And none of this would have been possible if SpaceX hadn't figured out how to do what they do.

Absolutely not. Let's be honest about this. Elon led the way here. He showed that, you know,

if he got the money for building Falcon 1 through Falcon 9 and Dragon that there was a huge kind

of pot of gold at the end of that rainbow, and this really allowed VC to open up to say,

holy s**t, these companies can actually exist in their possible.

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Hey everybody. Welcome back to this week in startups today. Got a really interesting

interview lined up view. Today's guest is Matt Gullich and he is with the company called

Astroforge. Does Astroforge do? Well, they're using SpaceX's ride sharing program to get into space

and launch devices that will be able to mine asteroids. And just two weeks ago Astroforge sent

its first vehicle into space, the broker one vehicle. Here's what it looks like for those of you

watching. Looks like two solar rays with a box in the middle. And we'll get into what it does in a

moment. But first, let's welcome Matt to the program. Hey Matt. Hey Jason, thanks for having me on.

All right. Why should we be trying to mine asteroids? What are on asteroids? That's not here on

planet Earth. What's the point? Specifically, we are starting out first with what are called the

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