Ep. 47 - Robots in Space with John Thornton of Astrobotic

In this installment of the Future Grind podcast host Ryan O’Shea discusses the future of space robotics with John Thornton, CEO of Astrobotic. Astrobotic is a space robotics company that seeks to make space accessible to the world by using their lunar landers to deliver payloads for companies, governments, universities, and individuals. Originally spun out of Carnegie Mellon University in 2007 by robotics pioneer Red Whittaker, Astrobotic is creating affordable planetary access to spark a new era of exploration, science, tourism, and resource utilization. While they haven’t yet launched their lunar landers, Astrobotic technology is currently aboard the International Space Station. They discuss Astrobotic’s early success in the Google Lunar XPRIZE, the future of space robotics and human spaceflight, and more. And we have a special announcement - we plan to send this episode of the Future Grind podcast to the Moon on board Astrobotic’s first mission, and we wanted to provide you an opportunity to fly alongside us by sending your own digital files and photos to Moon! Find out more and get involved here - https://futuregrind.org/moon Show Notes: https://futuregrind.org Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/future-grind-podcast-science-technology-business-politics/id1020231514 Support: https://futuregrind.org/support Follow along - Twitter - https://twitter.com/Ryan0Shea Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ryan_0shea/  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RyanOSheaOfficial/