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