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Watched that and to be honest I think that's a pretty bad review of the company. The biggest concern I'd take away from the video would be the low funding capital so far - 170 million. Active cooling has been used in a ton of applications before so its not new - adding it to a reusable second stage is the new part of it. But being a smaller capsule than Starship or the Space Shuttle helps in the debate between active cooling and tiles. The take on the CEO is also pretty shady to me, to knock them because they came from Blue Origin (where they created a usable engine) and Blue Origin is slower than SpaceX takes away from the fast pace at which they are moving. If you watch any videos with the CEO he comes across as very knowledgeable and easy to talk to, and that comes across as a person who would have issues with talking and convincing investors. You can also hire in a head marketing guy to do a lot of that.
Not really. Take away Starlink and there is a surplus of launchersAnd there is no shortage of launchers needed for satellite launches, especially as prices come down to enable more launches. Being 5-10% more than SpaceX won't matter if they have a fast turnaround time, because there is a large demand for launchers.
As far as I know there have been at least 6 FFSC engines that have been component tested, and 3 Fully tested![]()
Stoke Space Completes First Successful Hotfire Test of Full-Flow, Staged-Combustion Engine | Stoke Space / 100% reusable rockets / USA
Today Stoke Space announced that it has successfully completed the first hotfire test for its new full-flow, staged-combustion (FFSC) rocket engine. The engine will power the first stage of Nova, the company’s fully reusable medium lift launch vehicle. Reaching this technical milestone...www.stokespace.com