This former hacker saw the light—and now wants to collect all of it
Catching the light
“I don’t know of a bigger question we can answer as humans.”
Observable Space CEO Dan Roelker speaks with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer as she visits the company's offices in Los Angeles, in May. Credit: Observable Space
BLUEMONT, Va.—From an overlook in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Dan Roelker gazed across the green splendor of the Shenandoah Valley. With the pleasant spring afternoon drawing toward evening, the Sun lazily crossed the sky, casting light all around.
The pleasing environs had put Roelker, who was drinking rye whiskey procured from a local distillery called Catoctin Creek, in an expansive mood to talk about one of his favorite subjects, light.
“If you can control light, you can control space,” he said. “So it’s basically a race for who is collecting the most light.”
And Roelker, now 48 years old, finds himself firmly in a race to collect...
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