The Aerospace Corporation

🚀🎙️ Ready to explore the new space race? Now streaming: "Startups, Space, and Boundless Frontiers" with Steve Isakowitz, President and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation — a leading architect  for the nation’s space programs, operating in the civil, national security and commercial realms. Join SOSV General Partner Pae Wu as she dives deep into Steve’s extraordinary journey—from pioneering commercialization at NASA and raising a whopping $1 billion at Virgin Galactic, to critical roles at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Department of Energy (DOE), and his current position leading Aerospace. In this must-watch episode, Isakowitz reveals: 🔹 The unmatched challenges and opportunities in space tech today 🔹 Why startups are rapidly reshaping the space frontier 🔹 The shifting dynamics: Is the future of space more software-driven than hardware? 🔹 How asymmetric technologies and commercial space innovation are redefining global security 🔹 Where the next blockbuster opportunities for space startups will emerge From billion-dollar government missions to cutting-edge Silicon Valley ventures, discover how the space race is transforming innovation, reshaping national security, and revolutionizing our everyday lives here on Earth. 📺🎧 Stream "Startups, Space, and Boundless Frontiers" now on SOSV Deep Tech LIVE—available on YouTube and your favorite podcast platforms. Links in comments ⬇️ #BuildWithSOSV #DeepTech #SpaceTech #Innovation #SOSV

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We would like to offer our congratulations to Kevin Bell at The Aerospace Corporation, on being named among our Top Space Execs to Watch in 2025! Bell most recently led the restructuring of The Aerospace Corp.’s Engineering and Technology Group, creating two new divisions designed to optimize and integrate technical solutions across the national security space architecture and transform Aerospace’s digital capabilities to create new efficiencies.

🚀 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬, 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 - 𝐒𝐎𝐒𝐕 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳 (President & CEO, The Aerospace Corporation) There’s no deep tech tougher than space tech—and no commercialization frontier more vast than what lies beyond the Kármán line. In a one-on-one conversation, 𝐀𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳 joins 𝐃𝐫. 𝐏𝐚𝐞 𝗪𝐮 (SOSV GP & IndieBio CTO) to explore: ✨ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 – tackling extreme radiation, zero gravity, and mind-boggling speeds 🚀 📈 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲 – where startups are breaking barriers 🌌 🤝 𝐀𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞’𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 – bridging the gap between private innovation & government needs 🛰️ This promises to be a fascinating conversation! 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳’𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐀, where he helped open the door to the commercialization of space, to 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜, where he raised $𝟏 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 and positioned the private space venture as a leader in space tourism and micro-gravity research. At 𝐀𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞, a leading architect for the nation’s space programs, Isakowitz leads a team of more than 𝟒,𝟔𝟎𝟎 as they work alongside government and industry partners to 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 while nurturing the innovative technologies needed to further a new era of 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. This includes a strong focus on 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 and helping drive 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 coming out of the 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦. 💡 With 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝐱, startups are unlocking new cosmic possibilities: 🌕 Permanent moon colonies 🚀 Human exploration of Mars 🌎 Advanced climate monitoring 🛰️ Giant space stations 💊 Zero-G pharmaceutical breakthroughs Let’s talk 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡! 🌍➡️🌌 🗓️ 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 ⏰ 𝟔:𝟎𝟎 - 𝟖:𝟑𝟎 𝐏𝐌 𝐄𝐓 📍 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐈𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 🌠 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧-𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 on the 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 and how 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. #SpaceTech #DeepTech #Startups #Innovation #Aerospace #CommercialSpace