Jeremy Schiel is the Co-Founder and Chief Development Officer at Orbit Fab and a leading entrepreneur in the growing in-space economy. Spacecraft are no longer restricted to the fuel they are launched with. Orbit Fab delivers the fuel and other materials that are required, where and when they are needed, to enable business models never before thought possible.

In this episode, Ben and Jeremy discuss getting to orbit in year 1, the challenges of “building an empire” and why we should hope for a Mc Donalds in space! 

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OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:19 Spaced Ventures

00:40 Jeremy Schiel is the Co-Founder and Chief Development Officer at Orbit Fab

01:20 Where does the name “Orbit Fab” come from?

02:00 How Jeremy met his co-founder Daniel Faber and started Orbit Fab

02:52 Space conference

03:50 Gas Stations in Space!

04:39 Types of refuelling

05:50 Getting to Orbit

08:19 RAFTI (Rapid Attachable Fluid Transfer Interface)

12:08 Launch Provider 

13:13 Minimising Spacejunk

15:20 Technical challenges of Orbit Fab

16:58 Fundraising

20:55 Partnership with Astroscale

22:10 Why Orbit Fab UK?

24:00 Orbit Fab 2023 - what to expect?

27:30 CONFERS

29:10 Opportunities for innovation

33:34 Advice to entrepreneur’s 

35:40 Long term aspirations for Orbit Fab

36:47

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