206: The Artemis Accords- A Discussion with Dale Skran

The Artemis Accords- A Discussion with Dale Skran  What are the Artemis Accords? Are countries starting to “pick sides” as they decide to sign the Artemis Accords?  What do the Artemis Accords mean for our future of space exploration, space settlement and space economy? Will the future of space exploration invite us into a collaborative market in space, or a competitive market? Dale Skran is the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the National Space Society- the preeminent citizen’s voice on space exploration, development, and settlement- and shares his perspective on the Artemis Accords with us on this episode of Casual Space.     About Dale: Dale Skran worked 17 years with Bell Labs (AT&T, Lucent Technologies) and continued his career at several companies including Ascend Communications (VP of Enterprise Engineering), Sonus Networks (Director of Engineering), and CMWare (Founder, CEO, COO, and VP of Engineering). He was also a negotiator/ manager at the UN (International Telecommunication Union) where he led the development of international Internet standards for video conferencing and voice services (VoIP). Read more about Dale and find numerous articles and blog posts he’s authored at https://space.nss.org/dale-skran-biography/  Learn more about & become a member the NSS (National Space Society): https://space.nss.org/