Aug 30, 2022
In Episode 47, Ben chats to space industry legend and Chief Revenue Officer at Voyager Space - Clay Mowry. Clay has previously held leadership positions at Blue Origin and Arianespace. In this episode, they discuss the significance of Artemis, the privatisation of the space industry, how he got offered a job at Blue Origin and what he hopes to achieve as incoming President at the International Astronautical Federation.
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(Note from Ben - due to having record in a different location for this episode, Bens sound quality was not great at times - back to normal next episode (sorry)!)
OUTLINE:
Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.
00:18 Sponsor on board: Spaced Ventures
01:28 Introducing Clay Mowry
02:20 Artemis
04:04 Launch significance of Artemis 1
05:20 Risk of launch
07:17 Why is Clay a good leader?
11:00 Experience at Arian-Space & early privatisation of space
15:23 How Clay got approached by Blue Origin
18:15 Blue Origin’s Mission
22:05 New role as Chief Revenue Officer at Voyager
26:00 Nanoracks
27:40 Starlab
31:00 Science park business model
31:55 incoming President Elect IAF
37:08 Wrap up and socials
Follow Clay Mowry:
Website: https://voyagerspace.com/ & https://www.iafastro.org/biographie/clayton-mowry.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/voyagersh & https://twitter.com/ClayMowry
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