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Tom Mueller

@lrocket

Liquid rocket engine development, racecar driver, grandfather, CEO and CTO at Impulse https://t.co/XBThLja8eL

Manahattan Beach, CA Katılım Haziran 2011
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Tom Mueller
Tom Mueller@lrocket·
I’ve been talking about the need to move compute to space for a few years now, since about the time I founded Impulse. My thesis was not that it was needed because it is so hard/expensive to install terrestrial power, but because exponential growth of computer power could eventually crush resources on earth. This graphic is from my presentation and shows that computer power will equal all base power generation by mid 2040s. Compute is one of the few things that can be moved to space, but the product can be easily delivered back to earth. It just makes sense
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Tom Mueller@lrocket·
@Rainmaker1973 Yet sci-fi movies have robots shooting lasers that mostly miss (Star Wars, looking at you)
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Massimo@Rainmaker1973·
The Robotics team from Wissahickon High School in Ambler, Pennsylvania, built the robot Miss Daisy XXIV that picks up balls and shoots them into a container.
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Tom Mueller@lrocket·
@aaronburnett Its like the two Berger books, there were so many things I found I hadn't heard about.
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Tom Mueller@lrocket·
@SpaceAbhi SpaceX "almost died 3 times"? I guess I missed the other two
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Tom Mueller@lrocket·
Bravo to @NASAAdmin @rookisaacman on restructuring the #Artemis program – this is the leadership we need for the U.S. space program to succeed. Standardizing around a Block 1 variant is the right call. It opens an opportunity for commercial companies to support heavy cargo delivery to deep space. What we need is a standardized, expendable third stage. It’s cost-effective, flexible, and useful for other deep space missions beyond the Moon. @GoToImpulse’s Helios is capable of meeting that need. It’s a launch vehicle agnostic third stage that will have the highest-performing hydrocarbon engine ever and be capable of taking multiple tons of cargo to deep space. Helios meets a larger need for in-space mobility with the capability to go far, fast. Impulse is ready to support Artemis and other U.S. space goals. Let’s go!
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman@NASAAdmin

President Trump gave the world the Artemis Program, and NASA and our partners have the plan to deliver. We will standardize architecture where possible, add missions and accelerate flight rate, execute in an evolutionary way, and safely return American astronauts to the Moon, this time to stay. This is the NASA that once changed the world. This is the NASA that will do it again.

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Molly O’Shea
Molly O’Shea@MollySOShea·
BREAKING: Revel (@Revel_Software) Raises $150M at $1B+ in 15 Months Founder & CEO, Scott Morton (@scottgmorton) joins Sourcery to unpack how he went from designing high-consequence launch control systems at SpaceX to building the unified software platform modernizing hardware test & command systems across aerospace, defense, robotics, & advanced energy. The round was led by @IndexVentures, with significant participation from @Redpoint & returning investors @ThriveCapital, @felicis, & Abstract Ventures. Angel participation includes Dylan Field, co founder & CEO of Figma. 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 (00:00) Scott Morton, Founder & CEO at Revel (00:40) Raising $150M at a $1B+ valuation in just 15 months (02:58) What Revel actually builds (05:23) 10x faster engine testing by replacing legacy systems (07:26) Designing Falcon 9’s propellant load sequence (09:12) T-1: When every line of code has to be perfect (09:54) Building new infrastructure for Starship (11:48) Biggest lesson from Elon Musk (13:43) Pushing engineers past their self-imposed limits (15:43) Scaling Revel without losing speed (16:52) Revel C2 for command and control (19:38) Lessons from Figma CEO Dylan Field (20:55) What the next 12 months look like for Revel
Revel.io@Revel_Software

Today we announced our $150M Series B led by @IndexVentures with major participation from @Redpoint and returning investors including @ThriveCapital, @Felicis, and @AbstractVC. Across aerospace, energy, and manufacturing, engineering teams are pushing what’s possible. The software behind many of these systems hasn’t kept up. Revel gives engineering teams the infrastructure to test and control complex hardware systems with speed and confidence. In just over a year, we’ve built a world-class team, converted every pilot into a customer, and are now expanding the platform across new industries. If you believe great hardware deserves great software, we’re hiring across the board.

