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Issue 002 · 25 August 2026 · 8 min
What scale actually requires
SpaceX stands up a gas desk. Starcloud and Muon raise at compute- and factory-scale. Rocket Lab and Intuitive Machines take spacecraft production. The Space Force splits AMTI. The first useful mine products are water and oxygen.
What this issue is actually aboutThis week is about the inputs. Propellant and power get a trading book. Compute and buses get factories. The Pentagon buys a second source. Mining, if it is real, starts with water and oxygen — not platinum.
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