Orphans of Apollo

Orphans of Apollo is a documentary film directed and produced by Michael Potter, codirected by Becky Neiman and edited by Todd Jones describes how a band of entrepreneurs tried to privatize the space station Mir and tells the story that led to the development of MirCorp. It features prominent NewSpace entrepreneurs and space advocates Rick Tumlinson, Jeffrey Manber..., backed financially by Walter Anderson.

Orphans of Apollo is a documentary film based on a group of entrepreneurs heading MirCorp, who negotiate a business deal with the Russian government to lease the Mir space station for commercial space station. The film covers the historical period from the time President Nixons decision to end the NASA Apollo Moon program to postSoviet Russia. More than solely a hightech space story, the film includes themes of international negotiation, the power of entrepreneur vision, failed effort, and of course political power play. The film combines archival Russian film footage, archival NASA film footage, and IMAX footage, with interviews and original footage of the major players in the project including Walt Anderson, Richard Branson, Tom Clancy, Jeffrey Manber, Rick Tumlinson and others. The documentary has sufficient action to move it along quickly.Michael Potter is currently a Senior Fellow at the International Institute of Space Commerce. Formerly, Potter worked as an international telecommunications analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies CSIS in Washington D.C. Michael Potter was one of the founders of Esprit Telecom, a successful European telecommunications company, where he was president until leaving to establish Paradigm Ventures a hightechnology venture capital firm. Potter also was a founding member of the European Competitive Telecommunications Association. The ECTA pushed for deregulation of telecommunications markets across Europe as a result of commercial practices by former monopolies to limit activities by resellers to access networks and obtain low pricing for the new operators. ........

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