I kind of can't believe they're still around. They haven't launched anything in over two years, and their overall success rate is 2/7.
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Hey, they're a thruster company now!
...Oh, he said they're going private to work on their rocket again? Cool.
Astra still finding funding has to feel great for the fresh startup scams in the pipeline. There's still dumb money out there!
Even if they pull off Rocket 4, dedicated small launch has been failing or getting dropped to go bigger. Virgin Orbit shut down. Rocket Lab, Firefly, and Relativity are building bigger rockets. I guess Astra could try to steal a few Electron customers around when Neutron starts flying?