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Marco Cross - Space From the Front Lines - Cold Star Project S02E92

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Marco Cross recently completed his Masters degree in space engineering at Brown University, and is now Engineering & Commercialization Advisor at Cold Star Technologies. His experience includes developing and commercalizing products, chief engineer on satellite design projects, and commercial space launch.  


Host Jason Kanigan and Marco Cross discuss:  


Topic: SBUDNIC satellite

  • Mission overview
  • Learnings from building a multidisciplinary team 
  • Learnings from super lean/super fast construction  


    • Topic: Lightweight hardware prototyping/process

    • Industrial design process in the context of mechanical/space engineering
    • Use what’s available, not what’s theoretically best
    • Prototyping always starts with good learnings up front -I’ve seen a lot of people fail because they get super far down the process without front-end validation  


      • Topic: Selling space, talking about the dream of exploration

      • Why selling the idea of space is important
      • NASA budgets are shrinking relative to GDP
      • Is space recession proof?  


        • Topic: Future of space engineering as I see it

        • Smallsats take over large satellites
        • More COTS -Constellation-based sensing overtakes large singular sensing systems, like JWST
        • Machine learning processing necessary for interpolation of data
        • Future areas that need articulation/opportunities for innovation in space.   


          • USEFUL LINKS:  


          SBUDNIC article by Brown University: https://engineering.brown.edu/news/2022-05-16/sbudnic-satellite-launch 


          Transporter Launch video: https://youtu.be/CAgiFU3NAo0 


          Marco’s video "Space Engineering Is Hard And Here’s Why": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNGZYQvCfUM  


          OpEx Society: https://www.opexsociety.org 


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