Jane Poynter | Rapid Fire Episode | Future Car Podcast
Welcome to another Rapid Fire Episode presented by your host, Ed Bernardon.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Jane Poynter, the founder and Co-CEO of Space Perspective, a company that aims to make space travel available to everyone. They have designed a spaceship called Neptune, which is the most accessible, most sustainable, and safest way to launch from Earth. You can hear more about their amazing project in my previous conversation with Jane.
As usual, I ended our chat with some quick questions for Jane, from her favorite astronaut to her vision of the future of space travel. She gave some fantastic answers that you don’t want to miss!
What was the first car you ever bought or owned?
A Mini.
Tell me your best speeding ticket story. Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket?
Oh, no, no, no. So, here’s what you have to know is that I used to race motorbikes. So, I am not telling you any of my stories about speeding tickets, Ed.
In three words, how would you describe what space travel in the future will be like? What will it look like?
It’s for everyone.
What is your ultimate adventure that you still hope to take some day?
Space. I haven’t been to space yet. That is what I’m hoping to do as soon as next year.
Jane Poynter | Co-Founder of Space Perspective
Jane is co-founder of Space Perspective and is charged with ensuring all Space Explorers have the most meaningful and memorable journey possible. As a member of the Biosphere 2 design team and original crew who lived for two years inside the sealed, self-sustaining habitat, the first prototype space base built and operated. She then co-founded and was President of Paragon Space Development that today has technologies on almost every human spacecraft in operation in the U.S. In partnership with the World Bank and United Nations. She holds a patent for the world’s first self-sustaining habitat used in multiple space programs and bred the first animals to complete multiple life cycles in space.
Ed Bernardon, Vice President Strategic Automotive Initiatives – Host
Ed is currently VP Strategic Automotive Initiatives at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Responsibilities include strategic planning and business development in areas of design of autonomous/connected vehicles, lightweight automotive structures and interiors. He is also responsible for Future Car thought leadership which includes hosting the Future Car Podcast and development of cross divisional projects. Previously he was a founding member of VISTAGY that developed light-weight structure and automotive interior design software acquired by Siemens in 2011, he previously directed the Automation and Design Technology Group at MIT Draper Laboratory. Ed holds an M.S. in mechanical engineering from MIT, B.S. in mechanical engineering from Purdue, and MBA from Butler.
On the Move: A Siemens Automotive Podcast
The automotive and transportation industries are in the middle of a transformation in how vehicles are designed, made, and sold. Driven by an influx of new technologies, consumer demands, environmental pressures, and a changing workforce in factories and offices, automotive companies are pushing to reinvent fundamental aspects of their businesses. This includes developing more advanced and capable vehicles, identifying new revenue sources, improving customer experiences, and changing the ways in which features and functionality are built into vehicles.
Welcome to On the Move, a podcast from Siemens Digital Industries Software that will dive into the acceleration of mobility innovation amid unprecedented change in the automotive and transportation industries. Join hosts Nand Kochhar, VP of Automotive and Transportation, and Conor Peick, Automotive and Transportation Writer, as they dive into the shifting automotive landscape with expert guests from Siemens and around the industry. Tune in to learn about modern automotive design and engineering challenges, how software and electronics have grown in use and importance, and where the industries might be heading in the future.
