makes it possible for us to have robotic prosthetics. Connor Glass from Phantom Neuro is the guest. And he comes with some very weird and wonderful ideas. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 03:17 The Neuralink alternative 16:22 The two-button problem killing prosthetics 21:47 Why every cyborg demo lies a little 27:00 Who actually pays for a cyborg arm? 31:19 From Tulsa kid to Hopkins surgeon to startup 35:00 The DARPA bet behind every BCI 43:17 Will we choose to amputate? 49:26 Cyborg soldiers and racing China 1:04:05 20 BCI startups, one big problem 1:12:14 AI vs BCI, and what makes us human

make data centers aesthetically beautiful

@saturn_arc @SpaceX @Colin_Rich_ Give these guys an Oscar damn @akt3000 @Colin_Rich_

@maddireidy @SpaceX I believe so. @Colin_Rich_, cinematographer for SpaceX might be the person you’re looking for.

The static fire sequence intro, speed tracked drone shots from the pad, lighting revealing the heat shield tile mosaic, transitioning to raw audio from the manufacturing floor. The shot of mission control shaking. UGH ABSOLUTE CINEMA Was this made solely by @SpaceX ‘s internal team?? Would love to know

@Phantomkiwi Karma is coming after what we pulled on our parents for sure 😂

@maddireidy Wait till they teenagers lol.

So having kids is in fact the best feeling in the world. I didn’t know it was possible to love someone this much. Feels like I’ve unlocked an unknown premium tier in this game of life.

@Kunwar1512 Ours are two days apart! Congratulations 🥰

@maddireidy Had our first kid yesterday and the feeling is crazy. Congratulations 🥳