Thanks for posting that link. This Mueller quote in the article is unclear: “We’ve got the first flight version of that engine in work”. I assume “in work” means “in production”. Which is great news!
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Tom Mueller wins an award from The Space Society. He gives a presentation on the development of the Merlin engine. It starts at 4;00 in the first video:
Part 2
e-FTW
New electron smell
Tom retired yesterday (nice Taycan there): https://twitter.com/lrocket/status/1333537793335693312?s=12
SpaceX’s CTO of propulsion retired. Now he wants to go to Mars. | TechCrunch
Tom Mueller is a self-described race car guy. Upon retiring from his role as CTO of Propulsion at SpaceX in November 2020, he "mostly wanted to go racing
techcrunch.com
Yes, I was interested to see that Tom Mueller didn’t stay retired for long. 
That article doesn’t really explain what makes the Rigel engine different from all the other small new engines out there. But I’m obviously not going to question Mueller and his mission; the man is a Rocket God.
Some of the writing in that TechCrunch article made me cringe:
That article doesn’t really explain what makes the Rigel engine different from all the other small new engines out there. But I’m obviously not going to question Mueller and his mission; the man is a Rocket God.
Some of the writing in that TechCrunch article made me cringe:
No, not “literally”!
Take a Rocket Tour of Los Angeles With a SpaceX Founder
Tom Mueller was Elon Musk’s first head of propulsion. Now he has his own startup and is plugged into LA’s space scene.
www.bloomberg.com
LA Part 2: The Children of SpaceX
In Part 2, we dive deep into LA's burgeoning space industry, one that’s been supercharged by talented veterans of SpaceX. We check out a rocket-building company, an asteroid-mining outfit and a startup that's trying to build the first space station dedicated to zero-G manufacturing. We also...
www.bloomberg.com
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Ashlee Vance talks about and shows off some of the Los Angeles area aerospace industry that is happening. Tom Mueller drives him around in his old Porsche from place to place. They talk about Mueller's history with rockets, Elon, and SpaceX. Toward the end they stop at Mueller's new startup for smaller rocket engines. He even fires one off for Vance at the facility.
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