Much like IT outsourcing companies in Ukraine, Polyakov is tapping into the nation’s Soviet legacy

Much like IT outsourcing companies in Ukraine, Polyakov is tapping into the nation’s Soviet legacy of high level science, technology, engineering and math education for the modern world. “Even after all these years and many advances in rocket science, the Ukrainians still know how to build some critical rocket components, better than anyone else,” Bloomberg writes. Noting Polyakov’s high energy and ambition, the magazine says: “Firefly also has plans for a bigger rocket called Beta, as well as for its own satellites, propulsion systems, a reusable spaceplane, and a lunar lander.”