A few months ago, Councilmember Ed Gonzalez asked a great question: what if we could bring the people working on the Ellington Spaceport together with the Houston startup community? I was honored to help organize a happy hour to do just that.
Mario Diaz, the Director of the Houston Airport System, gave a short presentation of the opportunities that the Ellington Spaceport will crack open. I’m not going to give you a full rundown. We have reporters for that:
- Business incubator, co-working space to launch at Houston’s spaceport (Houston Business Journal)
- New Frontiers: Space Tech Ecosystem Begins to Grow Around Spaceport (Xconomy)
You can watch the video he showed here:
Here area few pictures from the event:
https://twitter.com/peruchini/status/646468469144158208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Mario Diaz, director of aviation for Houston's Airport and Spaceport system says if you bring your startup, we'll build you space to grow
— Sarah Worthy (@sarahmworthy) September 23, 2015
So many smart Houstonians that want to learn about #startupspaceport (what's up @aimeewoodall!) pic.twitter.com/ghizBDV6Ii
— Jeff Reichman (@fileunderjeff) September 23, 2015
Startup Spaceport: Happy Hour Ellington pic.twitter.com/MZLfapnAyV
— Phil Jackson (@underscorephil) September 22, 2015
