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In this episode of the Space Economy podcast we a have Future In-Space Operations Q&A from Nov. 30 with Mike Provenzano, Director of Lunar Surface Systems at Astrobotic Technology. Mike presented a comprehensive update on all of Astrobotic's programs. His talk was title "Astrobotic’s Space Logistics Services: Making the Moon Accessible to the World." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode of the Space Economy podcast we a have Future In-Space Operations Q&A from Sept. 14 on the US ISAM National Strategy which was released by the White House in April of this year. ISAM being the acronym for In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing. The guest speaker is Ezinne Uzo-Okoro, from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Uzo-Okoro is the Chair of the National Science and Technology Council Working Group on ISAM. In the podcast she spoke for abo...
In this episode of the Space Economy podcast our special guest is Clark Lindsey, the lead analyst of a new 161 page report from NewSpace Global called Cislunar Market Opportunities, In-Space Business within the Earth-Moon System. The report is available to purchase online at cislunar.report with a single user license, a team license for up to users and there's also a corporate license. Listen In. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
The Space Economy podcast is back for a sixth season with a wide variety of guests scheduled including first time guest Matthew Mejía of Sierra Space, the 2021 spinoff from the Sierra Nevada Corporation. Matthew Mejía is the recently appointed Chief Strategy & Development Officer. The timing of this interview was perfect as they just announced today the creation of a new division, Sierra Space Ventures. Matthew explains in some detail the new division along with providing an update on their ...
In this weeks Space Economy podcast my special guest is Lori Garver, the former Deputy Administrator of NASA and author of the new book Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age. During her 35 year career, and this is just partial list, Lori worked at NASA twice, advised a variety of presidential candidates, led the NASA transition team under Barak Obama, was the Executive Director of the National Space Society for nine years and co-founded the Brooke Owens Fellowsh...
This week on the Space Economy podcast we're presenting a Future in Space Operations talk by Dan Lopez, Chief Business Officer of Arkisys. The title of Dan's talk is Driving the Next Silk Road in Space: The Arkisys Port Architecture . Now, the one thing to remember about these Future in Space Operations presentations is that you will sometimes get ideas that are in the very early stages of development. That's the case with the Port Architecture by Arkisys. While the idea appears sound, the busin...
In this weeks Space Economy podcast we're presenting a Future in Space Operations talk by Gary Calnan, the founder and CEO of CisLunar Industries. As we prepare to head back to the Moon, this time hopefully to stay, we'll need to continue to build up our commercial efforts in low Earth orbit. For CisLunar Industries that means making the business case for recycling space debris for in-space metal manufacturing. Visit our website for the presentation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
This week on the Space Economy podcast my special guest is Andy Bowyer, CEO of Kleos. Its been 3 1/2 years since Andy was last on the show when the company was just getting started. Kleos is building a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that detect and geolocate radio frequency transmissions to identify hidden and illegal activity. When we last spoke Kleos didn’t have any satellites on-orbit, but things have definitely changed. Listen in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...
In this weeks Space Economy podcast my special guest is Jaret Matthews, Founder and CEO of Astrolab. Jaret and I discussed his new venture which is singularly focused on building a multipurpose rover with lunar, terrestrial and eventually Mars applications. Jaret's new startup builds upon 20 years of his and his colleagues work experience at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, SpaceX and other companies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
In this weeks Space Economy podcast my special guest is Patrick Thera, President of Advanced Technologies at the Calian Group. Advanced Technologies was formerly known as SED Systems. As you'll learn, Advanced Technologies has quietly been building a strong business and is emerging with a stronger public voice. Of note, one of the topics Patrick was eager to talk about was the new industry group, Space Canada. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
In this weeks podcast my special guest is David Haight, the Chief Economist at the Canadian Space Agency. We'll be discussing the recently released report by the agency on the State of the Canadian Space Sector. While there are some good trends, there are also some issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this weeks podcast my special guest is Marc Bell, CEO of Terran Orbital. Bell is not you typical space CEO. Through Marc Bell Capital he and his partners have invested in lifestyle companies, tech companies and even other space companies. Oh, and he's won a Tony Award and Grammy Award for as a producer of the popular Jersey Boys. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode of the Space Economy podcast, the third and last episode of our annual Winter Series, we're featuring a recent Future in Space Operations presentation by Tim Kokan, Principal Engineer at Aerojet Rocketdyne on "Space Nuclear Propulsion: From Current Efforts to a Future Human Mars Campaign." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this weeks podcast we are featuring a recent Future in Space Operations presentation by Barbara Braun and Sam Sims from the Aerospace Corporation, who spoke on "Policy Compliance Roadmap for Small Satellites." SmallSats proliferation in low Earth orbit continues due in part to the low barrier to entry, however one area that lacks universal standards is policy compliance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode of the Space Economy podcast we are featuring a recent Future in Space Operations presentation by Paul Jaffe of the Naval Research Laboratory. Dr. Paul Jaffe is an electronics engineer and researcher with over 25 years of experience at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). He has led or held major roles on dozens of space missions and on breakthrough technology development projects for civilian, defense, and intelligence community sponsors. In this episode Dr. Jaffe will spea...
