On this episode of The Capital Stack Podcast, venture capitalist David Paul is joined by lifelong space executive and CEO of Phantom Space, Jim Cantrell, to talk about the inner workings of the innovation happening in space exploration. Jim and David discuss the history of the space industry, why startups are outperforming primes and projections for the future of aerospace and defense supply chain. Follow along on this incredible episode where the inner workings of all innovation that goes into rockets and satellites are unraveled and explained in extraordinary detail. You can watch/listen to the podcast on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple.

Key Points

(2:19) - The history of the space industry, and how it arrived at where it is today

(7:30) - Jim’s view on the space industry going forward

(9:52) - How innovation within the space industry often ties in with the defense industry

(12:46) - Where, and why the innovation to explore space began

(16:49) - Startups vs. primes in the aerospace and defense sector

(21:11) - Jim’s view on what milestones an aerospace and defense company would need to achieve in order to scale

(24:25) - An overview of the aerospace and defense supply chain, and what can be done to improve it in the future

(27:35) - Jim’s projections on machining automation