SpaceX

Dude, you gotta get on Starlink. I know, I know. Can't wait. Fix up this latency in a heartbeat. Seriously. Welcome to Season 6, Episode 7 of Acquired, the podcast about great technology companies and the stories behind them. I'm Ben Gilbert. I'm David Rosenthal. And we are your hosts.

Today we are talking about SpaceX, the company that will this very week be attempting to launch humans into space. as a private company and make the United States a spacefaring nation for the first time since the end of the space shuttle program. Which Unbelievably was it a decade ago. David, how crazy is it that it's already been a decade since the end of the shuttle program? And also how crazy is it that we haven't sent humans to space as

the US since then. So crazy. I remember when that happened, just like How disappointing that was. Which makes What's about to happen. So exciting. Yeah,'cause I mean

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