A year on from our last conversation, we catch up with John Janicki, President of Janicki Industries( Janicki), a renowned manufacturer of tools, parts, prototypes, and assemblies for the aerospace, defense and space industries. With customers ranging from private space companies to flying car start-ups, Janicki’ s work is as varied as it is complex, as John explains:“ What is quite fortunate is that these sectors are, to a degree, independent of one another. In the US, private space companies such as Blue Origin, SpaceX and Relativity are getting money from the government for their job but they’ re privately funded, meaning they make decisions based on their own long-term visions, whether that is reaching Mars or focusing on satellite deployment. We have been able to identify and secure specific components we can build for them. As a result, our work in this