Space Business Podcast #107 - Ben Haldeman, LifeShip: DNA to Space

Do you want to send your DNA to space - to orbit, or to the Moon? You can already do that: LifeShip is a California-based startup offering that service. They have already sold thousands of their kits. Hear about their story from founder Ben Haldeman, who was also an early employee at Planet, the well-known Eartly observation company. Enjoy!

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Timestamps

0:00 Intro

2:12 Elevator Pitch

3:33 Origin story

5:51 From inspiration to product

7:24 The product

8:50 First Space missions

10:18 Customer motivation

14:00 Go to market

15:42 Customer demographics

17:25 What the customer gets

18:42 Future missions

21:49 What if Aliens find it?

23:23 Bureaucracy and restrictions

24:46 How to protect DNA in space

26:08 Vision

29:31 Potential future products

31:59 Funding

33:21 B2B element

35:50 What else is interesting in space?

37:58 Sci-Fi