#54 ThinkOrbital: Space Stations

After the quick overview about space stations two episodes ago, on this episode, I am actually talking to a space station startup, ThinkOrbital. They are proposing an innovative solution to build bigger stations, and lots of them. I discuss all of that with their CEO Sebastian Asprella and CTO Vojtech Holub. Enjoy!

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Timestamp:

0:00 Intro

1:56 Elevator pitch and background story

4:25 Use cases

08:45 The roadmap to 2069

13:04 Space Tourism

16:27 The special tech behind Think Orbital

21:45 Making space tourism cheaper

24:32 The overview of the Space Station landscape

31:31 Emerging Space Nations

35:57 The challenges of designing and operating a space station

42:08 What is the 2022 plan?

43:19 what would you do if you weren't doing ThinkOrbital?

45:20 Sci-fi