S3-43 Hermeus CEO AJ Piplica: Building the World's Fastest Plane
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Interview with CEO & Cofounder of Hermeus AJ Piplica for Episode 42 of S³. 0:00 What is Hermeus 0:57 Why go fast? 5:09 Founding inspiration 10:16 Planning something big 15:50 First 6 months 18:44 Pain of building 21:45 Mental models for speed 24:41 Why haven’t we done this yet? 28:25 Keeping high speed travel 32:15 What to build 34:58 Current life philosophy 
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