If there had been any doubts about Nova Technologies' capabilities, the second livestream obliterated them completely.
The asteroid belt broadcast had been shocking—a demonstration of space access and resource abundance that challenged fundamental economic assumptions. But the Jupiter descent? That was something else entirely. That was humanity watching one of their own survive conditions that should have been instantly fatal, broadcast live with telemetry data that couldn't be faked.
The world had been struggling with problems that now seemed almost quaint. Making launch costs economical. Reducing space debris. Extending mission durations beyond a few months. These were the challenges that occupied the brightest minds at NASA, ESA, and every national space program.
Then Nova Technologies appeared and solved problems that weren't even on the roadmap yet.
When people examined what the company had actually demonstrated across both livestreams, the list was staggering:
