In this Space Café Radio - SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Xavier Pasco , Director of the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique in Paris, during the 6th PSSI Space Security Conference , held in Prague, from the 19th to the 21st of June 2022. During this episode, Xavier discusses the threats in the space domain, and the European space safety and security capabilities with Torsten. Tune in to hear more! Space Café Radio brings you talks, interviews and reports from the te...
Oct 27, 2022•15 min
In this Space Café Radio - SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Rodrigo da Costa , Executive Director at EUSPA - EU Agency for the Space Programme, he previously worked at the agency as the Galileo Services Programme Manager. In this episode, Rodrigo sits down with Torsten during the EU Space Week 2022 in Prague to talk about his impressions of the EU Space Week and the role of EUSPA. This includes the growth of participation in the conference as well as strategies to help the...
Oct 24, 2022•14 min
In this Space Café Radio - SpaceWatch.Global Editor in chief Emma Gatti spoke with Anousheh Ansari , the CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation, the first astronaut of Iranian descent in space, the first Muslim woman in space, and one of the first private astronauts. Emma sat down with Anousheh at this year's 4th Secure World Foundation Summit for Space Sustainability to discuss the goals of her foundation, the new frontiers she is trying to break to help humanity to thrive, and the deep meaning of Space ...
Oct 20, 2022•18 min
Episode 3 - How Can Commercial Space Data Support Safety, Security, and Defence Requirements (Without Stepping on Military Defence Toes) The Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI), has the pleasure to present Space Cafè Radio - PSSI Space Security Mini-Series, a radio series focused on allied preparedness to face the rapidly changing space domain. PSSI is a non-profit non-governmental public policy organisation founded in 2002 and based in Prague. In space, PSSI emphasizes emerging threats and...
Oct 17, 2022•20 min
In this Space Café Radio - SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Martina Löfqvist , Senior Business Development Manager at Destinus on the rooftop terrasse during the 73rd International Astronautical Congress 2022 in Paris. In this episode, Martina shares what Destinus is planning for the future of long-haul transportation and the future of the aerospace industry. This future includes the use of aircraft that could comfortably travel at hypersonic speeds taking passengers aroun...
Oct 13, 2022•14 min
In this Space Café Radio – SpaceWatch.Global Editor in Chief and Space Café Italy host Dr. Emma Gatti spoke with American astrophysicist, author and space communication legend Neil deGrasse Tyson . Emma met Neil during the 4th Secure World Foundation Summit for Space Sustainability , held in London on the 22nd and 23rd of June 2022, just before of the launch of his new book Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization . Together, they discussed his vision, his hopes for the future of hu...
Oct 10, 2022•18 min
In this Space Café Radio – SpaceWatch.Global Event coordinator and Space Café Young Global Talents Host Chiara Moenter spoke with Madin Maseeh , a participant in this year’s Space Studies Program ( SSP22 ) of the International Space University (ISU). The SSP is a unique and intense two-month professional development course for postgraduate students and professionals of all disciplines. The programme covers the principal space-related fields, such as policy and law, business and management and hu...
Oct 07, 2022•16 min
In this Space Café Radio – SpaceWatch.Global Event coordinator and Space Café Young Global Talents Host Chiara Moenter spoke with Sejal Jain , participant of this year’s Space Studies Program ( SSP22 ) of the International Space University (ISU). The SSP is a unique and intense two-month professional development course for postgraduate students and professionals of all disciplines. The programme covers the principal space related fields, such as policy and law, business and management and humani...
Oct 06, 2022•10 min
In this Space Café Radio – SpaceWatch.Global Senior Editor and Space Cafè Italy Host Dr. Emma Gatti spoke with Scott Pace , the Director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University (USA). Emma met Scott during the 6th PSSI Space Security Conference , held in Prague from the 19th to the 21st of June 2022. Together they discussed the Artemis Program, NATO, Ukraine, and the role of Europe as an ally and as a new space security force. Listen up and enjoy his insights! Here are some...
Oct 06, 2022•14 min
In this Space Café Radio – SpaceWatch.Global Event coordinator and Space Café Young Global Talents Host Chiara Moenter spoke with Schedir Illoldi , participant of this year’s Space Studies Program ( SSP22 ) of the International Space University (ISU). The SSP is a unique and intense two-month professional development course for postgraduate students and professionals of all disciplines. The programme covers the principal space related fields, such as policy and law, business and management and h...
