Matija claims Hop Aero's Rook vehicle can deliver cargo hundreds of miles in approximately 15 minutes.
“We're building cargo rockets that basically deliver time sensitive or or high critical, assets pretty much anywhere on Earth in minutes. Mhmm. We're starting with Rook, which is our first vehicle that has a range of on the order of hundreds of miles, that can do that in about fifteen minutes.”
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disputableHop Aero successfully demonstrates Rook delivering a payload hundreds of miles in approximately 15 minutes.
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