York Zhang, a propulsion engineer at Blue Origin, joins us again for a deep cut on Space. We discuss some of the future innovations we can expect and other topics of relevance currently affecting the space industry. 

Time Stamps:

00:54 - How many space companies can the market accommodate?

03:00 - Future market segmentation in space

04:31 - The disconnect between marketing and reality

08:09 - Varda

15:31 - Varda deep cut

16:08 - Will SpaceX derive significant revenue from delivering payloads for external parties?

17:28 - Minimum financing required in order to contract with SpaceX?

20:32 - Bidding for future payloads

21:24 - Regulation around satellites 

23:24 - Can we expect cooperation between the US and China on future space innovation?

28:04 - Other players focused on space innovation

29:00 - Is SpaceX really going to put advertisements in the sky?

30:49 - How will space factor into the classic academic disciplines? 

35:31 - Traditional media and space

41:31 - Blue Origin and HLS

44:28 - The Blue Origin Brand

46:18 - Incentive misalignment between management and employees

48:47 - Why did NASA go with SpaceX and not Blue Origin?

50:35 - Should we be skeptical of the promises being made by SpaceX?

53:36 - Did Bezos going to space help Blue Origin’s brand?

55:37 - How important is external validation for Blue Origin?

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