Oct 23, 2018
My guest today is
Naveen Jain, a billionaire entrepreneur with two
insanely ambitious ventures underway. He’s on the boards
of the X-Prize and Singularity
University, and has written a book called
Moonshots about extreme entrepreneurship
efforts.
We're going to address his
two moonshot ventures in two separate episodes. Since they address
different topics and challenges, I wanted to go deep into each and
do a full discussion around both topics.
The first, in this episode,
is Moon Express — his company that's racing Elon
Musks' Space X, Jeff Bezos' Blue Horizon and Richard Branson's
Virgin Galactic to push the boundaries of space
exploration. With moon Express, Naveen aims to first
mine the moon and then create an outpost to serve as a launching
pad for further manned space exploration. We explore the issues
surrounding such a bold endeavor.
Then our next conversation, to follow in another episode,
focuses on his effort to (as he puts it) "make illness optional" by
establishing personalized med ical care, prevention, and
treatment through gut microbiome research and related medical
advancements. His company Viome is understanding and eliminating
human health problems arising from microbiome imbalances that have
come from modern diets and medical approaches. It's a mind blowing
look at a rapidly advancing aspect of medical research that could
radically change human longevity and health levels at all stages of
life.
But first, we discuss upcoming moon landings, moon
colonization, and the mission to make the human species
multi-planetary.
More on Naveen & his ventures:
Moon Express: http://www.moonexpress.com
Viome: https://www.viome.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Naveen_Jain_CEO
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