Preparing for the Spacefaring Economy with Elizebeth Varghese, Partner / Principal, Space Economy Acceleration Leader at Deloitte

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Are CIOs prepared for the space age? In this episode, Yadin sits down with Elizebeth Varghese, Partner / Principal, Space Economy Acceleration Leader at Deloitte and the author of Stellar Singularity: Navigating the Spacefaring Economy. They discuss the impact that space technologies have on terrestrial companies and why every company will become a space company. They dive into the democratization of space and advice for CIOs. - Key Quotes: “The democratization of space is here.” “The boundaries of technology and space and non-tech space are blurring. Whether it's telephone services or download speeds, latency of data computing, launch vehicles, infrastructure, data analytics, everything is starting to have a component of space tech in it.” - Timestamps: (01:16) What will the space age look like? (03:35) How space technology transforms businesses (07:32) When are spaceports coming? (08:34) The democratization of space (10:02) The four value streams of space exploration (13:51) Are enough CIOs focused on the space economy?

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