Introductions to Emeline and Eric who have moved from Silicon Valley to catalyse New Zealand. We get to know a bit more about them with some interesting facts with their childhoods.

Trends touched on for 2022 include:

1. Space Debris

2. Space Tourism

3. On Orbit Servicing

4. Large Scale Projects

5. New Commercial Business

As well as new initiatives and what's coming for the next 12 months

If you're interested in booking one on one workshops, please reach out to bookme@engineeringdreamss.space

Michael Sims is the CEO and founder of a new space start-up, Ceres Robotics Inc, that is in the business of building robots for the construction of facilities and habitats on the Moon, Mars, asteroids and beyond.

Michael's career has been devoted to using AI and robotics to enable exploration and to support humans becoming a multi-planetary species. He was previously vice president at Moon Express, and for more than 20 years worked at NASA, where he worked on Mars rover missions.

Michael was a founding member of the NASA Ames Artificial Intelligence group and its field robotics program, the Intelligent Robotics Group. He was previously the chief agent for Automation, Robotics, and Human Factors for NASA's Office of Exploration, which had responsibility for planning all human missions below low-Earth orbit. 

Paul Spain is joined by Mark Rocket, a space entrepreneur and pioneer. As a co-founder of Rocket Lab, Mark has helped put New Zealand on the world map for the space industry.

In this interview Mark shares his experiences of being a part of New Zealand’s emerging space Industry, founding Kea Aerospace, and doing business at a 'stratospheric' level.

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