Q&A with Gwynne Shotwell @ SpaceGen Summit

Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO at SpaceX, took the time to connect and reply to questions from our delegates at the SpaceGen Summit (SGS).
The SGS is SGAC’s online alternative to the Space Generation Fusion Forum for 2020! Focused on networking and getting first hand insight from industry leaders, SGS brought together more than 80 participants and experts from across the space industry, with a focus on the US space sector.
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You can read more about the event here: spacegeneration.org/sgs2020.

[@EdouardFiess]

This was a great interview!! Deserves more views !! 👍👍

[@GettingtoSpace]

Why am I only seeing this now? Great interview!

[@darkkennny1]

Interesting. I hope it goes viral now.

[@buzzsaw838]

Great interview, thanks! 223 views only :'( Will try & repost on my socMed

[@igorvrabiee]

don't worry, true admirers will watch

[@antonsworldofvideos8096]

She is amazing so well informed and thinking very very big smart smart lady

[@jonbong98]

Really great interview, thanks

[@basslinedan2]

Just saw this, what a fantastic interview, good job.

[@Mike.Muc.3.1415]

00:22:00 She is aiming for price/kg similar to Falcon 9 prices in the 50,000,000 $/start range. That's kind of new information.

[@christianbay7614]

I did not what she said, I understood it as a price per launch so a lot cheeper price/kg

[@SmileysRevenge100]

If a movie about SpaceX is ever made, I vote Gwynne Shotwell be played by either Laura Linney or Elisabeth Shue

[@ShawnRitch]

Elisabeth Shue, definitely ... definitely, Elisabeth Shue 👍 😃

[@vedu4528]

accha

[@fudgeknuckle952]

Nice interview! A bit of feedback is Ashwati was hard to hear.

[@evrydayamerican]

Don't get me wrong I love Elon interviews. But seems Glen is the bees knees why doesn't this have millions of views this is awesome. No bull crap just Strachan up questions and answers

[@lang1892]

using starship to pick up debris? damn this woman is as nut as elon and it's freaking amazing! I am a middle class worker in the US and i will go to Mars to clean toilet no doubt!

[@omoladeodetara]

Space transportation much further and faster, to meet other forms of civilization. We may not be able to do that in our lifetime, but don't worry, you never know, they may visit us sooner than we expect, maybe tomorrow or next weekend 👽😊

[@ShawnRitch]

👽 If their are other space fairing 🚀 humanoids out there 🌌, close enough to visit us 🌠, you can be sure they have already been here and are watching 👀 our progress. Only seems logical. 👾

[@Mike.Muc.3.1415]

Shotwell's comments related to employees' burnout sound cynical. It is well known, that there are serious issues related to burnout at SpaceX. She demonstrates that the well-being of their employees is not a priority, because working for one of the greatest projects in history is somehow supposed to help with these major serious effects. This is deeply disappointing. If your workforce can not handle the long-term load, it is too high or you have to increase your manpower.

[@basslinedan2]

That's not how I took that. She acknowledged burnout is dangerous because if people are exhausted, they'll make mistakes, she also said their management are now actively watching for burnout. I'd like to hear from a lower level SpaceX employee on this, but she didn't come across as cynical.

[@ShawnRitch]

@@basslinedan2 I agree with you - she seemed more concerned than cynical. @Mike MUC If you have learned / seen anything about Gwynne Shotwell, you would know, she is anything but cynical. However, I can imagine that the work pace would have to be fast, considering their iterative R&D approach - constantly improving on the last version of whatever it is they may be working on; but the employee would know / understand that going in.