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Phil Larson retweeted
Jun 4
Building fast laser comm links to space is really hard, @ObservableSpace is building them anyway
We back teams that embrace challenges most would find “too hard”
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Phil Larson retweeted
The next space race is on the ground
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Phil Larson retweeted
Great to be featured on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and share what we’re building at Observable Space.
@NYSE
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Phil Larson retweeted
We are pleased to be part of Observable Space’s European expansion as a strategic partner.
Congratulations to the Observable Space team!
#BaaderPlanetarium #ObservableSpace
Today we closed a $90 million Series A and a $94 million U.S. Space Force contract to scale the next-generation of optical infrastructure for space.
Read our official announcement here: observable.space/news/observ…
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Phil Larson retweeted
May 29
Space lasers making their way to @NYSE - most bits pushed and consumed by companies listed there will make their way through @ObservableSpace
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Phil Larson retweeted
May 28
Observable Space raises $90 million and wins Space Force contract for optical systems spacenews.com/observable-spa…
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Phil Larson retweeted
May 29
building space lasers in DETROIT
We have been awarded a $94 million U.S. Space Force contract under the APFIT program to advance deployable optical sensing infrastructure for tracking and precisely observing objects in space.
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Phil Larson retweeted
May 28
RF spectrum and undersea fiber built the modern Internet.
The AI era will require massive compute across Earth and space, connected not by radio, but by optical links moving data orders of magnitude faster.
Excited to back @ObservableSpace, building the future of space and terrestrial laser comms - h/t @Bloomberg
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Phil Larson retweeted
Today we closed a $90 million Series A and a $94 million U.S. Space Force contract to scale the next-generation of optical infrastructure for space.
Read our official announcement here: observable.space/news/observ…
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Observable Space raised $90 million in its debut funding round as the company seeks to use lasers to help satellites and potentially orbiting data centers move information to and from Earth. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Phil Larson retweeted
May 22
Thrilled to welcome @NASAAdmin to APL today to meet our amazing people and see the exciting work they do to ensure U.S. space superiority.
May 22
Administrator Jared Isaacman (@NASAAdmin) visited APL for a firsthand look at the @NASA Dragonfly mission and the teams and technologies advancing world-changing space science, exploration, and national security missions for the nation.
ALT Bobby Braun (left), head of APL’s Space Exploration Sector, discussing the first-of-its-kind Dragonfly vehicle with Isaacman outside of the Lab’s clean rooms. (Credit: Johns Hopkins APL/Craig Weiman)
ALT Isaacman addresses Lab staff members after learning more about how APL and the Space Exploration Sector blend science and security to deliver impact for the nation. (Credit: Johns Hopkins APL/Craig Weiman)
ALT Elizabeth Turtle (left), Dragonfly’s principal investigator from APL, discusses the mission with Isaacman (right) and team. (Credit: Johns Hopkins APL/Craig Weiman)
ALT APL staff members meet with Isaacman (second from left) after he learned more about APL’s disruptive ideas, including space nuclear power and nuclear planetary defense. (Credit: Johns Hopkins APL/Craig Weiman)
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Phil Larson retweeted
Incredible visit to the Applied Physics Laboratory. What a team and facilities, delivering amazing spacecraft from Transit to New Horizons, Parker Solar Probe, and Dragonfly coming up next. We appreciate the partnership.
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Phil Larson retweeted
May 16
Undersea fiber built the internet.
Tomorrow’s AI will run on photons moving through space: across satellites, laser links, and ground stations powered by world-class optics.
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Phil Larson retweeted
May 13
Google SpaceX are racing to put AI accelerators in orbit. Fine. But chips in LEO will be expensive space junk without lasercom.
The waves to catch aren’t radios, they will be the photons carrying the bits home:
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Phil Larson retweeted
May 8
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. This ain’t it.
arstechnica.com/space/2026/0…
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Phil Larson retweeted
May 5
Magical companies tend to concentrate in geographies. These geographies benefit from the virtuous cycle of great companies producing talent that goes on to build the next ones
I interviewed in El Segundo a year before SpaceX was founded, and left so uninspired by the aerospace establishment that I moved to Detroit to join GM. Then SpaceX changed El Segundo to the point where it now attracts the very best
Privileged to have sat down with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and her team today at Observable Space, with offices in LA and near Detroit, on seeding a talent engine and spawning tomorrow’s great tech companies in Michigan:
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Phil Larson retweeted
May 4
One question I get a lot is can you see the stars differently from up in space. When we orbit on the night side of the planet, we get a view of the stars very much like being in a very dark place on Earth. And because of our orbital inclination, we get to see the stars of both the northern and southern hemisphere. I captured this shot of our galactic plane from one of the windows of the Crew Dragon Freedom that is docked to the zenith docking port.
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NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center and Jet Propulsion Lab are gems of American innovation and its employees, many of whom live in our region, are some of the most talented people in their field. Last year, the administration’s constant attacks on science forced hundreds from Armstrong and JPL’s workforce to the private sector.
In the @ScienceDems hearing, I made it clear that I will fight to defend Armstrong Flight Center and JPL from further cuts so that they can stay focused on their mission.
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Phil Larson retweeted
Apr 23
The @UCF Space Ideation Challenge will award $125,000 for YOUR ideas on effective space policy. An amazing group of judges will review the submissions and the winners will be recognized at #UCFSpaceWeek this fall. These ideas will be presented to national space leaders.
Apr 20
Be sure to follow the link to submit your idea for the Space Ideation Contest! bit.ly/3PKWP1V #BusinessKnights #ChargeOn
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Phil Larson retweeted
Apr 23
At an event featuring both the administrator of NASA and the commissioner of the NBA. (Both know about the problems with tanking.)
ALT A meeting agenda that includes Jared Isaacman and Adam Silver, albeit on different panels.
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