Debra Facktor: Letting Your Values Be Your Guide

Shawn sits down with Debra Facktor, Head of U.S. Space Systems for Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. to explore a career shaped by curiosity, pioneering spirit, and community.Debra shares how a chance realization in high school led her to aerospace engineering, her experiences as one of relatively few women in the field, and her unexpected path to leading a U.S. office in Moscow during the transition from the Cold War to international space collaboration. She also discusses her work with Kistler Aerospace, one of the early pioneers of privately funded commercial spaceflight, and the lessons those early ventures helped bring to today’s commercial space industry.Make sure to check out this incredible conversation on finding your north star and letting your core values guide the way!---Where to find Debra:Linkedin---Hosted by Shawn LinamProduced and edited by Sicily Seitz---Supported by Qwaltec---Find In Her Orbit on:InstagramLinkedInFacebook