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Riding the Wave Towards Private Spaceflight Development: An Interview with Khaki Rodway

October 14, 2023 • Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom • Episode 57

An interview with Khaki Rodway, Spaceplane Sales and Operations Director for Dawn Aerospace USA. Khaki has an extensive New Space business development and marketing experience working for launch companies like XCorp and Masten, to delivering payload to the International Space Station like Nanoracks, and on orbit truster manufacturing like Bradford Space. Khaki is also the co-founder of NYC Space, An open community for the development of private companies commercializing space.

A graduate of Colombia University, she holds a Masters in Historic Preservation, and a Bachelors in Womens Studies, English Literature, and Journalism from Rutgers University.

In this interview, Khaki tells her exciting story about working with launch services companies developing pioneering work from the Mojave dessert to the prestine mountains of New Zealand.

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