Inspired by his fascination with human space flight and genetic predisposition to engineering, Ed’s career goals have always been to work for NASA and the US manned spaceflight program. With the tragedy of the space shuttle Challenger ingrained into his young mind, his desire to leverage space shuttles sparked even more and has now become a part of the grand adventure.

His primary job:

• Keep our people safe at all times
• Keep the vehicle safe
• Accomplish the mission

Today's episode of North Texas Business Forecast features an exclusive interview with NASA's Director of Flight, Ed Van Cise. He will share some exciting and fascinating insider knowledge about what NASA is doing next. As an aspiring or established entrepreneur or small business in North Texas, you'll also be thrilled to hear about NASA’s collaboration with the private sector in space exploration.

In This Episode

2:21 - What inspired Ed to pursue a career at NASA

5:09 - What motivated him to continue advancing his career at NASA

8:13 - An in-depth look at the roles he played at NASA

11:54 - What's next for NASA in terms of setting foot on a new ground

15:27 - His perspective on public-private partnerships

20:07 - How budding and established entrepreneurs can get involved in the public-private partnership of lunar exploration

22:48 - Ed's most memorable event at NASA

25:49 - The private company NASA directly engaged with

Favorite Quotes

"Elon absolutely wants to go to Mars and so does NASA. And that is a partnership that we should exploit. We should help any private company take people beyond earth orbit. And those private companies should definitely engage with NASA and the heritage and legacy that we have of doing that with humans safely. And I think working together, we can do amazing things." - Ed

"I'm still a fan boy. It's still the same thing as how many years ago, that was 35 years ago of going on this grand adventure." - Ed

"The government is there to do research and development and investment in things that are incredibly hard. And no company in their right mind would want to invest in because there's no profit. But doing those things is the right thing to do." - Ed

"We're seeing more and more commercial partners doing science research for their own, not just for national interests, but for their own interest on the space station." - Ed

"The big mission that we want to do is we want to go put boots on Mars and the leap to go from what we can do today to putting people on Mars is just enormous." - Ed

"I guess the definition of entrepreneurs, you figured out what the thing is, you figure out how it's gonna be hard, and then you find a path to get there. And I think low-earth orbit is really starting to open up to enable that." - Ed

"NASA became more agile and more tolerant and more willing to listen to new ideas." -  Ed

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