Our special guest this episode is Jason Michaud, founder and CEO of Stardust Technologies. Stardust Technologies is an aerospace and technology startup based in Cochrane, Ontario and with offices in Ottawa. The company specializes in AI, XR, Robotics, and STEM education. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This weeks podcast special guest is John Mankins, formerly with NASA and now running a consultancy, ARTEMIS Innovation Management Solutions, LLC. John also works with an Australian startup, more on that later, and works with various other space organizations. John also happens to be one of the foremost experts and advocates for Space Based Solar Power, our topic today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Today’s podcast is a Future in Space Operations presentation from Dec. 15 with Robert Smith of the University of Alberta who discusses The Making of Megascience: The History of the James Webb Space Telescope. So what does the James Webb Space Telescope have to do with the Space Economy. Well to start, over 10,000 people worked on the project with over $10 billion being spent by the NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency over 20 years. And if you are regular to this podcast...
In the second episode of season 5 of the Space Economy podcast my returning is Jeffrey Manber, President International and Space Stations at Voyager Space and Chairman of Nanoracks. It's been a year since Jeff was last on the show and what a year it's been for him and the company. Voyager Space, an up and coming player in the space industry, acquired a majority stake in XO Markets and its largest subsidiary Nanoracks earlier this year. And just last week a team lead by Nanoracks was selected in ...
My guest today is Mina Mitry, CEO of Kepler Communications. The Toronto based telecommunications company has a pretty big goal, that of being THE internet access provider in space, from low Earth orbit, to the Moon and beyond. To make that happen the company has two satellites constellations planned, the first for the IoT market. They currently and have 15 satellites in orbit of a planned 140. The other satellite constellation would be for the broadband market and would have 360 satellites. But ...
Note: We previously uploaded the wrong episode. That mistake has been fixed.Welcome to the last episode of our annual Summer Season special. Today we have another Future-in-Space Operations presentation this time by Bradley Jolliff of Washington University in St. Louis on the "Motivation and Challenges for Sampling the Moon’s Giant South Pole - Aitken Basin." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to the third episode of our annual Summer Season special. Today we have another Future-in-Space Operations presentation from Joe Lazio and Marc Sanchez Net from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory who discuss "On-Demand Access for Deep Space Operations." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to the first episode of our annual Summer Season specials. We've just completed Season 4 and Season 5 is currently scheduled to start on September 27. Between now and then we'll be featuring weekly interviews or presentations from other content creators.Today we have a Future-in-Space Operations presentation from April of this year. The presenter is Mike Lindsey, CTO of Astroscale who discusses the need for satellite life extension services, active debris removal, their technology and of...
On this weeks episode of the Space Economy podcast my guest is Jeremy Perrin, CEO of Connektica a Montreal based startup offering a radio frequency software platform to test antennas.Sometimes being highly specialized can limit a business. However, there are times where that knowledge and skillsets can enhance a market segment. Connektica appears to be the latter. Though a startup, it appears their combination of radio frequency expertise, software development, and determined entrepreneurs, is a...
Welcome to the Space Economy podcast and the final and 10th episode in our special series Doing Business in the Solar System hosted by Elizabeth Howell.While this may be the last podcast in the Doing Business in the Solar System, I'm happy to announce that Elizabeth will be back in the fall hosting a new podcast for SpaceQ, making it the third podcast we produce. More details on Elizabeth's podcast will be revealed in September.Today's podcast: It's notoriously hard to predict the space explorat...
On this weeks episode of the Space Economy podcast we're going to get an update on the status of Firefly's launch vehicles and spacecraft including their NASA commercially sponsored Blue Ghost mission.The presenter is Eric Salwan, the acting Chief Revenue Officer for Firefly. The presentation is available on our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We've found thousands of exoplanets in the last 30 years, particularly with tools like NASA's Kepler mission and the HARPS instrument at the La Silla telescope in Chile. But for the last few years, we've had the capability to seek out worlds that are potentially habitable, like the famous TRAPPIST-1 system with several planets the size of Earth.So far these worlds are just lights in a telescope, but before long observatories and potential missions will show us more. To tell us more about the fut...
On this weeks episode of the Space Economy podcast we're going to get an update on Space Nuclear Propulsion for Human Mars Exploration. The topic was the subject of the June 16th Future in Space Operations teleconference. The presenter was Roger Myers, a consultant and formerly with Aerojet Rocketdyne. His presentation is based on the National Academy Report, Space Nuclear Propulsion for Human Mars Exploration created for NASA. Meyers was the Co-Chair of the report. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
NASA hopes to expand its human spaceflight program to the Moon in the 2020s, and perhaps then to Mars. An international consortium is working to make this push into the solar system as efficient as possible. One key aspect is in situ resource utilization, or ISRU. Living off the land, proponents say, may make it cheaper to perform exploration because it means not having to tote all supplies with you.The Colorado School of Mines has done numerous studies concerning ISRU. Today's guest is Angel Ab...
On this weeks Space Economy podcast my guest is Chris Robson, the CEO of Wyvern. Wyvern is an Edmonton based startup in the satellite imaging market with a focus on hyperspectral imaging.The company plans to have its first small satellites launched next year and is singularly focused on its innovative hyperspectral camera. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