Oct 05, 2022•14 min
In this Space Café Radio – SpaceWatch.Global Event coordinator and Space Café Young Global Talents Host Chiara Moenter spoke with Dídac Cabús Seguí , participant of this year’s Space Studies Program ( SSP22 ) of the International Space University (ISU). The ISU SSP is a unique and intense two-month professional development course for postgraduate students and professionals of all disciplines. The programme covers the principal space related fields, such as policy and law, business and management...
Oct 04, 2022•13 min
In this Space Café Radio - SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Nigel Gibson , Chief Commercial Officer at LEUK Teleport & Data Centre, formerly known and Signalhorn at the IBC 2022 in Amsterdam. In this episode, Nigel tells us more about the rebranding of Signalhorn into LEUK and the other exciting changes going on within the company including: focusing on being a 100% green teleport, building their data center business, and building their satellite service business. Tune...
Oct 03, 2022•12 min
In this Space Café Radio – SpaceWatch.Global Senior Editor and Space Cafè Italy Host Dr. Emma Gatti spoke with Dr. Namrata Goswami , an independent scholar on space policy and Great Power Politics. Dr. Goswami is a Faculty Associate at the Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University. She is also a consultant for Space Fund Intelligence and a guest lecturer at the seminar on “India Today: Economics, Politics, Innovation & Sustainability”. Emma met Namrata during the 6th ...
Sep 29, 2022•17 min
The Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI), has the pleasure to present Space Cafè Radio - PSSI Space Security Mini-Series, a radio series focused on allied preparedness to face the rapidly changing space domain. PSSI is a non-profit non-governmental public policy organisation founded in 2002 and based in Prague. In space, PSSI emphasizes emerging threats and available policy solutions. All the interviews in the PSSI Space Security Mini-Series were conducted during the 6th PSSI Space Security ...
Sep 26, 2022•21 min
In this Space Café Radio - SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Carine Claeys , during the 6th Space Security Conference , held in Prague between the 19th and the 22nd of June 2022. Dr. Carine Clayes is the EU Special Envoy for Space in the European External Action Service (EEAS) . In this episode, Carine talks about her position as an Envoy for Space at the EEAS, and she dives into detail about the purpose of the EEAS and the challenges they are facing. Space Café Radio bring...
Sep 22, 2022•17 min
In this Space Café Radio – SpaceWatch.Global Senior Editor and Space Cafè Italy Host Dr. Emma Gatti spoke with Prof. Richard Linares , Rockwell International Career Development Professor and Associate Professor at the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics of MIT (MA - USA), and Prof. Akhil Rao , Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Middlebury College (VT - USA), Emma met Richard and Akhil during the 4th Secure World Foundation Summit for Space Sustainability , held in Londo...
Sep 19, 2022•17 min
In this Space Café Radio – SpaceWatch.Global Event coordinator and Space Café Young Global Talents Host Chiara Moenter spoke with Dr. Niamh Shaw , Irish award-winning communicator, writer and explorer of space activities, in the first week of the Space Studies Program ( SSP22 ) of the International Space University (ISU). The SSP is a unique and intense two-month professional development course for postgraduate students and professionals of all disciplines. The programme covers the principal spa...
Sep 15, 2022•17 min
In this Space Café Radio – SpaceWatch.Global Senior Editor and Space Café Italy Host Dr. Emma Gatti spoke with Dr. Jason Forshaw , Head of Future Business for Europe at Astroscale , during the 4th Secure World Foundation Summit for Space Sustainability, held in London between the 21 and the 23rd of June 2022. Jason and Emma explored the peculiar moment we are living in for the space sector , and discussed about UK policy, the need for regulations and how Astroscale is aligning itself to the need...
Sep 12, 2022•11 min
In this Space Café Radio – SpaceWatch.Global Event coordinator and Space Café Young Global Talents Host Chiara Moenter spoke with Dr. James (Jim) Green , scientist and senior advisor in the Office of the Chief Scientist at NASA, in the first week of the Space Studies Program ( SSP22 ) of the International Space University (ISU). The SSP is a unique and intense two-month professional development course for postgraduate students and professionals of all disciplines. The programme covers the princi...
Sep 08, 2022•22 min
Episode 1 - Update on Russia’s and China’s Space Forces The Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI), has the pleasure to present Space Cafè Radio - PSSI Space Security Mini-Series, a radio series focused on allied preparedness to face the rapidly changing space domain. PSSI is a non-profit non-governmental public policy organisation founded in 2002 and based in Prague. In space, PSSI puts emphasis on emerging threats and available policy solutions. All the interviews in the PSSI Space Security ...