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Tom Mueller@lrocket·
Space is f'n huge. Between LEO, where most rockets drop off, and GEO, where critical infrastructure like comsats live, there’s 75+ trillion cubic miles. Missions need to move beyond launch, and the team at Impulse is building the in-space mobility solutions needed to do that well. We have over 100 open roles right now, across all departments. We're building something the entire orbital economy needs. Take a look! impulsespace.com/careers
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Tom Mueller@lrocket·
@dansgoldin The SpaceX Falcon 9 is proof that faster better cheaper works
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Dan Goldin
Dan Goldin@dansgoldin·
When I put Faster, Better, Cheaper into motion everyone said, "Ya can only pick two!" All I got to say to that is: GET OUTTA HERE! Faster, Better, Cheaper was/is about: 1 / Developing a portfolio of technologies, rather than betting everything on one mega program. 2 / By distributing cost and risk, you strip the need for 100% guaranteed success on each project. Some will fail. That's the point and failure is the data. 3 / Success-per-dollar matters more than success-per-attempt. We launched 16 missions under FBC. Six failed. All 16 combined cost roughly what we spent on one flagship. Ten successes for the price of one. But more than metrics, we were able to take some swings. We got back to Mars (not just as a country, but as a humanity) for heaven's sake! Those who say you can only pick two tend to also be the ones to stack papers of requirements three feet high and called it management. I believe FBC (a v2.0) is required for us to mobilize as a country, across every sector, across every technology, and you know - perhaps even non-technical sectors too! 💥 So, with that, let's mobilize 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 👇 Get my Faster, Better, Cheaper principles here: peraspera.us/a-users-guide-…
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Tom Mueller@lrocket·
@CJHandmer That 20 impulse ratio for Vulcan show why its impossible to recover the first stage. The booster has so much velocity at burnout it would eat up the payload mass and then some in propellant to recover it.
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Casey Handmer
Casey Handmer@CJHandmer·
An underappreciated fact about the ICPS is that it's absolutely minuscule as it was borrowed from the much smaller Atlas family of rockets. The most modern and successful rockets have a stage impulse ratio well under 10, meaning that the second stage does a lot of the work. With SLS it's more like 75, maybe 10x undersized, and barely brings enough Delta V to even pay for its weight and, based on today's experience, nowhere near enough to pay for its cost and complexity. You won't believe the reason why the rocket was engineered this way.
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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman@NASAAdmin

After overnight data showed an interruption in helium flow in the SLS interim cryogenic propulsion stage, teams are troubleshooting and preparing for a likely rollback of Artemis II to the VAB at @NASAKennedy. This will almost assuredly impact the March launch window. @NASA will continue to provide updates as they become available.

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Tom Mueller@lrocket·
Grandkids are the best. Let’s ride!
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Impulse Space
Impulse Space@GoToImpulse·
The next challenge in space is on-orbit mobility. When spacecraft can maneuver precisely, reliably, and responsively, everything accelerates: stations, satellites, logistics, exploration, and the orbital economy at large. We’re excited to provide the propulsion system for @vast's Haven Demo and Haven-1. Building the enabling infrastructure that lets others unlock their missions is how we move toward a real Space Age. #MobilizeSpace
Vast@vast

Haven Demo has successfully completed its initial perigee-lowering maneuver to demonstrate the spacecraft's ability to perform a controlled deorbit. The spacecraft engaged its orbit-maneuvering thrusters for approximately 14 minutes, lowering perigee by ~170km.

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Ashlee Vance
Ashlee Vance@ashleevance·
Not the Segway guy too . . .
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Delta Vee
Delta Vee@deltaVee42·
@BellikOzan Nuclear electric is also better than nuclear thermal IMO.
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Ozan Bellik@BellikOzan·
Nuclear propulsion bros in 2026: "Okay, okay, fine, we admit you don't need it for getting to Mars... But getting back! That's the hard part! You need nuclear for that! Also... efficiency!" Honestly I'm not even going to try to fight it. It's a far better thing to throw money at than SLS.
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