Show Notes
This week I’m talking to Sita Sonty, who is Boston Consulting Group’s global lead for commercial space. She also previously worked at Raytheon, Sierra Nevada and SpaceX, besides being a U.S. diplomat for many years. She is one of the most interesting people I know and I am also happy to have her as an advisor at my venture firm E2MC. Enjoy our conversation!
Opportunities to learn more about space & the space economy:- Check out the new edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:53 Sita's Background
8:07 From diplomacy to the private space sector
10:16 Contrasts between space companies
17:46 Sita's role at Spacex
23:29 Life after Spacex
25:29 Private sector clients & space
32:15 Favorite use cases for space
35:14 Rapid fire questions on the space economy
45:35 Financing space
48:42 Being a mom: Kids and Space
51:39 Parting thoughts