Icarus Robotics is a startup with at least six million dollars in funding so far. the idea is to train robots on human workers to make space mass production… work. or something.
anyway i don’t see any red flags
Coincidentally, I was passing Brasilia airport yesterday, and there’s a company called “Icarus Aviation”. Which I thought was a … bold … choice of name.
I guess the real innovation we might hope from a company like this is that they make robots that don’t break, even when they fall from LEO. 🤣
Their favourite part of the Story Of Icarus was when Icarus jumped in the IcarusMobile and shouted “It’s Icarussin’ Time” and then sped away in a cloud of smoke
@sc_griffith Icarus Robotics, a division of Hubris Holdings.
@sc_griffith Is there a way to tell these baby Founders that “No Man’s Sky” isn’t real.
@nzJayZee @sc_griffith It’s maga Science, like Steam Rockets & Titan submersible.
@sc_griffith the only thing I still believe is that we’ll have Kessler’s Syndrome by the end of the decade.
@sc_griffith Using “Icarus” for a space company just shows that the founders don’t have a basic knowledge of mythology.
I’m just waiting for it to fly too high and then crash and burn.
I mean, Perseus is right there for dudes who want to be manly space cowboy kinglets.
@o7___o7 Or Daedalus, the one that didn’t melt their wings. Though TBH they’d probably mangle the pronunciation.
@sc_griffith “Soma Capital”, eh?
@sc_griffith Nuke them from low Earth orbit
@sc_griffith criminals…
Oh this is good.
They say “the arts” are a waste of time.
As I grow older, I realize that the technical skills are easy to acquire and that knowledge, understanding, and wisdom takes time.
With a name like that, there’s no limit to the heights they can reach!
A new life awaits you in the Offworld Colonies!
what a name choice
just fucking stunningly naked grift, incredible
Spoiler ahead for B5: And then Icarus will discover a strange dark ship.
And we’ll get the second worst film
