CEO of Troubled Rocket Startup Throws Shade at the Competition
It’s no secret that there are plenty of big egos in the spaceflight industry. While the key players typically refrain from roasting their rivals in public, that wasn’t the case at this year’s Berkeley Space Symposium. At least, not for Astra CEO Chris Kemp. During a talk he gave at the event on September 5, Kemp threw some serious shade at SpaceX, Blue Origin, Firefly, and Rocket Lab, Ars Technica reports. While some of his remarks spoke to legitimate shortcomings amongst his competitors, they