David Anderman is co-founder and General Partner of Stellar Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage space technology startups.
He spent 16 years at Lucasfilm Ltd., creator of the Star Wars franchise. As Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, he notably negotiated Lucasfilm’s $4 billion sale to Disney in 2012.
Moving from imagined space to real space: David became General Counsel at SpaceX, where he played a key role in landmark projects like the launch of Starlink and the first private human spaceflight to the International Space Station.
David is also founder of Red Rock Media Group, which is the media company for humanity’s expansion into the cosmos
This episode covers a lot of ground (well, space):
- What it’s like to work for George Lucas
- What it’s like to work for Elon Musk (and what motivates him)
- The media rights to SpaceX’s journey to Mars (‘Big Brother’ in space?)
- Timeline for humans on Mars
- How space has been opened up to entrepreneurs and investors who support them
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