T+203: Starlab with Marshall Smith, SVP of Space Systems at Nanoracks

Marshall Smith, Senior Vice President of Space Systems of Nanoracks, joins me to talk about Starlab, their commercial space station which recently won a contract award from NASA as part of their Commercial LEO Destinations program.

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Topics

• Nanoracks - Your Portal to Space
• Nanoracks Appoints Marshall Smith as Senior Vice President of Space Systems
• Starlab - The first ever free-flying commercial space station - Nanoracks
• Nanoracks Space Outpost Program
• T+200: Orbital Reef, Starlab, and the ISS Conundrum - Main Engine Cut Off
• Nanoracks and Lockheed Martin partner on commercial space station project - SpaceNews
• NASA awards funding to three commercial space station concepts - SpaceNews

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