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Space Money: IonQ & Capella CEOs on the $318m Deal, Plans & Vision

Space Money: IonQ & Capella CEOs on the $318m Deal, Plans & Vision

Update: 2025-05-17
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The $318 million IonQ purchase deal to acquire Capella Space is bringing together two worlds in a high-stakes bid to radically change satellite-to-satellite and satellite-to-ground communications and computing at the edge. At least that's what the CEOs are saying. Are they right? Also, up top in this episode is a space threats update. Laura Winter speaks with Niccolo de Masi, IonQ’s President and CEO; Frank Backes, CEO of Capella Space; and Hector Falcon, the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center’s Watch Center Director.
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Space Money: IonQ & Capella CEOs on the $318m Deal, Plans & Vision

Space Money: IonQ & Capella CEOs on the $318m Deal, Plans & Vision

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