BSV Podcast 0124: Orbite Space

Balerion Senior Associate Aidan Daoussis sits down with Jason Andrews, Co-Founder & CEO of Orbite Space, to discuss astronaut training. Orbite Space prepares private individuals, companies, and governments for human spaceflight through training, mission consultation, and spaceflight experiences. The company is building the service layer needed as human access to orbit expands.Timestamped Overview00:00 – Introduction and Orbite Space overview00:48 – Jason Andrews explains Orbite’s role in preparing people for spaceflight03:35 – Experience, train, fly: Orbite’s customer pathway09:35 – Astronaut orientation and condensed training programs15:22 – Mission support and the future of Starship-enabled spaceflight18:45 – Current private astronaut market and barriers to adoption23:03 – Finding customers through F1, yachting, private aviation, and luxury events26:17 – Orbite’s focus on human systems, health, safety, and space hospitality31:27 – Zero-gravity flight training and parabolic aircraft operations35:14 – B2C, B2B, and B2G opportunities for astronaut preparation38:12 – Point-to-point rocket travel and how much training passengers may need40:12 – Mental, physical, and medical preparation for spaceflight44:28 – Underwater and analog environments for space training46:12 – Lunar and Mars analog training with real space hardware52:20 – Revenue model across consumer, business, and government customers55:59 – Public perception, the aviation analogy, and the future of human spaceflight58:15 – Closing takeaway: human spaceflight is becoming a near-term commercial market This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit balerionspace.substack.com