Hello and welcome back to Max Q. This past week, thousands of people traveled to Paris for the International Astronautical Congress 2022, one of the world’s largest space conferences. Alas, I was not one of them. But it means there’s tons of news, so let’s get to it! In this issue:
An analysis of Intuitive Machines’ SPAC bet
Rocket Lab is expanding its U.S. footprint
News from ArianeGroup, Rocket Factory Augsburg and more
Over at TechCrunch+, Alex Wilhelm wrote an excellent deep-dive into lunar infrastructure company Intuitive Machines’ SPAC deal, which will see the combined entity valued at just north of $1 billion. (I reported on the deal last week.)
It’s a sign that the space SPAC c …
