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Liftoff!
Next up: Politics without Politicians

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Liftoff!  Get on the launchpad and join us as this Conversation takes off! 

Join our hosts while they discuss aspects of the

space industry and life in space

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The Foundation For The Future’s Conversations for the Future conference series is designed to broaden the knowledge base among key officials and stakeholders through a wide range of educational activities.  

Bridging the gap between public & private in the space industry.​

Talking about and presenting you with all sides of a topic so you can make up your own mind about it. 

Providing the complete picture of life and work in space

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The "fab four" hosts for 2024

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Monthly Features:

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The Rocket Girl Report from Meredith Garofalo.  Meredith is an award-winning certified broadcast meteorologist (CBM) and space/science correspondent, owner of Rocket Girl Enterprise LLC.  She will bring us feature reports monthly relating to the science of space and when possible highlight women in space and their contributions.

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The Space Ace, aka Ubaldo Ciminieri with the Workforce Lens.  Ubaldo's mission with these segments, 

to mainstream space through art, music, fashion, entertainment, culture, and people.  His goal is to always represent the approachable in the space industry, to be a voice of the people who all deserve a chance to be part of the space conversation.  During Liftoff!  He works to highlight people’s stories of their journey into space, through the "workforce lens".

 

Dr Plant, with Daniel Tompkins.  Daniel will highlight the things most people never think about when it comes to life in space!  Daniel works to find solutions to large scale difficult problems in feeding life on Earth and beyond. He has 20 years of concurrent work, study, and research of environmental and agricultural science and production.

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The Galaxis Gal, Inara Tabir.  Inara is focused on the human settlement of space.  Her segments will highlight the need of every person to focus on promoting human migration, exploration, and settlement of space.

Episode Details:

The main thing that’s interesting to us is navigating the politics of space industry without bringing the politicians into it per se. How do we keep moving forward to achieve our goals no matter who is in office, particularly with such polarizing figures as we have this year.

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Featured Guests Bios:

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Scott McLaughlin:  Scott A. McLaughlin is a highly experienced engineer and executive with a diverse background in both design and business. He has worked in both the private and government sectors and has traveled around the world installing, maintaining, and marketing specialized wind radar systems. His innovative designs support space launch, test ranges, aviation operations, weather service networks, atmospheric research, pollution studies, and shipboard-based wind measurements. Users include research and defense agencies such as NASA, NOAA, DOE, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, universities, as well as customers in Spain, Taiwan, India, UAE, Thailand, Kuwait, Mexico, Samoa, and Colombia.

Having worked on both sides of the negotiating table, Mr. McLaughlin understands the difficulties and advantages present in both private business and government operations. As a technical innovator, a founder, and an executive of a new business unit, he also appreciates the trials and tribulations of entrepreneurial companies looking for funding while working to “cross the chasm” and to make their mark on the world. In working with and for the federal government at White Sand Missile Range in southern New Mexico, NASA at Johnson Space Center, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, Colorado, and now the State of New Mexico, Mr. McLaughlin also embraces the challenge of how best to honor taxpayer funded activities.

Mr. McLaughlin was born and raised in New Mexico. After graduating from New Mexico State University with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, he moved to Texas, then Colorado where he established a radar design and manufacturing business. After being acquired by a similar small company, and a 25-year absence from New Mexico, he returned home to the Land of Enchantment to work and play in the vast and beautiful Chihuahuan Desert and mountains of the southwest. With a life-long love of space and aviation, Scott found a dream job as Director of Business Development at Spaceport America. In March of 2021, he was selected as the new executive director of Spaceport America.

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Laura Winter: Laura Winter is the Editor and Host of the award-winning DownLink Podcast. I recommend this podcast to anyone who is interested in understanding the space business and national security. And you can subscribe to it anywhere you get your podcast.

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December Guests:

Previous Episodes & Promos

October 2024 Episode
August 2024 Episode
June 2024 Episode
April/May    2024 Episode
March, 2024 Episode
February 13, 2024 Episode
January 16, 2024 Live Episode
January 2024 Promotional Episode
2024 Promo
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UPCOMING EVENTS

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2024 Dates:

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January 16, 2024: Today’s view of Space and the “wrong stuff"

February 13, 2024: Sex in Space

March 12, 2024

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