Bridgit Mendler
Bridgit Mendler is co-founder and CEO of Northwood Space, a company building ground segment infrastructure to connect satellites with Earth. She is a former Disney Channel actress best known for starring in Good Luck Charlie who transitioned into the space industry, founding Northwood in 2023. Under her leadership, Northwood has raised over $136 million in funding and secured a $49.8 million contract with the US Space Force to support the Satellite Control Network.
“"The things that I really relate to or that I admire and seek to glean from... more of the Steve Jobs mode of operating is just the obsession with craft and perfection... There's a lot of value in just being maniacal on craft and quality."”
Source→“"SpaceX... has totally transformed, not just on the launch side or the spacecraft side, but truly on the networking side as well... The V3 announcement, right? A terabit per second per spacecraft. Like, that's incredible."”
Source→“"Got to hang out with the EnduroSat team, see what they're doing. They're doing such, such great stuff over there. So really excited for what some of the countries around the world are producing."”
Source→“"I heard you talk with the Impulse team, for example, all of those use cases where spacecraft are moving dynamically around in new ways in the space environment. They basically just don't have a solution for how to connect and control that spacecraft. So when we tie back to how do you succeed at doing your mission, that really ties back to the networking."”
Source→“"Obviously Elon's been a huge influence for the industry and set a lot of axioms that companies now abide by."”
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