April 20 2022 Antonio Gracias and Gavin Baker (Altreides) Bestie Guesties - JCal taping from Starbase - in a tiny home SpaceX launch AG is board member New engine/ship This vehicle will take us to Mars Falcon 9, etc were most successful vehicles This is a new one - needs to be stable $2M is the (variable) cost to get a 100 tons to orbit This is a step function change Falcon 9 mass to useful orbit is 17 metric tons - variable cost is ~$15M 100 metric tons for new engine is conservative This is about 50x change in cost - so Starlink, etc becomes much cheaper Interior space of this is size of ISS - its huge!!! There will be no more trans-atlantic trans-pacific flights - transportation logistics - fundamental change Experience of visiting Starbase is special - human beings can accomplish something like this is amazing Engineers living in gulfstreams in the middle of the desert - miles away from any major city - no potable water, no electric...