Clay Mowry: Chief Revenue Officer at Voyager Space and Incoming IAF President

In Episode 47, Ben chats to space industry legend and Chief Revenue Officer at Voyager Space - Clay Mowry. Clay has previously held leadership positions at Blue Origin and Arianespace. In this episode, they discuss the significance of Artemis, the privatisation of the space industry, how he got offered a job at Blue Origin and what he hopes to achieve as incoming President at the International Astronautical Federation. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsor: Spaced Ventures: https://www.spacedventures.com/ to invest shares of actual space startups! (Note from Ben - due to having record in a different location for this episode, Bens sound quality was not great at times - back to normal next episode (sorry)!) OUTLINE: Here's approximate timestamps for the episode. 00:18 Sponsor on board: Spaced Ventures 01:28 Introducing Clay Mowry 02:20 Artemis 04:04 Launch significance of Artemis 1 05:20 Risk of launch 07:17 Why is Clay a good leader? 11:00 Experience at Arian-Space & early privatisation of space 15:23 How Clay got approached by Blue Origin 18:15 Blue Origin's Mission 22:05 New role as Chief Revenue Officer at Voyager 26:00 Nanoracks 27:40 Starlab 31:00 Science park business model 31:55 incoming President Elect IAF  37:08 Wrap up and socials Follow Clay Mowry: Website: https://voyagerspace.com/ & https://www.iafastro.org/biographie/clayton-mowry.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/voyagersh & https://twitter.com/ClayMowry Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Website: www.astroben.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gambleonit LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-astro-ben-podcast/ Please subscribe and rate - Ad Astra!