EPISODE · May 30, 2023 · 59 MIN
Building Indian Satellites, Meeting Elon Musk, and Spacetech | Dostcast w/ Awais Ahmed
from Dostcast · host Vinamre Kasanaa
Awais Ahmed is the founder and CEO of Pixxel, a space technology start-up. He was part of BITS Pilani's official student nano-satellite team, 'Team Anant'. In 2017, he was one of the finalists of the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition in 2017. In this podcast, ▸ Vinamre and Awais talk about why Elon Musk is wrong about colonizing Mars. ▸ How Awais splits his time between LA and Bengaluru ▸ How much resistance he had to face as private space company from ISRO Timestamps: (0:00) Intro (1:01) Winning a competition to meet Elon Musk (2:27) This is what hyperloop really is (9:56) Learning to build a satellite at BITS Pilani (11:12) You probably didn't know this about satellites (14:36) What happens to a satellite when it stops working (18:19) Awais explains why SpaceX invests in his company (25:02) How the government allowed a private company to build satellites (31:02) Interning with HAL on a combat helicopter (32:33) Monitoring the health of Earth using satellites (39:42) Making $1 per acre from space (44:22) Private companies are dominating the space industry (48:24) Predicting the eruption of volcanoes from space (50:10) Awais opens up on whether he feels left out in Bengaluru (55:22) Awais disagrees with Elon Musk about colonizing Mars (57:14) Conclusion Listen to the audio version of the full podcasts at - Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=eZQk7N3_QOmvOfu0umGjzg Google Podcast - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zZDkyMjI0MC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/dostcast/id1538251790 == This is the official channel for Dostcast, a podcast by Vinamre Kasanaa. Connect with me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaa Dostcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/ Dostcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dostcast Dostcast on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/dostcast == Contact Us For business inquiries: [email protected] == #Dostcast
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Awais Ahmed is the founder and CEO of Pixxel, a space technology start-up. He was part of BITS Pilani's official student nano-satellite team, 'Team Anant'. In 2017, he was one of the finalists of the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition in 2017. In this podcast, ▸ Vinamre and Awais talk about why Elon Musk is wrong about colonizing Mars. ▸ How Awais splits his time between LA and Bengaluru ▸ How much resistance he had to face as private space company from ISRO Timestamps: (0:00) Intro (1:01) Winning a competition to meet Elon Musk (2:27) This is what hyperloop really is (9:56) Learning to build a satellite at BITS Pilani (11:12) You probably didn't know this about satellites (14:36) What happens to a satellite when it stops working (18:19) Awais explains why SpaceX invests in his company (25:02) How the government allowed a private company to build satellites (31:02) Interning with HAL on a combat helicopter (32:33) Monitoring the health of Earth using satellites (39:42) Making $1 per acre from space (44:22) Private companies are dominating the space industry (48:24) Predicting the eruption of volcanoes from space (50:10) Awais opens up on whether he feels left out in Bengaluru (55:22) Awais disagrees with Elon Musk about colonizing Mars (57:14) Conclusion Listen to the audio version of the full podcasts at - Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=eZQk7N3_QOmvOfu0umGjzg Google Podcast - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zZDkyMjI0MC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/dostcast/id1538251790 == This is the official channel for Dostcast, a podcast by Vinamre Kasanaa. Connect with me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaa Dostcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/ Dostcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dostcast Dostcast on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/dostcast == Contact Us For business inquiries: [email protected] == #Dostcast
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