Building an Off-Earth Economy with Tejpaul Bhatia at Axiom Space | New Podcast Episode

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Building an Off-Earth Economy with Tejpaul Bhatia at Axiom Space

Hi, it’s Dana. Writing to let you know about our latest podcast drop today.

What if we could make space travel free (well, free-ish)? What if something like NFTs could create a store of value that subsidizes future missions to space? What if NFT-enabled communities, not the government, could decide what goes up, who goes up, and why we go up to space?

I loved my conversation this week with Tejpaul Bhatia, the Chief Revenue Officer of Axiom Space, a privately owned space infrastructure company that is building and operating the world's first privately owned commercial space station. Tej and his team are tasked with figuring out how to commercialize space, literally creating new business models that pioneer what it means to have an off-earth economy. Including how we can leverage web3 to get there.

And they are well on their way. Axiom's first mission to space in April of this year, Ax-1, marked the first all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. And during the mission, Axiom minted the very first NFT from the International Space Station.

On this week’s podcast, I spoke with Tej about how the business of space meets the blockchain and the future he sees leveraging web3 to help commercialize space.

Here’s a clip about his vision for the role that community can play in transforming space from a government-run to a privately-run endeavor.

Show Notes:

0:00 Show Intro

1:04 Tejpaul Bhatia’s Intro & Career Background

3:00 What is Axiom Space

3:48 What does generating revenue from space mean?

5:33 Examples of business models in space

5:58 Justifying the costs of space & how NFTs can help

8:40 About Axiom Space’s first NFT collection with the Ax-1 Mission & minting the first NFT from the International Space Station

11:44 Learnings & what Axiom proved from the first collection

15:05 Why does community need to be built in web3?

19:42 How Tejpaul resourced the project with expertise and advisory support

22:48 Details about the next mint

24:44 Advice for other project founders

28:30 Resources to learn more

Axiom Space, Website: www.axiomspace.com

Tejpaul Bhatia, Twitter: @tejpaul

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