“I didn’t know the funding avenue in the industry was open to MSIs, and traditionally, looking at who is creating products, who has access, this opportunity has kind of given me a pathway on how to connect, how to pitch, how to get access to opportunities I felt that wasn’t available to me.”  

“Our network has expanded significantly throughout the course of this challenge, so of course we’ve been able to network with stakeholders at NASA… We’ve also been able to interact with people who manage SBIR programs, which is a very big opportunity for early-stage startups that are working toward a solution that the government does not have.”  

“Just seeing the ethos behind a lot of the NASA projects is pretty insane. They are trying to get the highest quality sensors in space and on the ground… not necessarily for-profit incentive but just in general, the public needs to access this information, we gotta get it to those people. It’s pretty noble and pretty cool to be part of that.”