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Dec 2021
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Planet: Will Marshall and Robbie Schingl...

Guy Raz | Wondery
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In 2010, rocket scientists Robbie Schingler and Will Marshall set an ambitious goal for themselves: to launch an aerospace mission with the speed and agility of a Silicon Valley startup. They set up shop in their garage, left their NASA jobs, and began pursuing their vision of building small, relatively inexpensive satellites to take daily images of the ear ... Show More
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