Is It Easier to Launch an Earth-Evolution Satellite Today Than When You Were Starting?

In this episode, I am speaking with John Springmann, VP of Space at Tomorrow.io. Prior to Tomorrow, John worked at Blacksky and Rocket lab and has extensive experience in building and launching satellites, that is, taking a concept on a slide deck to operations on-orbit.

We discuss trends in the space industry, and what's changed from an engineering standpoint, John's experiences at Blacksky building their EO satellites, Rocket Lab building Photon as well as what we are building at Tomorrow.io.

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01:05: John's story

04:40: What's changed in space from an engineering standpoint?

06:37: Is space really "democratized"? Can space be "outsourced"?

11:45: Some surprising trends in the space industry

16:55: What's the easiest type of satellite to build and launch

20:20: John's experience at Blacksky building EO satellites

22:11: Engineering challenges before & during NewSpace era

31:29: John's experience at Rocket Lab building Photon

37:58: What we are building at Tomorrow.io

44:35: Wrap-up

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