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Space Rocks (ft. Omar Pimentel)
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August 3, 2026
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56:06Now PlayingThis week on Moment of Truth, Nick sits down with Omar Pimentel, Director of Frontier Strategy at Type One Ventures and former space portfolio lead at the Defense Innovation Unit, for the show's first ever episode about space.
Omar explains how DIU was created to repair the broken relationship between Silicon Valley and Washington, how the Other Transaction Authority allows the military to buy technology at commercial speed, and why Starlink is the single best example of what happens when you let industry solve the problem instead of specifying the solution. They cover Space Force, GPS as America's most underrated gift to the world, the threat landscape in orbit, what kinetic conflict in space would actually look like, Artemis II and the road to landing on the moon by 2028, why Administrator Jared Isaacman is doing more with the same budget, and what the plan to get to Mars actually is.
And stick around till the end to hear Nick and Omar debate the best space movies of all time.
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*Omar Pimentel is an employee of Type One Ventures. His opinions and views in no way represent the opinions or views of the current Presidential administration or the Department of War.
(00:00) Welcome to Moment of Truth
(02:22) What Is the Defense Innovation Unit?
(11:30) Space Is Invisible Infrastructure That Runs Your Entire Life
(15:59) How Is Space Force Different From the Other Branches?
(23:26) What Are the Biggest Threats to America in Space?
(30:44) How Likely Is Kinetic Conflict in Space?
(35:00) Artemis II and the Road Back to the Moon
(37:15) Why We Have Not Been Back to the Moon Since the 1970s?
(39:30) What Administrator Isaacman Is Doing Differently at NASA
(43:00) The Artemis III Architecture — Blue Origin, Starship, and the Lunar Landing
(49:31) Time Horizon for Boots on Mars
(51:33) Space Unlocks Long-Term Thinking for Civilization
(52:08) Omar's Best Space Movies List
#nasa #starlink #space
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