Building a Business on the Moon

About this episode

Rob Meyerson discusses the challenges and opportunities of building a business on the moon, focusing on helium-3 extraction and space manufacturing.

Rob Meyerson is the co-founder and CEO of Interlune. Rob's problem is this: How do you help build an economy on the moon? Eventually, Rob hopes Interlune will help build a moon base. For now, he is focused on bringing a gas called helium-3 back from the moon to sell on earth.  Earlier in his career, Rob was the president of Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Jeff Bezos. In this episode, Rob explains:  Why reusable rockets are only the first step for going back to the moon What it's going to take to actually manufacture things in space How to build a business by sifting through moon dirt How nuclear fusion and quantum computing could rely on mining the moon  Connect with us: Follow Jacob Goldstein on LinkedIn , X and Instagram  Email us at problem@pushkin.fm   Follow Pushkin on Instagram , LinkedIn or X   Listen to Jacob’s other show, Business History  To listen to the show early and ad free, sign up for Pushkin+ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Jacob Goldstein

Guest: Rob Meyerson

Topics covered

• moon economy
• space manufacturing
• helium-3
• reusable rockets
• nuclear fusion
• quantum computing

Keywords

• moon base
• helium-3
• space business
• reusable rockets
• nuclear fusion
• quantum computing
• moon dirt

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Interlune, Blue Origin

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