My Heroes
5 October 2008I was honored to be invited to give a short talk at the 25th anniversary reception for what I believe to be Seattle’s oldest venture fund, originally Rainier Venture Partners, then Olympic VP, and now called OVP.Â
Given all of the difficulties around the world, I thought it would be worth talking about something upbeat, and [...]
Elon Musk’s Dream - And Ours - Comes True
28 September 2008Fellow SNS member Elon Musk, and his great crew at Space Exploration Technologies, have today succeeded in the first privately funded launch of a craft into earth orbit.
This history-making effort comes as the fourth launch attempt for the new SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket; the company has launches scheduled going forward for this LEO-oriented satellite launcher, [...]