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Catalysing Space Ecosystems from New Zealand: An Interview with Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom

January 27, 2023 • Episode 48

An interview with the host, Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom.

Emeline is Co-Founder and CEO of SpaceBase based in New Zealand. Emeline is also part of the Ceres Robotics team and a Co-Founder of International Space Consultants. She is an Institute of Space Commerce Fellow, an Edmund Hillary Fellow, and is a member of the Associate Editorial Board for the New Space Journal.

Emeline has BS and MS degrees in Physics and Earth and Space Science. She is an alumni of the International Space University. She has worked for space startups including Space Adventures, Odyssey Moon, Moon Express and Orbital Astronautics. Emeline is co-author of the book “Realizing Tomorrow: The Path to Private Space Flight”.

In this interview Emeline talks about the motivation for moving to New Zealand and creating SpaceBase Limited to help catalyse space innovation ecosystems in developing and emerging countries from New Zealand.

Resources:
Cosmos by Carl Sagan
Space for Planet Earth Challenge competitions
Next challege kicks off on 18 May 2023. More info coming soon!

Hosted by: Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, Co-Founder and CEO, SpaceBase
Music: reCreation by airtone (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons (3.0)

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