00:00We are with Gino Buchhol, one of the founders of the Office of Stellar,
00:05a reality that started relatively long ago here in Veneto,
00:10but now became known internationally.
00:14Gino Buchhol, the space market is becoming an important market,
00:21an exploration, but also an industrial market.
00:25Is it a perspective that will continue?
00:27Or is it a risk that after a lot of euphoria, there are some low moments?
00:33I would say that the space and the space industry,
00:38we often hear about space economy, will be a lot of time.
00:42We are in the incipit of this adventure.
00:45Space is known to be the place of the great space adventures,
00:49scientific research,
00:50the challenges of humanity that grew,
00:54but it is starting to become a place where there are many commercial activities.
01:01It is a completely new domain,
01:03we are telecommunications,
01:05the observation of the Earth.
01:07It is a place where there are important data for the development of the economy,
01:11and then it is a place that is becoming important for the geopolitics and defense.
01:18We are only at the beginning of this change.
01:22The space is, in all effects,
01:25considered as a new domain of expansion of humanity,
01:27so it will certainly take a long time,
01:30and there is a lot of work to do to use it in the best way.
01:35The interesting thing in this is that Officina Stellare
01:39nasce as a reality that derives from the passion of you,
01:44the founders.
01:45You who have founded it,
01:46you have created the space,
01:47and you have created an company.
01:49And then, what was the passage for success,
01:53starting from small?
01:54Yes, this year we will celebrate 25 years
01:58from the beginning of the year
02:00that I and Giovanni planted in 2001.
02:03So, it is passed a few years
02:05and then the company, as I remember,
02:07has evolved in many ways.
02:08Let's say that a fundamental part
02:09is to make sure that an company
02:14cannot live only the passion that has generated.
02:18We all tend to be passionate about the things that we do,
02:21but it is an company that works in particular
02:23when it has many people inside,
02:26it has to begin to think
02:27from that force that it had originated.
02:31Not at all,
02:32because the entrepreneur
02:33takes energy from that dream
02:35that he had many years ago,
02:38but first of all,
02:40to be surrounded by capable people,
02:41so that your idea,
02:43your intuition,
02:45that dream that you had
02:46is important,
02:48but it costs a lot
02:49to be surrounded by people
02:50who know more about you,
02:51that they don't have only the passion,
02:53but they have the technical skills
02:54that you help to grow the company
02:57and then imagine the company
03:00as not a passion
03:02but an activity
03:02that should generate profit,
03:05that should have happy people,
03:07that should be able to understand
03:10the future
03:10in the direction
03:11in which we are going.
03:12So,
03:12we need to evolve
03:14from that plant
03:16many years ago.
03:17So,
03:18one choice
03:18that is not so common
03:20for the businesses
03:21in the territory,
03:23but also
03:23for the businesses
03:24in the north-west,
03:25is that the quotations
03:26in bourse.
03:27What have you been quoted in bourse?
03:29What have you given this
03:30in the perspective
03:31that then
03:31are derived?
03:32The quotations
03:34in bourse
03:35has been a moment
03:36in response
03:37to an expectation
03:39of growth
03:39that all companies
03:41encounter
03:41when they are lucky
03:43to see their business
03:46work.
03:47We had many options
03:49in the front,
03:50we have selected
03:50the quotations
03:52in bourse
03:52because it seemed
03:53the most efficient
03:55point of view
03:56of giving
03:58the help
03:58that the company
03:59served in that moment
04:01to grow
04:01from the one hand
04:03to keep
04:03the control
04:04of our founders
04:05that we didn't want to lose
04:07because we still
04:08had a lot
04:10to give
04:10to the idea
04:11that we had
04:12but it was certainly
04:14a choice
04:16optimized
04:17in the time
04:19as well
04:19as possible options
04:20were not
04:21as many
04:24as today
04:25as the company
04:26that was a space
04:27the venture capitalist
04:29was not so
04:30advanced
04:31Italy
04:31remained a little bit
04:32a little bit
04:33but it was even more
04:35so the quotations
04:36in bourse
04:36and then
04:37we can say
04:39that it was a good idea
04:40it was certainly
04:41the right choice
04:41and we talked
04:43a little bit
04:43a little bit
04:44we now approach
04:47to another step
04:48that will allow
04:49to grow
04:50further
04:50this is very interesting
04:52that you
04:53have remained
04:54in the dimensions
04:55of the important
04:56technologies
04:57because you have
04:58passed from
04:59the observation
05:00of the Earth
05:01and the space
05:01to the laser
05:03but this
05:05is now
05:05was accompanied
05:06by an
05:07societal operation
05:07that you
05:08will move
05:09to a wider dimension
05:10yes
05:11in particular
05:12the geopolitical
05:14today
05:14is the need
05:17that all countries
05:18have to grow
05:20in their inner
05:20from the point
05:21of the space
05:22as we said
05:23at the beginning
05:24of the interview
05:25they are becoming
05:26very important
05:27they create
05:28a necessity
05:28to increase
05:31the solidity
05:33also
05:33of the filial
05:34in this field
05:34Italy
05:36is
05:36a country
05:38that has
05:39a lot of space
05:40and has
05:40many capabilities
05:42in the space
05:43that are recognized
05:44in these
05:45recent years
05:46I heard
05:46say
05:46that at the end
05:48we are the third
05:50country
05:50that arrived
05:51in the space
05:51after the United States
05:52and the United States
05:53and the United States
05:55we were already
05:56very capable
05:56and all this
05:58capacity
05:58that is distributed
05:59in many
06:01companies
06:02maybe small
06:03and very small
06:04and very frazinated
06:04as it is typical
06:05in many other sectors
06:06have certainly
06:08needed
06:08in the future
06:11to aggregate
06:12and solidify
06:13what we are doing
06:14is going
06:14in this direction
06:16in the future
06:17there are
06:17great national champions
06:18that
06:18they want to give you
06:19their contribution
06:20to make it
06:22together
06:22the capacity
06:24that we have
06:25in this moment
06:26to be in the top
06:28100
06:28in the north-est
06:29we have to have
06:30this year
06:32526
06:33million
06:33of
06:33but
06:35is it like
06:36a trip
06:37to the moon
06:38or like a trip
06:39to the moon
06:40to the moon
06:40no no no
06:41it is from the Earth
06:42to the low orbit
06:43so we are close
06:44we can do it
06:45we can do it
06:46we can do it
06:47thank you
06:48thank you
06:48thank you
06:49thank you
