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July 25, 2024 43 mins

In episode 102, chats to Roman Chiporukha, founder of SpaceVIP and co-founder of the luxury lifestyle management firm Roman & Erica. They dive deep into the burgeoning world of private space exploration, discussing the fascinating journey of introducing the final passenger to Axiom’s Ax-1 mission—a $50 million ticket to the first all-private space mission to the International Space Station.

Roman shares his insights on making space exploration more accessible to the private sector, the exciting future of Michelin-starred meals in space, and how celebrities and billionaires are shaping the next frontier.

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Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:14 Introduction to Episode

00:50 Origin story or not!

03:00 Axiom1 and selling a $50m ticket!

05:58 Space VIP https://www.spacevip.com/

07:24 Experience in luxury lifestyle management

09:05 Michelin-starred meals in Space

13:44 Space Perspective https://spaceperspective.com/

16:30 The Space Prize Foundation https://www.spaceprize.org/

21:10 SpaceVIP Products/Experiences in the pipeline

26:30 Risks with these experiences

32:40 Celebs in Space

40:00 Final thought - WHY SPACE

41:50 Wrap Up and socials

Connect with Roman Chiporukha

Website: https://www.spacevip.com/

X: https://twitter.com/getmaxspace

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spacevip/

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