AI, ex-Soviet engineers, and the Holy Grail of rocketry: Inside the bold bet to rival SpaceX
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“The engine that we have now could have probably taken seven years and up to half a billion dollars,” Stan Rudenko tells me over a video call from Abu Dhabi. “In our collaboration, it basically took half a year . . . and we already have a first version. It’s mind-blowing.” Rudenko is the CEO of Aspire Space Technologies, and the collaboration he’s talking about is with Leap 71 , a Dubai-based comp
