Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Sean Casey, Dr. David Livingston.  Topics:  Silicon Valley Space Center, NewSpace investments & outreach, financing, and more.  You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written consent from The Space Show (even if for personal use) & are a violation of the Space Show copyright. We do not permit the commercial use of any Space Show program or part thereof, nor do we permit Space Show programs to be edited, placed on YouTube, or other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted in news articles, papers, academic & research work but must be cited or referenced in the proper citation format. Contact Dr. Livingston for questions about our copyright and trademark policies which we do enforce.  This program is archived on The Space Show website, podcasting, and blog sites with permission from John Batchelor. Please visit the John Batchelor Show website for more information about this fine program, www.johnbatchelorshow.com.  Remember, your Amazon Purchases Can Help Support The Space Show/OGLF (www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm.  Please note that audio and transition issues are a result of copying the John Batchelor broadcast & are not within my control as they originate in the Batchelor studio.

John Batchelor and I welcomed Dr. Sean Casey to the show to discuss the Silicon Valley Space Center (SVSC), commercial space entrepreneurism, training, education, financing and much more.  We talked about the SVSC serving as a startup and early stage commercial space incubator along with how best to obtain angel and venture capital financing for commercial space ventures.  Other topics included industry growth so far & why entrepreneurial commercial space is attracting investment at this time.  We looked at winners so far, winning industry segments, and the risk of bubbles and other challenges.  Dr. Casey talked about most of the activities happening in LEO and we looked at the global effort to enable and develop NewSpace and space entrepreneurism.

You can email Mr. Batchelor or Dr. Sean Casey  through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.  Dr. Casey can also be reached through the SVSC website, www.svsc.org.