#16: We Made Aliens... in Space? (ft. Mark Kugel, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of yuri)

NewSpaceVision

Technology

4 • 4 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this episode, Mark Kugel, Co-founder and Co-CEO of microgravity research company Yuri (yes, it’s as fascinating as it sounds), explains how his startup enables researchers to conduct experiments in low gravity - while in orbit around the Earth - and why this has such special benefits. Yuri enables research but also wants to conduct it itself - perhaps even growing organs in space unaffected by the constraints of gravity on Earth.

You’ll also hear about the challenges Yuri faced, why small companies hold the power to disrupt the market, and what’s in store for the future of space innovation.

linkedin.com/company/newspacevision

twitter.com/NewSpaceVision

instagram.com/newspacevision

facebook.com/newspacevision

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	space. So they have found bacteria that have adapted so quickly and so dramatically that you
0:06.2	cannot compare them to any species on Earth, which means they basically became new species.
0:30.8	Hello and welcome to the new space vision podcast where we discuss rising technologies, economic opportunities and social dreams centered around new space and innovation.
0:36.4	We will talk with executives, founders and other exciting people from the startup and new space ecosystem.
0:37.6	I'm Daniel Seidel. And I'm a swimshivara and we are the founders of new space ecosystem. I'm Daniel Seidel.
0:40.3	And I'm St.m. Schiwara, and we are the founders of life, you.
0:44.7	Today I'm very excited about the podcast and the podcast guest which we're going to talk to,
0:47.2	Mark Cougall, co-founder and CEO of Yuri.
0:53.8	Because the topic which we're going to cover is microgravity research and production in orbit. I think one of the most exciting topics,
0:56.0	and if I wouldn't have worked in Earth observation, most probably I would have worked in that field.
1:00.8	But, well, let's directly dive in. Mark, first of all, thanks for being here. Can you tell us a little
1:08.5	bit about yourself and your company, Yuri?
1:11.9	Yeah, thanks for having me, Svenna Daniel.
1:14.2	I'm excited to be part of this.
1:16.2	Yeah, I'm Mark.
1:16.9	I'm one of the three co-founders of Yuri.
1:19.3	I'm the only non-space engineer in the founder team.
1:22.6	So Maria and Chris, my co-founders, they worked at Airbus before.
1:25.9	Yeah, I had this amazing idea because they worked
1:28.0	in that field and I kind of stumbled into that amazing group of three people now. I myself
1:35.2	in a background of an industrial engineer, so it's kind of 50% engineering, 50% business. I actually
1:42.0	worked at Airbus for a couple of years with the excitement for space,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NewSpaceVision, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NewSpaceVision and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.