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Space Minds: Heather Pringle on this week's Space Symposium

04/13/2026

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In this episode of the Space Minds podcast, SpaceNews' Mike Gruss interviews Heather Pringle, a retired Major General of the U.S. Air Force who is the CEO of the Space Foundation. They discuss what to expect at this year's Space Symposium, how the international space community is responding to recent progress in space capabilities around the world, the impact of the Artemis 2 launch and efforts to bolster the space workforce.

Heather Pringle on the upcoming Space Symposium and future international collaboration in space

FROM THE CONVERSATION

Mike Gruss: Last question, and this is about buzzwords we're going to hear at Space Symposium. And I need you to rank them in order of what we're going to hear most to what we're going to hear least. Direct to device, orbital data centers or AI. How do you rank those?

Heather Pringle: AI, orbital data centers, and then direct to device.

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