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3 former SpaceX engineers have launched a robot restaurant that makes a pizza every 45 seconds. Take a look inside.

Kate DuffyDec 25, 2021, 16:02 IST

Stellar Pizza has more than 23 employees who used to work at Elon Musk's company.Patrick Pleul/Pool via Reuters/Stellar Pizza

Three former SpaceX engineers have made a pizza-making robot machine.
The machine, which can produce a pizza every 45 seconds, will be in operation next year.

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Stellar Pizza, a robotic restaurant that can churn out a pizza every 45 seconds, is opening in spring next year in Los Angeles.

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The company was founded in May 2019 by three former SpaceX engineers, Benson Tsai, Brian Langone, and James Wahawisan.

SpaceX headquarters is shown in Hawthorne, California.REUTERS/Mike Blake

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Tsai, CEO of Stellar Pizza, spent five years at Elon Musk's company where he designed advanced battery systems for rockets and satellites.

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He rounded up more than 23 former SpaceX employees to build an automated, touchless pizza-making machine that fits into the back of a truck.

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Stellar Pizza's robotic machine can make, bake, and top a pizza in under five minutes.

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First, a ball of homemade pizza dough is put into the machine, where it gets pressed and moulded into a round shape.

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Once the dough is ready, the machine tops the pizza with sauce and other ingredients.

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The raw pizza is then inserted into one of four high-temperature ovens in the robotic machine.

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One of Stellar Pizza's employees is SpaceX's former executive chef, Ted Cizma, who formed the rocket company's Food Service program for staff, per his LinkedIn profile.

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Cizma teamed up with pizza consultant, Noel Brohner, in an effort to make high-quality and affordable pizzas for Stellar Pizza.

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The company offers a pepperoni or supreme pizza. Alternatively, customers can build their own pizza with fresh toppings, including onions, bacon, chicken, and olives.

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