Aerospace Corp's CEO talks literal moonshots and Space Agenda 2025

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🗓️ 27 November 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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At this year's TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, President and CEO of the Aerospace Corporation Steve Isakowitz and Agency Chief Technologist at NASA A.C. Charanya Charania took the stage to discuss a literal moonshot: how to build a thriving lunar ecosystem. Today, we’re taking you behind the scenes of TechCrunch Disrupt once again, this time with Devin Coldewey at the helm. For those keeping track, Devin’s kept the Equity crew up to date on space startups over the past few months, including Starfish Space’s $29 million round and, more recently, SpaceX’s second commercial deal for the Starship lunar lander with Lunar Outpost. Listen to the full conversation to hear Devin and Steve Isakowitz discuss: - What the path ahead looks like for space startups - The shift away from government-dominated space programs to a more commercial landscape - And what’s in store for Aerospace Corporation in 2025. Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate, and we’ll be back on Friday for a special episode from our sister podcast, Found.

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0:00.0	This episode is presented by Invest Puerto Rico. If you believe your business can go anywhere,
0:05.7	Puerto Rico is the place.
0:10.3	What one piece of advice would you get to someone looking to build a space business?
0:14.7	You don't have to reinvent everything. You don't have to create everything.
0:18.0	Leverage the services and capabilities that are out there, and how can you build on top of that?
0:25.6	Build on top of the internet, let's say.
0:28.6	You don't have to, in terms of the internet analogy, you don't have to build a payment system,
0:31.6	you don't have to build TCP IP anymore, you don't have to build a browser,
0:35.6	build your business assuming those things might exist.
0:38.6	And then what could you do? And then how do you scale that very rapidly to get cost down? And then
0:43.6	finally, if you're thinking about things, reusability. A lot of people are using that as a mechanism
0:48.5	to enable all these things to get costs down and access up. Last question. If you're the next person to step on the moon,
0:56.5	what would be your immortal words as you put that first footprint out?
1:00.2	Yeah, that's a good question.
1:01.9	I think the future favor is the bold.
1:04.9	Let's go boldly.
1:06.2	Okay.
1:07.0	I'd probably just yell out, we're back.
1:11.0	A.C., I want to thank you. It's a great conversation, and this is a really exciting area,
1:15.7	and I'm really excited about the work that you're doing now and well into the future.
1:24.6	Hello, and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch's flagship podcast about the business of startups.
1:29.5	I'm Rebecca Boulon, and this is our Wednesday episode, where we home in on a trend in the tech world and dive deep.
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