Greg Autry has worn many leadership hats in the space sector. He is currently the Clinical Professor & Director of the Space Leadership, Policy and Business Program at the Thunderbird School of Global Management. He was a presidential nominee (as CFO) at NASA and continues to hold roles at the agency. He was also chair of the FAA’s COMSTAC Safety Working Group. Our conversation ranges from space entrepreneurship over space safety to geopolitics in space. I think you’ll really enjoy this one. I did!
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:22 Greg's bio
6:09 Is the Space Sector an appropriate place for entrepreneurs
8:34 Space Master program at Thunderbird
11:02 What does a NASA CFO do?
13:15 More on Thunderbird
22:09 NASA InSPA
26:50 In-space manufacturing
31:35 FAA COMSTAC
35:10 Commercial space flight participant regulation
39:18 Space traffic management
44:38 "Death by China"
48:29 Astropolitics
50:27 Quickfire questions on the space sector
59:23 A message for young people
1:01:49 Sci-Fi
