🚀 The Future of Space video podcast is a candid and informal conversation, between myself and leaders, investors, innovators, educators, celebrities, movers, and shakers that are shaping the future of humankind into outer space. Like how two friends would chat and philosophe. With just one thing missing, a glass of wine! 🚀

Today's guest is Robert Jacobson. He is a hyper-connector, advisor, and entrepreneur specializing in the emerging New Space economy. Robert is a partner in the company Space Advisors and the author of “Space Is Open for Business”, a book on the space economy, written for investors and entrepreneurs.

Website https://www.robertjacobson.com Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertcjacobson/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/robertcjacobson/ Twitter https://twitter.com/62mileclub Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RobertCJacobson/ Book "Space Open for Business" https://www.robertjacobson.com/book Book - Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Space-Open-Business-Industry-Transform/dp/1734205105

00:00 Introduction 00:25 3 words to describe space ENABLER. INSPIRATIONAL. UBIQUITOUS 03:00 Closer to space than to each other 04:00 What is the human story of going to space 06:30 Was life always meant to be multi-planetary? 07:40 Your journey to the space industry 12:25 Writing "Space Open For Business" 15:07 The process of self-publishing 17:30 Common traits of people involved in space 19:09 The history of the business of space 22:30 Is space still more unifying than dividing? 25:19 Will China fill the "space" void created by Russia's war? 26:20 Will COVID or the war in Ukraine unify or divide the space industry? 28:12 Timeline for being orbital, on the Moon, and on Mars 31:49 Was 2021 the tipping year for the space industry? 34:15 The evolution of a technology 35:40 Where can people get your book? 37:30 What's next? 38:56 Darwin AI and Galactic Legacy Labs 40:52 Would you go to the Moon? 42:00 Lights on the Moon 43:29 Conclusion