T+189: Stephen Forbes, DARPA Blackjack Program Manager - Listen -

T+189: Stephen Forbes, DARPA Blackjack Program Manager

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Stephen Forbes, the Program Manager for DARPA’s Blackjack project, joins me to talk about DARPA and its interaction with the rest of the Department of Defense, how they approach space initiatives, where Blackjack came from, where it’s going, what they hope to accomplish with it, and how it fits into the near-future of the industry.

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