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Why Billionaires Matter

Billionaires in the space and satellite industry use up a lot of oxygen from the popular media. Some of it is negative, with claims that space is “just a playground for the rich.”

It is anything but that as we know. In fact, it is where fortunes will be made and unthinkable discoveries, life-altering science and new philosophies and religions will emerge.  It is where our species will go to continue its persistence here on Earth. Presumably, as Jeff Bezos said, “going there will make life here much better.”

But to get there we need to – like – actually GET THERE! And to get there more often, more affordably and more reliably. And more of us. Thanks to billionaires we have started to do that and it has opened up the pathway for the new infrastructure and services.

In this month’s Roundtable we look the realities of Launch investments and businesses in 2023.

Guests for this month's roundtable include:

  • Professor Timiebi Aganaba, Founder, Space Governance Lab at Arizona State University
  • John Conafay, Co-Founder, Integrate Space
  • Volodymyr Levykin, CEO, Skyrora

We will ask our guests:

  • Is launch sustainable enough for space infrastructure to now go forward?
  • Which launch providers are coming out the pack successfully? Why?
  • Where should investors look when it comes to launch and related companies and services?
  • What are the key mission areas over the next decade?
  • Must vertical integration begin to happen? How about consolidation?
  • Is Rocket Labs the “quiet” star of launch?
  • What happened to Virgin Orbit?

This month's edition of the New York Space Business Roundtable kicks off a 3-part series on the infrastructure of commercial space. Every session features Significant Digits by SpaceNews, A New York Minute by New York Space Alliance, and audience participation at the end.  Register today!  The registration link will permit you to register for all three episodes of the series.

Episode 1: Launch: Why Billionaires matter. (APRIL 19)
Episode 2: Services: Catching Asteroids, Cleaning Debris & Data Mining (MAY 17)
Episode 3: Legal: Is space the Wild West, East, North & South? (JUNE 21)

 

19 Apr 2023
12:00pm - 1:15pm EDT

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