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Monday, July 20, 2026

Space Minds: Building the infrastructure for a shifting space economy

07/20/2026

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In this episode, David Ariosto speaks with SpinLaunch CEO Massi Ladovaz. They discuss what attracted Ladovaz to reimagining how to launch spacecraft, the changing needs and challenges of building constellations for a global space community and adapting to customer demands for sovereignty amid shifting geopolitical situations.

Building the infrastructure for a shifting space economy with Massi Ladovaz

FROM THE CONVERSATION

David Ariosto: When you look at this industrial layer, and you think about new industries that could emerge from these customized orbital networks that are being built ... where does your mind go when you think about those things in terms of new industry?

Massi Ladovaz: I keep thinking to myself, we are unfortunately or fortunately just at the beginning of this revolution, and the next step is finally getting complete integration of space systems in our day to day. Even more than we are. Industry has been still niche and I think the next few years we will see more and more integration. And then you can expand ... Data centers in space, does it make sense or does it not make sense? The moon; how do we connect the moon? That's the reason why I became an engineer; I was fascinated from day one by space.

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