#41 Yanina Hallak, UARX Space: space transportation

My guest this week is Yanina Hallak, co-founder and CEO of UARX Space, a Spain-based company developing in-space transportation vehicles. Enjoy!

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Episode Notes

0:00 Intro

1:51 Company's name and elevator pitch

3:58 Dedicated launch vs rideshare

9:37 OTV tech

14:12 Customer demand

15:51 The cubesat standard

20:14 When did you start the company?

22:09 More on demand patterns

27:05 The moon and Deep Space

32:46 Mars and Venus

34:10 First OTV in orbit and the space ecosystem in Galicia

39:29 The medium/long term vision for the company and being a female C level executive in space

43:40 Argentina

45:36 What else besides UARX would you be doing in Space?

47:10 Sci Fi (and LEGO)