Michael Lyon, founder of Xtronaut Enterprises, is a mentor at the Creative Destruction Lab tech accelerator, with a history of work in the space tourism and education fields. He has been an Adjunct Professor at the George Mason University School of Management, and was general counsel with James Cameron on Deep Ocean Expeditions (Titanic, Bismark).

• On the Cold Star Project with host Jason Kanigan we discuss:
• the experience of traveling in a submersible to hydrothermal vents 8600 feet beneath the ocean surface
• what Michael has learned as a mentor at the Creative Destruction Lab
• what space and AI company founders need to do before they start looking for seed round funding
• the deadly things startups consistently miss to protect themselves legally as they begin operation
• how Michael's company, Xtronaut Enterprises, is involved in the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission
• the hurdles to commercial space tourism and how the field may develop.

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