Mr. Space Gun @LongshotSpace
Alameda, CA
Joined January 2024
- Tweets337
- Following2.2K
- Followers2.6K
- Likes1.1K
Pinned Tweet
John Gowan interviewing our very own @natosaichek on the largest technical challenges we face transiting the lower atmosphere at orbital speeds.
Space-gun space-fun!
youtu.be/knBC4KsAmdU?si=ar04…
mike grace retweeted
They are moving faster than even the best projections* had expected.
Amazing progress at an amazing speed! This is awesome.
(The projections were mine)
mike grace retweeted
This is my first conversation with @_mikegrace, co-founder and CEO of @LongshotSpace.
Longshot is building giant space guns
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Technological inertia
00:02:07 Why rockets won
00:04:36 The V3 cannon
00:07:48 Von Braun and the space race
00:09:53 Why a better rocket isn't enough
00:16:48 Survive until you're lucky
00:18:21 Making a dent in history
00:20:10 A thousand new Americas
00:26:26 Why wealthy societies resist new things
00:35:07 Going bankrupt
00:37:41 Making every kilo count
00:40:48 Companies become their incentives
00:45:00 SpaceX dominance
00:48:28 Reputation matters
00:50:38 Capital as a moat
00:52:42 Making the gun cheaper
00:55:11 Real estate requirement
01:03:21 The path to orbit
01:06:55 Spend money to save time
01:15:22 Mike's hardest decision
mike grace retweeted
An important chart -- less for the history than what it says about the future.
The form factor for the "tens of dollars per kg" era is not going to be rockets, it will be ground-based launch systems like @LongshotSpace by @_mikegrace.
My homie Lauren put a ton of work into highlighting not only the awesome stuff that we do here at Longshot but the general excellence that permeates Alameda Point. Tons of hardware a quick ferry ride from downtown San Francisco.
youtu.be/BzW4OxadAcU?si=XZ2m…
mike grace retweeted
Cool to see my art up on the wall. Thanks @_mikegrace
My pal Adrian paints as a hobby. He made two lovely abstracts of a locomotive and a spaceship and offered them gifts.
He gave me the go-ahead to make an AI space gun in his style. I just ordered it as a poster that'll hang in the foyer with his other two.
mike grace retweeted
There is nothing more important than defending Western Civilization
So I am happy to say I'm bringing the USS Hornet Defense Tech Hackathon back as an annual tradition.
360 hackers on a WW2 aircraft carrier. Overnight in the bunks.
Jan 30/31
coolest gift ever. space trading cards from @StarbenchA
thanks so much @kmcannon!
Great article.
Can Longshot Beat Starship on Launch Costs? starbench.substack.com/p/can…
There are two audiences / PMF’s for space guns: defense needs affordable hypersonic tests, and launch demand is climbing.
Longshot built the world's largest light-gas gun near SF to serve both.
Hypersonics now, orbit at $100/kg next.
longshotspace.com
featured in Techcrunch!
Longshot is trying to build a gun big enough to make space data centers a reality.
spr.ly/6016BH1M48
