{"id":56556,"date":"2021-09-29T17:14:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T09:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/how-startup-spaces-youngest-ever-winner-found-gold-in-nasas-idea-storage-closet\/"},"modified":"2021-09-29T17:14:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T09:14:25","slug":"how-startup-spaces-youngest-ever-winner-found-gold-in-nasas-idea-storage-closet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/how-startup-spaces-youngest-ever-winner-found-gold-in-nasas-idea-storage-closet\/","title":{"rendered":"How Startup Space\u2019s Youngest-Ever Winner Found Gold in NASA\u2019s Idea Storage Closet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adisesh Yeragudi just graduated from Rutgers University\u2026 and also became Startup Space\u2019s youngest-ever competition winner at SATELLITE 2021. His company, <b>AV SpaceTech<\/b>, is building a modular ion space propulsion engine \u2014 the Xe-1 \u2014 a disc composed of engine layers that can be added or removed to increase or decrease power. The concept image is stunning, but what\u2019s even more stunning is how and where Adisesh first stumbled across the idea \u2026<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of On Orbit, host Jeffrey Hill talks to Adi about how he was inspired by his father (who is also an entrepreneur) to start this business, which is his second. We also talked about his experience at SATELLITE and Startup Space and how it felt to have a line of people waiting to talk to him about investing in his new company. He also shares tips for young entrepreneurs who may not be comfortable with public speaking. And, of course, Adi explains how he found the idea for the ion engine through <b>NASA\u2019s <\/b>Technology Transfer Portal \u2014 where many other potentially valuable commercial technology concepts could exist.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_333775\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333775\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-333775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/unnamed1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/unnamed1.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/unnamed1-300x120.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/unnamed1-502x200.jpeg 502w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-333775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AV SpaceTech\u2019s Xe-1 annular ion engine concept.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Our second Startup Space 2021 winner was Ethan Lin of <b>TMY Technologies<\/b>, a phased array antenna technology developer in Taiwan. Ethan will appear on a future episode of On Orbit. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to&nbsp;On Orbit&nbsp;wherever you listen to podcasts:&nbsp;Apple Podcasts,&nbsp;Soundcloud,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Spotify.<\/p>\n<h3>Listen Here:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Startup Space\u2019s Youngest-Ever Winner Found Gold in NASA\u2019s Idea Storage Closet by On Orbit Podcast by Via Satellite\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1133212081&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;maxheight=750&amp;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adisesh Yeragudi just graduated from Rutgers University\u2026 and also became Startup Space\u2019s youngest-ever competition winner at SATELLITE 2021. His company, AV SpaceTech, is building a modular ion space propulsion engine \u2014 the Xe-1 \u2014 a disc composed of engine layers that can be added or removed to increase or decrease power. 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