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EPISODE · Dec 10, 2021 · 42 MIN

Dr. Chris Boshuizen: Australian scientist, explorer, entrepreneur, investor, educator, musician and astronaut

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Dr. Chris Boshuizen is an Australian scientist, explorer, entrepreneur, investor, educator, musician and astronaut. Currently a Partner at DCVC, a deep tech investment company in San Francisco where he focuses on funding cutting edge space companies. Boshuizen completed his PhD in physics at The University of Sydney before accepting a position at the NASA Ames Research Center in California. After leaving NASA he co-founded Planet Labs, which operates the largest fleet of Earth-observing satellites and maps the entire surface of the Earth daily, enabling key insights into our changing world that were previously unobtainable. Dr Boshuizen also flew to space as a passenger on Blue Origin's New Shepard NS-18 mission on October 13 2021.  00:20 Bio for Dr Chris Boshuizen 02:24 Introducing Chris 02:50 Music and Space  03:25 Chris's experience on Blue Origin's New Shepard NS-18 mission on October 13 2021 05:08 William Shatner as crew mate - what was it like? 05:30 Pre flight training - what's involved? 08:13 Zero G flight 09:40 What was Chris's thoughts on the launchpad? 11:30 Shatner's experience/reaction compared to Chris's 14:40 Exploration and time line for truly accessible access to space 18:00 Planet Labs - how did it come about? 22:15 From Planet to DCVC, investing in companies like Rocket Lab 23:00 Entrepreneurial takeaways - a technologist approach to business 25:30 Chris's advice for new space entrepreneurs starting out 29:15 Chris's projections for space industry 31:40 Dr Chrispy! 35:30 Ben's theory about sending Will-I-am or Kanye West to space 36:20 Chris's biggest bit of advice to space entrepreneurs   39:15 Ben asks the most obvious question 40:05 Planet go's public and Chris's socials Social Media Follow Chris's journey to space at https://drchrispy.com      Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/drchrispymusic     Twitter: https://twitter.com/cboshuizen & https://twitter.com/drchrispymusic   Dr Chrispy Music: https://drchrispy.com/spotify    Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Website (coming soon): www.astroben.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/gambleonit?lang=en Please subscribe and rate - Ad Astra!

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