Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has announced something big. He has hinted that he is working on a space venture, but hasn’t revealed all details about his next big step. The 71-year-old Wozniak wrote in a tweet: “A private space company is starting up, unlike the others.”
The cryptic post was accompanied by a mysterious video that looks promising but doesn’t give away much. The voice-over in the video can be heard saying: “Together, we’ll go far. We’ll look out for one another, solve problems together. This isn’t a race. It isn’t a competition or a game. We are not one person, one company, one nation. We are one planet.”
Is this yet another space tourism company?
In what seems like an Apple advertisement from the yesteryears, the narrator goes on to say: “We are explorers. We are dreamers, risk takers, engineers, and stargazers. We are human, and it’s up to us to work together to do what is right and what is good. So here’s to taking care of what we have so the next generation can be better together.” The video ends with: “The sky is no longer the limit.”
The new space company dubbed Privateer Space is the brainchild of Wozniak and longtime collaborator Alex Fielding of robotic digitization company Ripcord. Fielding was also one of the engineers at Apple years ago.
Growing space debris concerns
The blurb says the space company is “working to keep space safe and accessible to all humankind,” which has led some to believe Privateer Space will focus on cleaning space junk that’s present in orbit. The pair might reveal more details about the company at the AMOS Tech 2021 conference, which runs from September 14 through 17 in Maui, Hawaii.
Space debris is becoming a matter of concern, as it can crash into functional satellites, causing more space junk. ESA also seems to be gearing up to get rid of the space junk problem. The space agency has revealed its plans to launch a debris removal mission by 2025 in collaboration with a Swiss startup called ClearSpace.
