You could say Max Haot is a man who’s found his destiny even if he’s yet to personally experience it. The explanation for this apparent contradiction can be found in the otherworldly field he operates in: space.
It’s a world few know first-hand, but many are attracted to; Haot is one of 7000 delegates from 99 countries who visited Sydney in late September for the International Astronautical Congress. The 48-year-old heads Vast, a California-based company set to launch Haven-1, the world’s first commercial space station, next year. It will act as a crewed platform for microgravity research, development and manufacturing, but Haot has his eye on a more audacious goal: building the successor to the International Space Station, due to be decommissioned around 2030.
