When Kepler Met Turing | Space Capital Summit 2026

Jonny Dyer, CEO of Muon Space and former Chief Engineer at Skybox Imaging, joined Tom Ingersoll at the Space Capital Summit 2026 to make the case that orbital data centers are a symptom of something far larger: the full convergence of space and ground infrastructure. The distinction between the two is dissolving, and the industries that do not have a space strategy will be left behind. The conversation covers the real physics and economics of why orbital data centers make sense, how always-on solar power and near-absolute-zero heat dissipation in orbit solve problems that are genuinely unsolvable on Earth, and what it will actually take in launch cadence and cost to make the economics close. It gets into the radiation environment, why modern chipsets are already becoming naturally fault-tolerant, and why the engineering challenges are real but not showstoppers. It also goes well beyond data centers. Jonny walks through how Muon is building a global wildfire detection constellation with Cal Fire as a partner, how a $1 Bluetooth tag attached to any package will soon be trackable anywhere on the planet from space, and why the energy sector, supply chain, and logistics are next in line to be transformed by the same infrastructure buildout. The closing line says it plainly: this is the most exciting time ever to be working in space, and it feels like a massive alignment and convergence around an opportunity that has never existed before. Learn more about the companies shaping the space economy: https://www.spacecapital.com Subscribe for more research, portfolio insights, and analysis from Space Capital. #SpaceCapital #SpaceCapitalSummit #MuonSpace #OrbitalDataCenters #SpaceEconomy #SpaceInvesting #AI #Starship #SpaceX #Firesat #WildfireDetection #JonnyDyer #TomIngersoll #Starlink #ComputeCrunch