Alumni of SpaceX · Hawthorne

SpaceX Mafia

SpaceX engineers left to build 3D-printed rockets, in-space factories and orbital transfer vehicles.

3alumni startups
3named on Labspie
3founders
$4.2bnin unicorn valuations
Relativity SpaceJordan NooneVarda Space IndustriesWill BrueyImpulse SpaceTom MuellerSpaceX

The companies

CompanyFounded by (SpaceX alumni)FieldBased inValuation
Relativity Space
3D-printed rockets.
Jordan NooneHardwareLos Angeles, United States$4.2bn
Varda Space Industries
Manufacturing in orbit.
Will BrueyHardwareEl Segundo, United States–
Impulse Space
In-space transport vehicles.
Tom MuellerHardwareRedondo Beach, United States–

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