Space Competition: AIAA's Clay Mowry On What The Commercial Sector Wants

Space Competition: AIAA's Clay Mowry On What The Commercial Sector Wants

May 22, 2026 · 35 min

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Laura Winter interviews Clay Mowry about the commercial sector's needs in light of increasing lunar missions.

Citing China’s possible mission to send Taikonauts around the moon, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told AIAA's ASCEND conference attendees that the launch cadence to the moon must increase. Laura Winter speaks with Clay Mowry, CEO of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and immediate past president of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF).

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