SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 45th episode, a special, in our podcast series Space Cafe Podcast#045 Special: Peter Rumler, ESA, Launching James Webb Space Telescope Episode 045 features a special guest Peter Rumler . Anyone who takes time for an interview just 40 minutes before the launch of the largest telescope of all time has a lot of nerve. Just minutes before the launch of the largest telescope in the world, ESA’s project manager for the James Webb Telescope gives an exclusive...
Dec 28, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 45
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 43rd episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast #043: Mike Simmons: Astronomy to the people Episode 043 features a special guest Mike Simmons . Mike Simmons is a passionate advocate for the power of astronomy to bring people together and change the way we view our fragile home, Earth. Mike Simmons has more than 40 years of experience leading and founding astronomy programs and organizations. He has launched new global astronomy initiatives un...
Dec 21, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 43
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 42nd episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast #042: Barbara Belvisi, Interstellar Lab and the future of plant growth in space and on earth Episode 042 features a special guest Barbara Belvisi . As if taken from a science fiction movie, Barbara Belvisi and her team at Interstellar Lab are developing growth containers for every kind of plant. Be it on earth or in space. The goal is to provide permanent food for humans on Earth or as an interp...
Dec 07, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 42
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present: The Space Café Podcast #041: Stewart Bain, NorthStar Earth & Space and why our planet needs an image upgrade. Episode 041 features a special guest Stewart Bain. Cop26 in Glasgow did not manage to deliver the big hit that many would have expected. Perhaps we humans simply lack the ability to think in such large dimensions. Can a series of new satellites save us? Hyperspectral images of the Earth’s surface promise a new image of our world. NorthStar Ear...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 41
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present: The Space Cafe Podcast #40: Luc Piguet, ClearSpace or how to solve an impossible mission. Episode 040 features a special guest Luc Piguet. Luc Piguet is co-founder and CEO of ClearSpace, a Swiss-based startup that cleans up space debris. ESA's hottest attempt is to develop a solution to a global problem. Luc Piguet speaks candidly about the challenges associated with a mission that some say is clearly impossible. The Space Cafe Podcast brings our signatur...
Nov 08, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 40
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 39th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Andrew Williams and an idea for tackling the constellation issue Episode 039 features a special guest Andrew Williams . Andy Williams may have an interesting idea about how to deal with the growing issue of satellite constellations. Andy is ESO ( European Southern Observatory )’s External Relations Officer and supports ESO’s relations with the Member States, prospective members, and intergovern...
Oct 26, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 39
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present: The Space Cafe Podcast: Joellen Russell, Mayday Mayday, an oceanographer’s passionate cry for help to the space community. Episode 038 features a special guest Joellen Russell . Can the space community help combat climate change? Professor Joellen Russell from the University of Arizona calls for the largest friendly army in human history. The Space Cafe Podcast brings our signature brand of engaging and relevant content from across the global space econom...
Oct 12, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 38
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 37th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Andrew Jones on China’s Space endeavours. Episode 037 features a special guest Andrew Jones . The question of all questions: What are the Chinese up to? Money does not seem to play a role. Nor do resources. And new plans and success stories come in monthly cycles. A country on the fast track, it seems. But is that really the case? Space journalist Andrew Jones takes an exclusive look at China’s...
Sep 28, 2021•48 min•Ep. 37
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 36th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Stella Guillen: CCO of ISAR Aerospace, Europe’s hottest stock in the launcher segment Episode 036 features a special guest Stella Guillen. ISAR Aerospace is one of the hottest stocks in the European launcher sector. In just 3 years they have gone from virtually 0 to 100 building a 1 ton payload rocket, which will be launched for the first time next year. The aggressive speed and innovation of t...
Sep 14, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 36
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present: The Space Cafe Podcast: Elodie Viau – Getting Telecommunication Ready For Space And Beyond Episode 035 features a special guest Elodie Viau. The European Space Agency ESA is known for spectacular landings on distant comets or the like. What is little known is that the ESA has no less exciting departments in completely different areas. Like telecommunications, for example. What exactly is ESA up to in this field and why is it probably one of the most excit...
