🎙️ New Episode: CEO CJ Jannette of BlackStar Orbital – Building the Future of Personal Space Access
In this electrifying episode, we sit down with CJ Jannette, CEO of BlackStar Orbital, live from Los Angeles and fresh off Space Tech Expo in Long Beach. With deep roots in SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy and NASA’s hydraulics systems, CJ is now pioneering a new frontier: making space accessible for everyone.
We cover:
🚀 His Direct-to-Phase II SBIR win and $1.8M contract 🛰️ A classified payload launching on Axiom-4
📦 The buzz around SpaceBox – a consumer space payload service for wedding rings, business cards, and more
🔬 BlackStar’s focus on microgravity research, thermal protection breakthroughs, and aerogel-carbon fiber structures 🛫 Spaceplanes, subscale X-37s, and why Dream Chasers are the “yachts of space”
⚠️ EpiPens and the danger of toxicity in orbit, and how space certification is becoming essential
📍 Updates from Titusville, FL – home of their latest operations near pads 39A and 39B 🌌 Why he’s excited about Space Force, CLPS 2 (CMPS), and the role of small payloads in making space personal and repeatable
If you're interested in space entrepreneurship, payload innovation, or simply want to know how to send a piece of yourself to space, don’t miss this one.
🛰️ Reach out to BlackStar Orbital about SpaceBox missions — new flights are launching soon!
BlackStar Orbital
https://www.spacedrone.io/
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