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Blake Scholl: Breaking the Supersonic Ban
Y Combinator Startup Podcast
aired Jul 29, 2026 · 50.0m
Signal
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High signal
confidence 0.99
Orig60.5
Actn100.0
Dens100.0
Dpth100.0
Clty48.9
Summary
I want to start by saying, Houston, we have a problem.
Why listen
It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of think, like, things, including: In 1969, we landed on the moon for the first time.
Key takeaways
- 01It now takes Lockheed more than two years to build a new Patriot missile interceptor
- 02This is no way to build the future, and this is no way to win a war
- 03But if we fast forward half a century, this is the 787, their latest airliner, which, by the way, was launched more than 20 years ago
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