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EARLY Access [Video] with Matt Gialich - CEO of AstroForge
Added 2025-08-09 22:25:59 +0000 UTCMatt Gialich is the Co-Founder and CEO of AstroForge, an asteroid mining company founded in 2022 that aims to extract platinum group metals from near-Earth asteroids to redefine sustainable mining practices. With over a decade of experience leading high-performing engineering teams, Gialich holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
His career began at Toyon Research Corporation as an analyst developing novel navigation algorithms, followed by key roles at Virgin Orbit, where he led the flight software and GNC teams and oversaw avionics development. He later served as Director of Vehicle Software at Bird, where he met co-founder Jose Acain, sparking the idea for AstroForge amid their shared passion for space.
Previously, Gialich was co-founder and CEO of Ex Scientia Technologies. A Y Combinator alumnus, he has guided AstroForge to successful missions, including Mission 1's launch, and advocates for commercial space innovation to address resource scarcity on Earth.
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I have learned so much from all of these recent innovators you have had on your show. None of this has really ever sparked an interest in me, but listening to them and an understanding more has helped a ton. Love this episode.
Shana Hatch
2025-08-13 13:50:04 +0000 UTCIf we relayed collectors into/through a black hole, we could build a database build logic.
CK Ultra
2025-08-12 23:43:02 +0000 UTCI stopped at 40m, when you both concluded that you do not believe in aliens. LOL Can you explain crop circles? Do your research first. Its complex physics and impossible to make from machines or humans. I cannot say I KNOW there are aliens, but I believe, from my research. Ill listen to the rest tomorrow ;)
Ask Holly Hall
2025-08-12 01:18:19 +0000 UTCCosmic Web is what you were thinking about instead of Background Radiation. Cosmic Web is the path that galaxys move through the universe. A path looks like a brain. We all right, parasite living in somethings brain.
Brian Paine
2025-08-11 16:24:04 +0000 UTCAwesome guy, awesome interview as always⦠Thanks Shawn
Sergey Maximov
2025-08-11 02:13:30 +0000 UTCReally the best advise for an entrapanure/founder. Dont worry about what anyone thinks. Good interview.
Tindog
2025-08-10 14:40:45 +0000 UTCI love his drive and his suggestion for more observations! Awesome dude! (Try publishing an observation that doesn't fit the standard model!)
Robert Diggins
2025-08-10 13:46:31 +0000 UTCBackground Radiation of the Universe. The microwaves that they noticed CAME FROM EARTH'S OCEANS! The only antenna that was shielded from the oceans DIDN'T FIND THE CMB. It's called the Harouni Antenna and it's currently in disrepair. Fix that sucker up. Otherwise, take a look at the data from it. π‘
Robert Diggins
2025-08-10 13:43:15 +0000 UTCAt 1:36:05 he started talking about red shift and observations, leading to the Expanding Universe - everything's moving away from us. Houston, we have a problem. Quick! Call Halton Arp! Oh, crap, he's dead! Find his books! Start with 'Seeing Red' and realize how it is that you HAVEN'T ALREADY SEEN HIS OBSERVATIONS, THAT BROKE THE MODEL. π€― THEY. WON'T. PUBLISH. THAT. KIND. OF. OBSERVATIONAL DATA. IT'S "BEYOND THEIR IMAGINATION". SCIENCE IS F'ED. IT'S "THE SCIENCE" NOW, UNLESS YOU'RE REALLY BRAVE. THIS COULD AFFECT WHAT YOU'RE DOING! MAYBE YOU'LL BE THE ONE TO SAY, OH, CRAP, WE PASSED THAT ASTROID TOO SOON! WAIT, IF WE ADJUST THE RED SHIFT DOWN, BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING INHERENTLY RED ABOUT OBJECTS IN SPACE, THAT IS QUANTIZED (SAME RANGES ACROSS MULTIPLE PAIRS OF CONNECTED GALAXIES WITH VASTLY DIFFERENT RED SHIFTS (THESE "CAN'T EXIST" BUT DEFINITELY DO AND THE JWST REINFORCED THE FACT THAT THEY'RE CONNECTED AND NOT JUST A BUNCH OF COINCIDENCES OF GALAXIES FAR AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, WHICH JUST HAPPENED TO "APPEAR CONNECTED BY CHANCE" ...NO, THEY'RE DEFINITELY CONNECTED AND THE MODEL IS BROKEN, BUT NOBODY WILL TALK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE WHO GETS MONEY FOR THAT? ANYWAY, SEND ME A NICKEL, IF THIS ENDS UP HELPING YOU, BECAUSE YOU ARE BEING LIED TO, ABOUT THE ALL THE RED BEING STRETCHED OUT LIGHT WAVES (DOPPLER EFFECT FOR SOUND, AS THE TRAIN MOVES AWAY). THE QUANTIZED AMOUNTS OF RED ACROSS MULTIPLE CONNECTED PAIRS SUGGESTS A PATTERN. WE CAN SPECULATE A PARENT CHILD RELATIONSHIP, FOR KICKS. MAYBE THIS WON'T MATTER, FOR THE DISTANCES YOU'RE GOING, BUT MAYBE IT WILL. TRY THE MATH WITHOUT THE REDSHIFT VARIABLE AND USE THAT AS A LOWER BOUND FOR THE RANGE, THEN COLLECT DATA ABOUT YOUR REAL OBSERVATIONS AND SEE IF IT'S STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT, THAT THEY'RE CLOSER AND YOURE MORE ACCURATE W/O REDSHIFT FACTORING AND THE "EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE" (FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT, BTW π). BREAK ,"THE SCIENCE", WHILE EVERYONE ASKS WHAT'S YOUR SECRET! DON'T FORGET TO GET THOSE ARP BOOKS - THE AFOREMENTIONED AND ONE WITH ALL THE PICTURES, FOR THE COFFEE TABLE. π π π
Robert Diggins
2025-08-10 13:28:27 +0000 UTCI just saw some pictures of Mars rocks that were found on Earth. Has he ever come across these and how does he think they escaped Mars (velocity) without being pulverized by whatever hit Mars that caused it? Or was it an electric arc discharge, that broke off the rocks and created Valles Marinaris? Like this: π€ https://youtu.be/SKk5r5Fm570
Robert Diggins
2025-08-10 03:26:27 +0000 UTC
