
Building a rocket is hard. AST SpaceMobile thinks it’s “simple.”
Summary
AST SpaceMobile chief executive Abel Avellan recently outlined plans to develop a large rocket for launching the company's satellites into orbit. During a recent presentation, the founder repeatedly emphasized that the organization intends to keep the rocket design straightforward and uncomplicated.
During an hour-long event on Thursday, Abel Avellan, the founder and chief executive of the telecommunications company AST SpaceMobile, laid out his vision for developing a large rocket to launch his Bluebird satellites into orbit. Avellan emphasized, over and over again, that AST plans to build a "simple" rocket. He paraphrased SpaceX founder Elon Musk several times, saying, "the best…
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