He Flew to Space. Now He's Building a New Space Station
Jun 18, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min · 12 segments
Dylan Taylor is the founder and CEO of Voyager Technologies, a space infrastructure company that went public in 2025. Voyager is building Starlab, a commercial successor to the International Space…
Dylan Taylor is the founder and CEO of Voyager Technologies, a space infrastructure company that went public in 2025. Voyager is building Starlab, a commercial successor to the International Space Station, and through its Nanoracks business is the largest commercial user of the ISS today, with more than 1,300 experiments run in orbit. In this conversation with Daniel Epstein, Dylan explains why he sees space not as an escape from Earth but as a way to improve life on it, from cancer research in microgravity to printing human tissue that the body will not reject. He traces his own path back to a three-year-old in a rough part of West Denver who fell in love with space watching Star Trek with his father, and to the moment at thirty-eight when he was successful but unfulfilled and decided to redirect his ambition toward purpose. Dylan flew to space himself in 2021 and describes the overview effect as a single new emotion built from connection, fear, and anger, an experience a Johns Hopkins study measured as off the charts. It is why he founded Space for Humanity, the nonprofit that sent Katya Echazarreta, a Mexican-born engineer, to space. He also reflects on mentorship, fatherhood, why he loves running public companies, and his honest, skeptical answer on whether we are alone in the universe. Dylan joined the Unreasonable Fellowship through the Unreasonable Impact program, run in partnership with Barclays. (00:00) Introduction (02:43) What Voyager Technologies Is (04:25) Space as a Way to Enhance Life on Earth (05:08) Falling in Love With Space at Age Three (06:27) Ambition, Fear of Failure, and Finding Purpose at 38 (09:45) The Overview Effect and the Science of Awe (13:49) Why He Founded Space for Humanity (15:15) Katya's Story and the Ripple Effect (18:32) Reflected Glory and Working Backward From Impact (20:39) Replacing the ISS: Starlab and NASA (23:00) Going Public, and the Barclays Partnership (26:55) The Next Ten Years: LEO, Lunar, and Lagrangian (28:53) The Moon: Helium-3, Oxygen, and Habitation (31:13) Data Centers and the Problem of Cooling in Space (33:04) What Microgravity Makes Possible: Keytruda and Printed Organs (35:38) The Deep Why, and Remembering Who We Are (40:26) Why He Loves Running Public Companies (42:31) Mentorship: His Father and the Mentor Agreement (46:48) Why His Father Was His Greatest Mentor (49:44) His View on Extraterrestrial Life (51:30) Fatherhood, Autonomy, and Accountability (55:10) How to Get Involved (56:24) Closing Reflections
Dylan Taylor is the founder and CEO of Voyager Technologies, a space infrastructure company that went public in 2025. Voyager is building Starlab, a commercial successor to the International Space…
