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Rocket builder Firefly’s new CEO is working ‘maniacally’ to scale launches, spacecraft and moon missions

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Jason Kim is the new CEO of rocket and spacecraft builder Firefly Aerospace .

Kim is "going to work maniacally" to scale the company's efforts, which range from rocket launches to moon landings .

Kim left his previous role leading Boeing 's satellite-making subsidiary Millennium .

Kim says he's taking on a launch market dominated by Elon Musk's SpaceX.

Firefly's MLV rocket will make its debut in December .

The launch of its first Blue Ghost lunar lander is scheduled for December .

Kim sees Firefly as having a key advantage — "an engine that works" — in its Reaver engines that power the Alpha rockets.

"We're making huge strides on MLV ," Kim said.

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