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Podcast: Valley of Depth
Episode: The Venture Studio, with Leon Alkalai (Mandala Space Ventures)
Description: Today’s Pathfinder episode features Leon Alkalai, former Technical Fellow of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and now the founder of Mandala Space Ventures. Having spent 32 years at JPL, we dive into his leadership roles for the GRAIL mission in 2007, which mapped the Moon's gravitational field and the Insight Lander in 2012, a first of its kind mission aimed at exploring Mars' deep interior. Leon now runs Mandala, a combination of space venture studio meets venture fund. In addition to all this, Mo and Leon discuss: The history of NASA JPL Commercializing JPL technologies The venture studio approa...