「Ripple創辦人計劃打造太空站,目標2026年發射」




內幕:古怪的Ripple創始人計劃多億美元的太空站

Mt. Gox和Ripple的共同創始人Jed McCaleb正計劃將他的公司Vast的商業太空站“Haven-1”送入軌道,並希望在2026年獲得NASA的合約。

這位創業家在3月20日接受彭博社的訪問時確認,Vast正按計劃在2026年5月前將Haven-1發射到軌道上。若McCaleb的創業公司成功,將更有可能獲得美國國家航空暨太空總署(NASA)的一份豐厚合約,以取代國際空間站。預計合約將於2026年中期頒發。

根據報導,如果Vast失敗或在競爭中失去NASA合約,McCaleb的淨資產可能會損失10億美元,而他的太空站公司的商業前景也將受到質疑。McCaleb告訴彭博社:「願意投入這麼多資源、時間和風險容忍度的人並不多。」

Vast的創始人、董事會主席及技術研究員Jed McCaleb。來源:Vast

根據McCaleb的長期朋友及前商業夥伴Sam Yagan的說法,McCaleb被認為是一位「深思熟慮的冒險者」,並且有著超理性的傾向。Yagan補充道:「他在承擔風險方面的意願可能稍顯古怪,對於你我來說,這些風險可能看起來過於龐大。」

McCaleb希望將人類送上其他星球的抱負,與億萬富翁及SpaceX首席執行官Elon Musk的理念有相似之處。他表示:「人類從今天的狀態跳躍到未來這個許多人類生活在地球之外的潛在世界是非常重要的。」McCaleb於2021年創立了Vast。

Vast正在建造其太空船,使用SpaceX開發的組件,例如用於連接SpaceX的Dragon太空艙與Vast的站點的對接適配器,以及將通過Starlink提供WiFi的太空互聯網系統。

Vast的Haven-1模型主要規格。來源:Vast

McCaleb的公司還預訂了SpaceX的航班,將其硬件送入軌道並運送乘員到其太空站,SpaceX也同意在NASA批准的前提下運送宇航員。

Vast與SpaceX的密切關係部分源於其聘用了多名曾在SpaceX工作的關鍵人員,包括現任Vast首席執行官及總裁的Max Haot。

Vast正在與Axiom Space、Voyager Space Holdings、洛克希德·馬丁(Lockheed Martin)以及由Jeff Bezos創立的藍色起源(Blue Origin)等公司競爭,以贏得下一個重要的NASA合約。

McCaleb還希望創造「人造重力」

Vast的長期計劃之一是通過加速或旋轉太空船來創造類似地球的人工重力,因為許多在國際空間站(ISS)長期工作的工作人員報告稱,長時間在太空中會導致器官損傷。

ISS還使用技術將廢水回收成可飲用水,並將二氧化碳轉化為可呼吸的氧氣。由於Haven-1的短期乘員訪問,這項技術不會在其上使用,但Vast計劃在2028年推出的未來模型Haven-2中整合這一技術,該模型將設計為長期停留。

McCaleb和Haot都表示他們願意親自登上航班。

McCaleb的太空行業之路並不尋常。在2000年代,McCaleb在互聯網檔案分享服務eDonkey上取得初步成功,之後在2010年創立了Mt. Gox。

他在Mt. Gox的時間不長,於2011年出售了大部分股份。Mt. Gox後來成為全球最大的比特幣交易所,直到2014年因為一宗4億美元的黑客事件而破產。

幾個月後,McCaleb開始了他的下一個創業——在2012年創建Ripple協議上的XRP加密代幣。

McCaleb從一開始就擁有9%的XRP代幣,但在2013年因與其他創始人意見不合而離開Ripple,並出售了大部分代幣。

他在2014年至2022年間從這些XRP銷售和Ripple股權中獲得了數十億美元的收益。

McCaleb還在2014年創立了Stellar網絡,這是Ripple協議的一個分支,並推出了Stellar加密代幣,根據CoinGecko數據,目前其市值達87億美元。

這篇報導不僅展示了McCaleb的創新精神和對太空探索的熱情,還反映出當前太空產業的競爭激烈程度。隨著商業太空站的需求逐漸上升,許多企業都在積極尋求NASA的合約,這對於太空探索的未來發展至關重要。McCaleb的計劃若能成功,不僅將改變他個人的財富,也可能為人類的太空探索開創新的篇章。

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