FoS Jose Acain

?? The FUTURE of SPACE (FoS) video podcast is a candid and informal conversation between myself and leaders, investors, innovators, educators, celebrities, movers, and shakers who are shaping the future of humankind into outer space and here on Earth. Just like how two friends would chat and philosophize together, with one thing missing, a glass of wine ! ??

Our guest today is Jose Acain . Jose is the CTO and Co-Founder of AstroForge , with nearly a decade of aerospace experience at SpaceX and NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration . He was the Deputy Chief Engineer for the first SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle and Lead Avionics Integration Engineer and Mission Operator for the first four Dragon spacecraft. While at NASA, Jose designed, integrated, tested, and operated micro-lab satellites. Prior to AstroForge, he worked on autonomous vehicles at Volkswagen Electronics Research Laboratory and vehicle software at BIRD RIDES, INC. .

Jose Acain / Linkedin

SpaceForge / Website / Linkedin / Twitter / New York Times

• 00:00 Introduction
• 00:45 3 words for Space? INFINITE. WILD. WONDER
• 01:26 What is the HUMAN story of going to Space?
• 02:40 The sense of abandonment has always existed
• 04:10 Space Exploration is what Ocean Exploration was
• 06:25 Exploration is safer today than ever before
• 07:20 Landing on the Moon
• 09:15 How do you asteroid mine?
• 11:11 Metallic asteroids
• 12:20 A long journey, for now...
• 13:14 Space import taxes
• 15:20 From the Philippines to NASA
• 18:45 An inspirational community
• 20:55 China and the challenges ahead
• 22:30 Space Accord is old and outdated
• 24:18 Space mining - the best thing for Earth
• 26:25 Where are the current mining companies?
• 28:14 Creation of AstroForge
• 31:15 The technology of Space mining
• 36:15 Timeline?
• 37:10 Go with the flow
• 38:20 Creating resilient systems
• 40:34 Space - global outreach for inspiration
• 42:47 3 words of wisdom? FUN. PASSION. HARD WORK
• 44:41 Exploration has a bad reputation today
• 46:00 Conclusion