Jed McCaleb

Cryptocurrency billionaire Jed McCaleb is spearheading an ambitious effort to build the world's first privately developed space station and send it into Earth's orbit. The story—he is prepared to risk $1 billion of his fortune to fund the mission. What happened: In an interview with Bloomberg, the...

Although the International Space Station (ISS) is still in operation, private space companies and crypto-fueled billionaires are competing to take its place in low Earth orbit. California startup Vast aims to be the first to launch a commercial space station into orbit. Founded by billionaire Jed...