Sep 05, 2022•10 min
In this Space Café Radio – SpaceWatch.Global Senior Editor and Space Café Italy Host Dr. Emma Gatti spoke with Dr. Philip Metzger , planetary scientist at the University of Central Florida. In 2021 he was selected as the Kennedy Space Center’s NASA Scientist/Engineer of the Year for research into the blast effects of lunar landings. In 2021, the International Astronautical Union named Asteroid 36329 Philmetzger after him for his efforts to preserve the Apollo sites on the Moon. In this episode P...
Sep 01, 2022•16 min
In this Space Café Radio - SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Severin Meister , CEO of Rivada Space Networks about their ambitions and plans. We spoke with Severin during this year's ILA Berlin which is the largest aerospace trade show in Germany which took place this year June 22 - 26. Rivada Space Networks GmbH is a disruptive new company set to establish and operate the first truly global low latency point-to-point connectivity network of LEO satellites. By connecting its...
Aug 29, 2022•13 min
In this Space Café Radio – SpaceWatch.Global Senior Editor and Space Café Italy Host Dr. Emma Gatti spoke with Kerry Timmons , Systems Engineering Manager on the Orion program at Lockheed Martin. In this episode, Kerry discusses the Orion spacecraft that will take astronauts to the moon and back to Earth. Kerry sheds light on the technical details of the Orion spacecraft and the technology that will take humanity back to the moon. Space Cafè Radio brings you talks, interviews and reports from th...
Aug 25, 2022•19 min
In this Space Café Radio – SpaceWatch.Global Event coordinator and Space Café Young Global Talents Host Chiara Moenter spoke with Craig Donlon , principal scientist for oceans and ice at the European Space Agency (ESA), at the Living Planet Symposium in Bonn. This symposium is the world’s largest Earth Observation conference. In this episode, Craig Donlon talks with us about what makes the oceans so important, what Earth observation can do in this field, what the future holds, and explains that ...
Aug 22, 2022•11 min
In this Space Café Radio – SpaceWatch.Global Senior Editor and Space Café Italy Host Dr. Emma Gatti spoke with Nico Dettmann , Group Leader for Lunar Exploration Development Projects at the European Space Research and Technology Center in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. In this episode, Nico discusses ESA's involvement in the Artemis program. Specifically, Nico discusses the Service Module, which he refers to as "the power-house" of the mission. The Service Module is an extremely important part of t...
Aug 18, 2022•21 min
In this Space Café Radio - SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Lukasz Wilczynski , the founder and organizer of the European Rover Challenge and CEO of PR & Communications Agency for Poland/CEE of Planet Partners. We spoke with Lukasz during this year's ILA Berlin which is the largest aerospace trade show in Germany which took place this year June 22 - 26. In this episode, we discuss the European Rover Challenge , its history, its challenges, the future, and about this ye...
Aug 15, 2022•15 min
In this Space Café Radio – SpaceWatch.Global Senior Editor and Space Café Italy Host Dr. Emma Gatti spoke with Elkin Norena , SLS resident manager at the NASA Kennedy Space Center, about the SLS, the rocket that will take humanity back to the moon and to Mars. In this episode, Elkin discusses the Artemis 1 mission and what the agency hopes to learn from this first launch of the SLS rocket. Elkin discusses technical details of the launcher from the engines to the Orion capsule, painting a picture...
Aug 11, 2022•14 min
In this Space Café Radio - SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Dr. Pascal Faucher , during the 6th Space Security Conference , held in Prague between the 19th and the 22nd of June 2022. Dr. Pascal Faucher is the Chairman of the European Union Consortium of Member States on Space Surveillance and Tracking since July 2017, previously acting as a French delegate to the Steering Committee and the Security Committee. In this episode, Pascal discusses the current state of the EU Sp...
Aug 08, 2022•16 min
In this Space Café Radio – SpaceWatch.Global Senior Editor and Space Café Italy Host Dr. Emma Gatti spoke with Jeremy Parsons , Deputy Manager for the Exploration Ground System Program at NASA Kennedy Space Center. In this first episode of the Artemis 1 series, Jeremy Parsons discusses his role in the NASA Artemis program that will take humanity back to the moon and eventually to Mars. Parsons discusses the motivation and science involved in going to the moon and Mars, as well as what this progr...
Aug 04, 2022•18 min
In this Space Café Radio – SpaceWatch.Global Senior Editor and Space Café Italy Host Dr. Emma Gatti spoke with Temi Shogelola, Space Sustainability Lead at the UK Space Agency, at the 4th Secure World Foundation Summit in London on June 22-23. At the summit, Temi gives her perspective and opinion on the needs of the space domain to implement policies to further space sustainability. Policies such as tracking debris, in-space traffic management, collaboration, and investment. Space Cafè Radio bri...
Aug 01, 2022•13 min
