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You don’t just “ping” a spacecraft 22 million miles away. You aim a 32-meter dish with 0.15° precision… and a lot of hope. Here’s how we design deep-space comms that actually work— plus what Odin taught us the hard way. 📡
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We build autonomous logic for our spacecraft that decides:.• What stays online.• What shuts off during a fault.• When to reallocate or reboot subsystems. This week on Roid Rage, Ashton (Head of Space Systems) and Chris (Head of Avionics) break down how we prioritize power
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TVAC's live again and running its first propulsion hardware tests following a successful chiller interface repair.
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The focus isn't on failure, it’s on how we’re designing better by learning faster. This week, we dig into that journey with Wesley, who's leading our structures test campaign. 🎧 Tune in to Ep. 22 – "Vibe Check".Apple → Spotify →
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For Vestri, that meant putting the main structure through full vibration testing. We validate the load paths, tune the fixtures, and verify the stack months before integration day. This approach isn't extra– it’s baseline. Make the solution before it's too late.
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Before anything flies, it's tested. Not once. Repeatedly. Not to pass. To iterate. Every test is a chance to catch something while it’s still fixable.
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Vibe testing is where spacecraft stop being theoretical. On Roid Rage this week, Wesley from our Structures team walks us through how we’re building up Vestri to survive the shaker and why fast hardware loops beat perfect CAD. Live now. Apple → Spotify
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AstroForge is at @ascendspace in Las Vegas this week!. @MattGialich will be exploring the honest highs and lows of building a space startup at the Founder's Panel on Tuesday, July 22 at 1pm PT. No sugarcoating– just earned learnings from real founders (alongside @joe_landon,
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Last week on Roid Rage, we sat with Structures Engineer Eric to break down our journey designing Vestri's baseplate. Spoiler: it's been a rollercoaster. Tune in to Episode 21.Apple → Spotify → YouTube →
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Our dive into primary structures continues. This week, we're talking vibration testing– specifically, why we're going to shake the hell out of our hardware, and how Odin taught us to test as early as possible. Send in questions you want us to answer to mailbag@astroforge.io!
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Your spreadsheet says 4.0 kg. Your part ships at 4.3. On this week’s Roid Rage: margins, mass creep, and what we learned redesigning a structural plate five times. Episode 21 ft. Structures Engineer Eric is now live. Apple → Spotify →
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New Roid Rage every Thursday, btw. This week, we're covering primary structures. Send your questions to mailbag@astroforge.io ☄. Apple → Spotify → YouTube →
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“Space economy” is a buzzword. So what’s actually real?. This week on Roid Rage, we get blunt about where the money is, why asteroid mining fits, and what still hasn’t changed since the Shuttle. Ep. 20 with Krystle Caponio breaks it down. Now live. Apple →
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At the University of AstroForge, you are invited to embark on a journey through the cosmos, exploring the intricacies of our deep-space missions. Here, we dive into the tapestry of our endeavors, unraveling our missteps, triumphs, and learnings. We’re kicking things off with a
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The future of space is now. We're sitting with our Chief Business Officer Krystle Caponio to talk about what’s broken, what’s changing, and what we’re building differently on Roid Rage this week. Send in q's you want us to answer this week to mailbag@astroforge.io ☄️.
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This is why we refine on the asteroid. Physics.
For everyone asking if we can move this Low Earth Orbit to make mining it easier. Psyche 16 has a mass of 2.7 x 10 ^19 kg. We need to move it by about 10km/s. You need an Impulse of 2.72 x 10^23. Falcon 9 Second stage can produce ~981KN of Impulse. So you only need 7 TRILLION.
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