121 John Thornton, Talks Rockets, Space & Lunar Logistics
Aug 01, 2016•23 min
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Episode description
John Thornton is the CEO of Astrobotic, a company aspiring to be the logistics company for Space.
Astrobotic delivers lunar payload and services to government and commercial customers. The company’s first Moon mission will carry customer payloads, win the $20M Google Lunar XPRIZE, and explore a possible cave entrance on the surface of the Moon. Astrobotic has 17 prior and ongoing NASA contracts, strong partnerships, and world-leading staff and technology for the development of robotic landers.
John’s Challenge; Find the darkest place you can and look up at the stars.
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If you liked this interview, check out episode 27 with Henry Thorne where we discuss building a technology company and building businesses.
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