Michael Laine interviews Sean Mahoney, former CEO of Masten Space Systems. He tells the highs and lows of Masten, up until the buyout by Astrobotic. A riveting story of winning and the struggles in running a space startup. "Shut up and fly" -- Sean Mahoney

Sean Mahoney is the current Executive Director and Board Chair of the Space Frontier Foundation. He is also the former CEO of Masten Space Systems, a pioneering space technologies company with industry-unique suborbital payload testing services, which include a heritage of more than 600 vertical takeoff and landing (VTVL) rocket flights.

Better Futures is our public outreach and engagement division and we are starting a new podcast entitled 'DareGreatly'. Our DareGreatly podcast is a biweekly space podcast that will include guests to explore topics like Living in Space, Commercial Space, Space Policy and Money in Space.

Our show is titled “Dare Greatly” to express the boldness of this new vision for space - and to highlight the people “in the arena,” the leadership of organizations building this better future for all of us.

This episode was recorded on February 6th, 2023 at 5pm PST.

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