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Episode Synopsis
🚀 The Future of Space video podcast is a candid and informal conversation, between myself and leaders, investors, innovators, educators, celebrities, movers, and shakers that are shaping the future of humankind into outer space. Like how two friends would chat and philosophe. With just one thing missing, a glass of wine! 🚀
Today's guest is Anousheh Ansari. She is CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation, the world’s leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges.
She captured headlines around the world when she embarked upon an 11-day space expedition, the first female private space explorer, first astronaut of Iranian descent, first Muslim woman in space, and fourth private explorer to visit space.
Ansari serves on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Future Council and has received numerous honors, including the WEF Young Global Leader, Ellis Island Medal of Honor, and STEM Leadership Hall of Fame, among others. She is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and serves on the board of Jabil and Peace First, as well as several other not-for-profit organizations focused on STEM education and youth empowerment.
Anousheh Ansari Bio
https://www.xprize.org/about/people/anousheh-ansari
Linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anousheh-ansari-4a40929/
XPrize
https://www.xprize.org
The Billion Dollar Fund for Women
https://beyondthebillion.com
Book - My Dream of Stars
https://www.amazon.com/My-Dream-Stars-Daughter-Pioneer/dp/0230112218
00:00 Introduction
01:48 3 words to describe Space: VAST. MYSTERIOUS. DARK
02:22 Why go to space? What is the human story of going to space?
06:04 Going to space is not abandoning Earth.
06:25 Your journey to space.
12:49 What did I learn about myself by going to the International Space Station
15:52 The challenges of being the first Iranian woman in space
21:37 Feeling the Earth's warmth from space
24:37 We should send world leaders to space so they can experience the overview effect
27:36 Are humans are bad species?
32:18 Tell us more about XPrize
36:43 Nurturing value in a world of abundance.
39:30 A more holistic model of growth
43:24 XPrize focus on the youth
47:08 Learning more about XPrize
48:54 Conclusion
Today's guest is Anousheh Ansari. She is CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation, the world’s leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges.
She captured headlines around the world when she embarked upon an 11-day space expedition, the first female private space explorer, first astronaut of Iranian descent, first Muslim woman in space, and fourth private explorer to visit space.
Ansari serves on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Future Council and has received numerous honors, including the WEF Young Global Leader, Ellis Island Medal of Honor, and STEM Leadership Hall of Fame, among others. She is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and serves on the board of Jabil and Peace First, as well as several other not-for-profit organizations focused on STEM education and youth empowerment.
Anousheh Ansari Bio
https://www.xprize.org/about/people/anousheh-ansari
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anousheh-ansari-4a40929/
XPrize
https://www.xprize.org
The Billion Dollar Fund for Women
https://beyondthebillion.com
Book - My Dream of Stars
https://www.amazon.com/My-Dream-Stars-Daughter-Pioneer/dp/0230112218
00:00 Introduction
01:48 3 words to describe Space: VAST. MYSTERIOUS. DARK
02:22 Why go to space? What is the human story of going to space?
06:04 Going to space is not abandoning Earth.
06:25 Your journey to space.
12:49 What did I learn about myself by going to the International Space Station
15:52 The challenges of being the first Iranian woman in space
21:37 Feeling the Earth's warmth from space
24:37 We should send world leaders to space so they can experience the overview effect
27:36 Are humans are bad species?
32:18 Tell us more about XPrize
36:43 Nurturing value in a world of abundance.
39:30 A more holistic model of growth
43:24 XPrize focus on the youth
47:08 Learning more about XPrize
48:54 Conclusion
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