2024’s first Pathfinder episode features Daniel Faber, CEO of Orbit Fab, a US-based company that is pioneering in-space refueling infrastructure, akin to orbital gas stations.

In this year’s last Pathfinder episode, we bring together the entire Payload editorial staff to chat about the biggest space stories of 2023 and each team member’s top predictions for 2024!

This week’s Pathfinder features Shahin Farshchi, General Partner of Lux Capital, a leading venture capital firm known for investing in hard science and deep tech startups.

Modern engineering teams need to look radically different, at least according to Pari Singh, Founder and CEO of Flow Engineering.

Ed Mehr, cofounder and CEO of Machina Labs, joined Pathfinder to talk about his startup integrating the latest advancements in robotics and AI to construct next-generation factories.

Today’s Pathfinder pod features Hélène Huby, the cofounder and CEO of The Exploration Company, a developer of affordable, modular, and reusable spacecraft capable of missions to Earth orbit and the Moon.

Listen to Pathfinder #0071 for more on Relativity’s future on Mars, whether there’s a rocket larger than Terran R in Relativity’s future, the long-term strategy for 3D printing, and much more.

Dan Piemont, the cofounder, president, and CFO of ABL Space, chats about ABL’s maiden launch attempt, lessons learned, and the road to Flight 2.

Caleb Henry, director of research at Quilty Space, is back in the Pathfinder hot seat on this week’s episode.

Leon Alkalai, founder of Mandala Space Ventures, talked with Pathfinder about his time at JPL and the venture studio approach to space.

Will Coffield, cofounder and General Partner of Riot Ventures, joins Pathfinder this week.

Today’s Pathfinder episode brings in Bill Weber, CEO of Firefly Aerospace, hot on the heels of the U.S. Space Force’s VICTUS NOX mission success.