--- title: "Experts Mock Startup That Aims to Deliver Human Organs — and Pizza — from Orbit" description: "It's the circle of life: tech bros get millions to fund their harebrained startups, and people on Twitter, in turn, mock their goofy, expensive ideas." date: "2022-03-09" modified: "2022-03-09" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/pizza-organ-capsule-goof" categories: - "Off-World" - "Space" tags: - "rocket launches" - "space capsule" - "Spaceflight" - "the digest" --- # Experts Mock Startup That Aims to Deliver Human Organs — and Pizza — from Orbit ![It's the circle of life: tech bros get millions to fund their harebrained startups, and people on Twitter, in turn, mock their goofy, expensive ideas.]() *\Image: Futurism\* ## Special Delivery It's the circle of life: tech bros get millions to fund their overzealous startup, and people on Twitter mock their goofy and often impractical ideas. That's more or less what happened to Inversion Space, a flashy Y Combinator-incubated startup that's [raised $10 million in seed money](). The [*New York Times* profile]() about the company's bold proposition — to shoot goods into space, store them indefinitely in orbital capsules, and then fire them back down to the planet below on demand — was torn apart on Twitter almost immediately after being published this week. In the *NYT* interview, Inversion Space's youthful cofounders described applications of their company's wild idea ranging from sending artificially-fabricated human organs directly to operating rooms to getting a pizza from New York to San Francisco within just 45 minutes. ## Idea Pollution Online pundits, however, weren't impressed by the proposal. "Please stop polluting the universe with your dumb ideas," The New School anthropology professor [Shannon Mattern decried](). In another exchange, two space reporters — *SpaceNews*' Jeff Foust and *CBS*' William Harwood — questioned the startup's acumen. "Unfortunately, I doubt that high-speed transcontinental pizza delivery is going to be the killer app for the space industry," [Foust argued](). "For real," Harwood [replied](). ## Secondhand News All said, these jibes are unlikely to harm Inversion Space in the short term, given the considerable amount of interest it's already raised among investors. The company is hoping to kick off operations with a test launch in 2023 and operate at full capacity by 2025. It's not the [dumbest concept]() we've heard of to have raised [significant amounts of money]() — but it's satisfying, nonetheless, to see people who are experts in their field bring startups like Inversion Space down a metaphorical notch. **READ MORE:** *[Weird Startup Proposes Dropping Artificial Human Organs from Space]()* ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()