TheDigitalBackbone
Independent research on the physics, capital, and politics of orbit. Launch economics, orbital spectrum, propulsion, and the sovereign stacks most coverage never reaches.
The Library · 10 Dispatches
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SpaceX's 33rd booster landing and the compounding cost curve
SpaceX just landed a booster for the 33rd time. For decades, the industry didn't think reuse was worth the trade-off at all.
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Vol. 01 · 2026
The biggest infrastructure buildout in history is underway — from the ground to orbit. We go inside the engineering, the capital, and the companies most coverage never reaches.
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Bryan Tarras
M.Eng.Five years on the internal hedge fund desk at one of Canada's largest pension funds. Helped design and manage a $3B activist and SMID-cap portfolio across TMT, space tech, and digital infrastructure. Infrastructure engineer before that. AI operator at Boosted.ai. Now publishing independent research on the companies building the orbital economy.
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Operators, engineers, and capital allocators on the infrastructure being built above the atmosphere — and who captures the value. No press releases.
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