Propulsion engineer and one of the founding employees of SpaceX, where he led rocket-engine development. Founder and CEO of Impulse Space.
no scored calls yet — needs a stated position or a categorical verdict, with a matured window vs SPY
Tom Mueller says the original Starlink work showed the need to make and fly as many satellites as possible, while skeptics assumed it could not be profitable. The retrospective thesis is that Starlink's economics were visible internally before the market believed them.
Impulse's Helios third stage adds 12 tons of propellant to Falcon 9, delivering 10x payload to Moon and 5x to Mars at fraction of Falcon Heavy cost, with Starship as demand accelerator not competitor.