Megafunds & the New VC Order
Industrial tech has birthed a new breed of firm — the megafund. What does this new world order mean?
Dan Goldin’s 10 Points
At Endless Frontiers in Austin, TX: Dan Goldin shared “10 Points’ America needs to over the next decade. What else should go on the list?
Faster, Better, Cheaper
The architect of Faster, Better, Cheaper — revisits it for the first time in 25 years.
Faster, Better, Cheaper 2.0
American Industrial Complex: Capacity Trap; K-Shaped Comeback; Vertical Integration Reflex
Why Aren’t We Flying Faster?
America keeps inventing hypersonics. China keeps flying them. We cancel.
A Reformed "Taiwan Theorycrafter”
America’s ruling class thinks about Taiwan. But what do we learn when we actually go there?
Friction Stir Welding
No melting, no failure. Friction stir welding built the ISS one perfect joint at a time.
Terafab
Elon Musk wants to fab chips at home. Dan Goldin thinks it might matter.
“The Supermarket of the World.”
America is losing farmland to fabs and data centers. Technology has to help.
Realities of Space-Based Compute
Orbital data centers are in! But what are the realities we must consider?
Building Your First FDE Team
The playbook to your first Forward Deployed Engineering team. From Palantir's early FDE.
Building the ISS
The ISS lasted 25 years on physics, discipline, and human trust – not luck.
Space Power
Space datacenters run on solar panels nobody makes cheaply enough yet. That has to change.
Chemical Propulsion's Ceiling
Chemical rockets have a ceiling. Nuclear thermal breaks it. Here's why now.
The State of Global Upmass
SpaceX owns 83% of orbital launches. That's a triumph and a liability.
Who Controls the Air
The Pentagon owns mid-band spectrum. America is a global broadband island.
Fusion: Core Power
NIF proved it works. Now fusion needs industrial will, not just physics.
