Greg Hodgin - How Can We Create a Tech Dev Consortium In the Space Industry?

ZC Institute founder Greg Hodgin is the guest this time on the Cold Star Project. Dr. Hodgin is assembling a tech development consortium comprised of space industry labs and researchers. How has he done it? Where does the funding come from? Host Jason Kanigan asks Dr. Hodgin: How did you get into the space industry? What is your long term vision and how did you arrive at it? Can you share strategic vs tactical considerations you thought of in the planning stage for carrying your plan out? How did you decide on the “Institute” organization, why this way? How does intellectual property ownership work? Eg. When you have something, who owns the technology? Where does the money come from? What unexpected factors or reactions have you encountered in your journey putting this group together? How will you know when you’re “done”? Does the organizational structure change at that point, eg. to a new company to execute scaled production? USEFUL LINKS: ZC Institute website: https://zcinstitute.com/ OpEx Society: https://www.opexsociety.org America's Future Series: https://www.americas-fs.org/ Talk to Cold Star: https://coldstartech.com/talktous