In our latest episode we spoke to Dr David McKeown, one of the originators of Dublin Maker, a fantastic and free annual event that brings together makers of all kinds for a bit of show and tell.

This year’s event takes place Saturday September 2nd in Richmond Barracks, Inchicore, and in this extended interview with David you’ll learn a little more about the passion that drives scientists and engineers like David to stage an event like this year in, year out (from 9 minutes in).

We also talk more about David’s day job as a rocket scientist and engineering manager of EIRSAT-1, a student-led project to launch and build Ireland’s first satellite, and Ireland’s growing space-tech industry (from about 23 minutes).

And David elaborated on why the space industry is valuable, and told us what he thinks of the billionaire space race from about 33:30.

You can find out more about Dublin Maker at DublinMaker.ie and follow David at @dj_mckeown on Twitter to keep up with his work. Updates on the EIRSAT-1 project can be found at Eirsat1.ie and @EIRSAT1 on Twitter.

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We hope you enjoy this discussion with Dr David McKeown as much as we did, and be sure to come back next week for an all-new episode.

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