COUNCILS
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Six space missions
Six standing council bodies, one for each mission, that steward the space economy - reading the market, curating Space Congress, and elevating the strongest work.
Space Infrastructure Explore Mission + 01 Infrastructure Building workforce, policy, manufacturing, supply chain, and the physical backbone of space on Earth. Explore Mission →
Space Mobility Explore Mission + 02 Mobility Advancing launch, transportation, navigation, and logistics systems that move people, payloads, and resources through space. Explore Mission →
Space Intelligence Explore Mission + 03 Intelligence Advancing data, communications, sensing, AI, robotics, and the systems that run orbital and lunar operations. Explore Mission →
Space Life Explore Mission + 04 Life Developing the health systems, habitats, food, research, and human experiences needed to sustain life beyond Earth. Explore Mission →
Space Industry Explore Mission + 05 Industry Expanding commercial activity, resources, and the businesses that turn capabilities into economic value. Explore Mission →
Space Defense Explore Mission + 06 Defense Protecting the infrastructure, information, missions, and assets essential to national security and continued access to space. Explore Mission →
David Beck
PRINCIPAL
SPACE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
BASED IN → USA
MISSION → SECURE SPACE
David Beck is the Principal of Space Technologies LTD, a Northern Virginia–based consultancy focused on advancing deep technology, dual-use innovation, and sustainable systems supporting the commercial and defense space sectors. His work centers on assured access to space, industrial base development, advanced manufacturing, space mobility and logistics, and emerging AI-enabled technologies that support future space infrastructure and commercialization efforts.
Mr. Beck recently founded Autonomous Directive Ventures (ADV), an artificial intelligence and machine learning company focused on transportation systems, sustainment technologies, logistics modernization, and autonomous operations. He is also the founder of DefenceWorks, LTD, supporting allied industrial base growth and dual-use technology partnerships across North America and emerging international space markets.
Ecem Badruk
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
WOMEN IN SPACE BIOTECH
BASED IN → ITALY
MISSION → LIVE IN SPACE
Ecem Badruk is a bioengineer specialized in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, with experience in business development across biotech and deep-tech sectors. Focused on the emerging field of space biotechnology, working at the intersection of life sciences, commercialization, and space innovation. Founder of Women in Space Biotech, an initiative supporting visibility, collaboration, and leadership in the space life sciences ecosystem. Experienced in projects related to organoids, drug development, 3D bioprinting, regenerative medicine, and longevity in space, with a particular interest in translating advanced biomedical technologies into scalable applications for future space and terrestrial health systems. Skilled in strategic partnerships, ecosystem building, and connecting scientific innovation with industry and commercialization pathways
David Ariosto
FOUNDER & AUTHOR, VISITING PROFESSOR
BASED IN → USA
MISSION → PROSPER IN SPACE
David Ariosto is a space industry analyst, author, professor, and Co-founder of The Space Agency, an integrated space intelligence and communications firm. A contributor, columnist, and podcast host for SpaceNews and Aerospace America, he examines the intersection of commercial space, geopolitics, technology, and capital. His latest book, “Open Space: From Earth to Eternity—the Global Race to Explore and Conquer the Cosmos,” explores the global race to shape humanity’s future beyond Earth. His career spans over 50 countries, including extended stints in Cuba and Afghanistan, with work informing public discourse, global companies, and major media for more than two decades.
Chris Newlands
CEO, SPACE AYE
BASED IN → SCOTLAND, UK
MISSION → OPERATE IN SPACE
Chris Newlands is a Scottish inventor, entrepreneur, technologist and veteran known for founding Space Aye, a space technology company that uniquely fuses real-time satellite imagery, with Internet of Things (IoT) data. This data will form the foundational training data for the next generation of AI models often referred to as World Models or a Live Digital Twin. This data will offer a high degree of certainty, removing many of the inaccuracies and bias currently limiting Large Language Models. Chris is recognised among the world’s leading space entrepreneurs, he has presented at international events including The Economist’s Space Economy Summit, The European Technology Summit & SuperNova.