Pete Warden is an astrophysicist by training. He worked on the Star Wars Missile Defense Shield. One of his main goals in life was to help push along something called Responsive Space. The people he'd hired to NASA, these youngsters, were quite opposite. They were idealists; they definitely did not want to see space get militarized.
Low Earth orbit now has some real estate problems.
Deidre Woollard caught up with Ashlee Vance, author of “When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach.” They discuss:
- The new business opportunity in clearing space junk - How a self-taught engineer created a commercially successful rocket company - The massive trade-offs that space companies make by going public
Companies discussed: RKLB, SPCE
Host: Deidre Woollard Guest: Ashlee Vance Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineer: Rick Engdahl
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