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Marshall Smith

Sep 7, 2026

RalphHOST
31:18
What's your plan?
31:19
Well, we'll find some spotted cow probably as soon as it becomes available.
31:24
As soon as we cross the border.
31:25
And then maybe some cheese curds just to top it off.
31:28
But, you know, we honestly...
31:31
We have tickets to the game, and that is about it.
31:34
So we'll probably...

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RalphHOST
43:00
What are we looking for? What are we expecting? Any thoughts on this game besides a win? And I will ask you, what do you think the score is going to be? I'm hoping
2:02
What does that look like for, you know, as far as keeping our water healthy, really?
2:08
Right.
2:10
A couple of things I think is important.
2:12
I think consumers, I think if they've paid attention and based on the advice that we give, they understand that.
2:20
the paramount value of circulation, turning that water over, making sure it's filtered, circulation filtration, which is number two, because if you're circulating, you're usually are filtering, right? So if we're doing that, the beauty of all this going into the fall is that we get to kind of back off on that a little bit.
2:40
We get to kind of ease the power bill a little bit.
2:43
And, you know, the energy consumption is one of those things that is an association with pool and spa ownership, right? So what we want to do is minimize that particular part of the endeavor because we want consumers to be happy, understand, and be proactive consumers.

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17:27
A hundred percent of that
10:43
Do we need to look at the ceiling around that cover and sort of inspect all of that? Because electricity bill can be, whew, if the cover's not right.
10:53
Sure.
10:53
And that's an excellent question, Dee.
10:55
And I think most consumers would say, And realize, you know, obviously heat rises, right? So if heat rises, if you can contain that heat, the better you can contain it, the better off you are from an energy efficiency point of view.
11:08
So, yes, cover needs to be healthy, needs to be in good shape.
11:13
Have us come out, inspect the hot tub, inspect the cover, see if it's time for a new cover.
11:19
You know, if the cover's more than five years old, Traditionally, we find that it's probably time for a new cover just because what happens over time is that cover will become waterlogged.

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17:21
So this is a good time to be focused on your health around that really,
38:30
So where does kind of Starlab fit in that range? So let's
38:32
talk about ISS a second.
38:33
So I keep hearing this word $100 billion.
38:35
Actually, I used to say it.
38:36
It's a big.
38:38
number.
38:38
But built into that, you could probably guesstimate maybe 50 to 60 billion is just pure space shuttle launch cost.

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45:29
What does that mean? look like? Does that validate or complicate Starlab's story if that happens? What does that look like vis-a-vis NASA and these changes, these proposed changes if VAST has a standalone station next year?
3:39
Where does Starlab stand right now?
3:42
We have been in development.
3:43
We won a contract close to five years ago now, four years ago for sure.
3:48
And we have been designing and developing.
3:51
We moved through CCDR, Commercial Designer View, Critical Designer View.
3:55
We are in manufacturing.
3:57
We're building hardware.

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10:19
So how do you leverage that?

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