Sep 02, 2021•37 min•Ep. 35
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 34th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: John Mankins – Energy from orbit, new ways of propulsion and Star Trek type spaceships Episode 034 features a special guest John Mankins. John Mankins has been with NASA and JPL for most of his professional life, working on projects that most of us would look for in the science fiction department: famously, John published a paper on the maturity of future technologies. So he has a pretty good s...
Aug 17, 2021•50 min•Ep. 34
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 33rd episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Val Munsami – why affordable space tech for anyone comes at a price Episode 033 features a special guest Dr. Valanathan Munsami. Valanathan Munsami is the CEO of the South African Space Agency SANSA with whom he is currently experiencing the renaissance of space travel first hand. The increasingly affordable space technologies such as small or cube satellites are not only tempting South Africa ...
Aug 03, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 33
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 32nd episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Jacques Arnould, a tricky question for the entire space industry Episode 032 features a special guest Jacques Arnould . Jacques Arnould is paid to ask uncomfortable questions. As an ethicist at the French space agency CNES, Jacques puts his fingers on places that people sometimes like to ignore: such as the question: why we do what we do. Why money is spent on this mission and not on another, a...
Jul 20, 2021•45 min•Ep. 32
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 31st episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Ian Carnelli, Preparing for the worst Episode 031 features a special guest Ian Carnelli. Next year, a small spacecraft will head for the double asteroid Didymos to slam into it with its brakes off. The name of the mission gives free rein to the imagination: Planetary Defense Mission. It is a joint mission between ESA and NASA, and it wants to test for the first time what has long been a topic i...
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 31
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 30th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Yvette Hopkins, Shetland Space Center Episode 030 features a special guest Yvette Hopkins. In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, a little north of Scotland, there is a small island that you can cross by car in just two and a half hours. In the far north, there is not much going on, lush meadows as far as the eye can see. And sheep, of course. On closer inspection, however, there is one place wit...
Jun 23, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 30
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present: The Space Café Podcast #29: Brother Guy Consolmagno, The Pope’s Astronomer Episode 29 features a special guest: Brother Guy Consolmagno Brother Guy Consolmagno begins his conversation in this podcast by referring to a long and strange tale. And that’s what it has become. One of the most fascinating paths we’ve followed on this podcast so far. This is the story of the transformation of a budding astronomer with very secular interests into the Pope’s chief ...
Jun 08, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 29
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 28th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Mahsa Moghimi Esfandabadi, Space Architect. What our habitats on foreign shores will look like Episode 028 features a special guest Mahsa Moghimi Esfandabadi . Mahsa Moghimi Esfandabadi builds houses. Preferably for places like Mars or the Moon. Because in the not too distant future, we will need permanent dwellings out there. But as you might expect, it’s not that simple and will take generati...
May 25, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 28
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 27th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Bruce Damer – a new origin of life and how to mine an asteroid. Episode 027 features a special guest Bruce Damer . Bruce Damer is a versatile scientist who may be on the verge of rewriting the story of the origin of life. Contrary to all our ideas and textbook opinions, life may not have originated at the bottom of the oceans. Quite the opposite. Many things speak against it and the scientific ...
May 11, 2021•58 min•Ep. 27
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 26th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Torsten Kriening – Mastermind behind one of the fastest growing space industry news outlets Episode 026 features a special guest Torsten Kriening Torsten Kriening is your point of contact when you need information about whoever you want in the space industry. Seriously, Torsten is the best-connected and most go-getting person on the international space scene. This fact almost put one of the mos...
Apr 27, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 26
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 25th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Alice Gorman – Space Archaeologist and why Elon Musk will never call her back. Episode 025 features a special guest Alice Gorman. Alice Gorman has brought together astrophysics and archaeology to create the fascinating field of space archaeology. She talks about what exactly it is and why it could be crucial to the future of space travel in this fascinating episode of the Space Cafe Podcast. Th...
