Smallsats have evolved from a novelty to the norm in the satellite industry.  Key to this transition has been a change in mentality and practice from custom space craft design to a Henry Ford mentality of standards to meet a much larger volume of rocket builds. Find out how open systems architectures, plug and play capabilities and interoperability standards are enabling growth from a spacecraft perspective. In this episode hear about the cutting-edge techniques and approaches to space systems architectures and spacecraft/satellite design and development.  Also, hear Stan’s lessons learned for new companies entering the new space industry and find out what he thinks the future holds for smallsats.