Click above to hear part 3 of DIY Spaceflight, featuring Pete Worden, chairman of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation and former Center Director of NASA Ames Research Center, discussing the development and potential of small satellites that can be launched by private citizens.

DIY Spaceflight:
Part 1: Julian Guthrie / Private Spaceflight
Part 2: SpaceCom Expo
Part 3: Pete Worden / Cube Sats
Part 4: Margot Lee Shetterly / Hidden Figures

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