#26: Meet the Person at the Core of ESA's Newspace Transformation (feat. Geraldine Naja, Director at the European Space Agency)

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4 • 4 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

If you listened to episode #23, you’ll recall Hélène Huby, CEO of The Exploration Company, said Geraldine Naja is “at the core of the transformation” of the European Space Agency. From our conversation with her, you’ll find out she’s exactly that - and more.

Geraldine’s unparalleled knowledge is a result of over 30 years of industry experience at ESA. We spoke with her about the usual: the future of space, promising potential use cases, fostering a healthy ecosystem. But Geraldine always delivered engaging answers - developing our questions - and raising important ones herself.

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0:00.0	What I see is that there are a number of new space-related markets, and I especially am very
0:06.5	optimistic about everything that has to do with in-orbit services. This will become a very big market,
0:12.6	life extension of satellites, inspection, refueling, reparation, you name it. Obviously, we are in
0:20.1	a word of data and of, let's say, connectivity.
0:23.6	All the markets linked to connectivity will grow.
0:26.6	All these will require space infrastructure.
0:28.6	All right now, lift on, the clock is turned.
0:35.6	Speed 151. We chose to see in a world.
0:41.1	Lift-off. We have a lift-off.
0:44.0	Hello, and welcome to the New Space Vision podcast, sponsored by Life here, where we discuss
0:48.4	new space technology, finance, and innovation with executives, founders, and more exciting
0:53.5	people from the startup and new space ecosystem.
0:56.4	I'm Dani Saider.
0:57.6	And I'm Sam Shavara, and together we are the founders
1:00.0	of the Earth Observation Company LiveView and New Space Vision.
1:03.7	Today, we are very excited to welcome Geraldine Naja,
1:07.0	Director of Commercialization Industry and Procurement at ESA. Welcome.
1:11.1	Thank you very much.
1:12.6	Yeah, thank you very much for spending the time with us today
1:16.6	and talked a little bit more about how you see the new space ecosystem
1:20.6	and the broader industry.
1:22.6	We typically start the conversation with a little bit of a personal background.
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