--- title: Ex-NASA chief takes Quantum Space public at $1.2bn description: Quantum Space, the Maryland startup led by former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine, is going public via a SPAC merger with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ex-nasa-chief-takes-quantum-space-public-at-1-2bn-uahrzn13i twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ex-NASA chief takes Quantum Space public at $1.2bn | daily.dev og:description: Quantum Space, the Maryland startup led by former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine, is going public via a SPAC merger with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ex-nasa-chief-takes-quantum-space-public-at-1-2bn-uahrzn13i og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/UAHRZn13I.png og:image:alt: Ex-NASA chief takes Quantum Space public at $1.2bn og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ex-NASA chief takes Quantum Space public at $1.2bn **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Quantum Space, the Maryland startup led by former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine, is going public via a SPAC merger with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. VI at a $1.2bn valuation. The deal includes $300mn in private investment and targets a Nasdaq listing under ticker QSPC in Q4 2026. The company's core product is Ranger, a manoeuvrable spacecraft platform designed to operate across multiple orbital regimes including cislunar space. The strategic pitch targets national-security customers and positions Quantum Space within the US-China space competition. The SPAC route allows faster listing, timed to coincide with growing investor appetite for space stocks ahead of SpaceX's anticipated IPO. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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