Apr 13, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 25
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 24th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Lin Kayser – $> computer, build me a spaceship [Enter] Episode 024 features a special guest Lin Kayser. Lin Kayser is a German entrepreneur who wants to revolutionize the way we make products with his company Hyperganic. 3D printing has advanced to the point where it can really take us where we’ve long been in science fiction. And, he wouldn’t be with us here at Space Cafe if he didn’t want ...
Mar 30, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 24
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 23rd episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Pascale Ehrenfreund – is there life in space (other than us)? Episode 023 features a special guest Prof. Pascale Ehrenfreund. Pascale Ehrenfreund is an astrophysicist specialising in astrobiology. She is a highly-decorated and deserved expert in the field and there is no getting around her when it comes to the question of whether there is life in space (apart from Earth). Pascale has worked for...
Mar 16, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 23
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 22nd episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Avi Loeb – did we just witness an encounter of non-human origin? Episode 022 features a special guest Prof. Avi Loeb. In 2017, a strange object appeared in our solar system only to disappear again. The global research community agrees that it happened, but what it was is part of a sometimes heated debate. One who particularly fanned the heat was an astronomer at the prestigious Harvard Universi...
Mar 02, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 22
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 21st episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Niamh Shaw – the least likeliest person who can get to space. Episode 021 features special guest Dr Niamh Shaw . Dr Niamh Shaw, an Irish-born performer, writer and communicator, wants to go into space. At the same time, however, she describes herself as probably the most unlikely person to succeed in such a feat. She is afraid and may not have the physical fitness. Nevertheless, Niamh holds on ...
Feb 16, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 21
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 20th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Alexander Soucek – ESA and the legal challenges of space. Episode 020 features special guest Alexander Soucek. Alexander Soucek is a space lawyer at ESA and must ensure that the increasing human presence in space remains under control. Not only in terms of traffic but also ownership and rules of conduct. One specific issue currently being negotiated is the inevitable demise of the International...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 20
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 19th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Una McCormack – Star Trek Science Fiction Writer. Episode 019 features special guest Una McCormack. Una McCormack is a science fiction writer who has become particularly well known for her work on Star Trek and Dr.Who. In our conversation for Space Cafe Podcast Una repeatedly encouraged the space industry to be a little more imaginative and refrain from repeating the mistakes from the past. The...
Jan 19, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 19
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 18th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Dana Reizniece-Ozola, minister, satellite pioneer and chess grandmaster. The power of small nations. Episode 018 features special guest Dana Reizniece-Ozola . Dana Reizniece-Ozola is a unique personality. Not only did she hold the post of Latvian Minister of Economy and Finance, she also helped launch the first Latvian satellite into orbit, thus elevating her native country to the rank of a spa...
Dec 23, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 18
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 17th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Kellie Gerardi – high stakes and deep insights into the potentially first social media star in space. Episode 017 features special guest Kellie Gerardi . Kellie Gerardi has embarked on an unusual career path that has taken her from the film to the heart of the space industry. Kellie is friends with the most outstanding personalities in the industry and has a clear goal: to go into space as soon...
Dec 10, 2020•53 min•Ep. 17
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 16th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Pamela Melroy – Soldier, Test Pilot, Astronaut Episode 016 features special guest Pamela Melroy . It is not easy to summarize Pamela Melroy in a few lines. No matter what she gets in touch with, she is most likely one of the best at it. One of the highlights was certainly one of the most daring outdoor missions that any human being has ever done on the International Space Station ISS. Now she l...
Nov 23, 2020•47 min•Ep. 16
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 15th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Simonetta Di Pippo – Director of UNOOSA Episode 013 features special guest Simonetta Di Pippo . As the director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, Simonetta Di Pippo carries probably the coolest business card title ever. Simonetta has some pretty interesting insights, when it comes to the future of space – especially on earth. By the way: she also has something to say about N...
Nov 10, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 15
