Pathfinder Payload

This week's Pathfinder pod features Mason Angel, General Partner at Industrious Ventures, who was on Blue Origin’s most recent flight to space.

This week's episode features Ray Allensworth, the lead on Firefly's lunar lander program, Blue Ghost. The company is currently on track to be the next commercial lunar lander on the Moon with its planned launch in November aiming for the elusive 100% flawless mission which has not yet been achieved by any commercial entity.

This week, we feature Jed McCaleb, Founder, and Max Haot, CEO, of Vast, a company building commercial space stations. If all goes well, Vast may be the first commercial free-flying space station.

This week's Pathfinder features Sid Dixit, former CTO of Maxar and a seasoned leader in the space industry. Our discussion delves into the transformative impact of generative AI and large language models on satellite imagery analysis, the evolving landscape of commercial and government demand for Earth observation data, and the potential commoditization of satellite imagery.

This week's Pathfinder features Sinead O’Sullivan, an economist and board member of the European Space Policy Institute. Our discussion explores the intricate dynamics of public vs. private funding in the space industry and the challenges posed by venture capital and institutional investments.

This week, we feature Chris Taylor, CEO and founder of Aalyria, a Google spinout that specializes in advanced connectivity solutions. The company is developing what could be game changing free-space optics hardware and network orchestration software to meaningfully change communication speed and efficiency across air, space, land, and sea.