Planet co-founder Robbie Schingler discusses how space technology has transitioned from defense applications into foundational infrastructure for everyday civilian life.
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“So much of infrastructure of our modern interconnected economy Flows through space, and a lot of people just don't know about that. Yeah, we all now have, you know, we don't know GPS and location now, and it's just, that is just back-end infrastructure for society that, that we actually always expect to be there, and those all come from space, and in fact, if, I mean, like, I don't know how deep you want to go into this stuff, but all of that started from military application, and now has become a public good.”
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