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Monday, August 17, 2026

Space Minds: An optical link ‘internet’ to connect networks in space

08/17/2026

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In this episode, David Ariosto speaks with John Mackey, CEO, co-founder and director of Mbryonics. They discuss building optical links for satellites and other space infrastructure, and what it would mean for space networks to become interoperable.

An optical link ‘internet’ to connect networks in space”

FROM THE CONVERSATION

David Ariosto: You've talked about building this internet in space.

John Mackey: When we say we're building the internet in space, it's not that we're going out there building our own constellations and whatever else. We're enabling the fabric for the internet of space. So, how do you interconnect these different systems, building a big enough pipe? How do you manage such a network and orchestrate it across these various different systems and third-party networks? That's basically the full technology stack we're developing at Mbryonics.

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