Space Business Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Space is rapidly growing into an exciting ecosystem for business. In this podcast we hear from entrepreneurs, executives, investors and others about the many opportunities that exist. This podcast is produced by the Space Business Institute in partnership with the International Space University.
Lucie Low is the Chief Science Officer of Axiom Space, a prominent space company developing its own space station and conducting private astronaut missions, among other activities. Lucie and I talk about what interesting use cases are for in-space research and manufacturing, what remains to be done to make it a large-scale reality, and other related topics. Enjoy!
🔗 Axiom Space
https://www.axiomspace.com/
0:00 - Intro
1:15 - Lucie's background
2:57 - What does a CSO do?
4:03 - Why research in space?
7:33 - Favorite use cases
8:10 - Neuroscience use cases
10:38 - R&D vs. manufacturing
14:30 - Microgravity applications
17:11 - Key remaining challenges
20:26 - Autonomous research vs. humans
24:16 - Challenging use cases
33:00 - Keytruda
35:27 - Inbound vs. outbound customers
30:20 - Unlimited funding use case
41:05 - How researchers can work with Axiom Space
44:36 - Funding sources
47:19 - Expanding to Europe
49:13 - Favorite sci-fi
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Founder Newsletter
A new newsletter with opportunities for space startup founders. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCUq92vERtxsuYnF8 - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Nebex is a new exchange for the global space sector. It just came out of stealth recently, but it already raised a $30 million seed round led by Google Ventures. The co-founder and CEO, Tejpaul Bhatia, is our guest for this episode. Enjoy. TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 — Podcast Intro
1:45 – Elevator Pitch
3:01 – The Problem: Cross-Border Space Friction
15:06 – Real-World Examples incl. Axiom
34:04 – The Product: Exchange vs. Marketplace
37:40 – Business Model
50:41 – Regulation, Market Making
55:48 – Product Timeline & Alpha Launch
5:59 – Onboarding Space Founders
1:01:13 – What Else Is Exciting in Space?
1:03:57 – Nebex name origin
1:06:45 – Favorite Science-Fiction
🔗 Nebex
🏠Website:
https://www.nebex.com/
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🤝🏻LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/space-business-podcast/
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🔗 Follow Raphael:
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🔷LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Founder Newsletter
A new newsletter with opportunities for space startup founders. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCUq92vERtxsuYnF8 - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Reusable satellites are our topic this week. Why they make sense, what the economics are, and other related questions. Our guest is Brian Taylor, CEO & founder of Lux Aeterna, a Colorado-based startup working on exactly this. Enjoy! TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 — Podcast Intro
1:01 — Elevator Pitch
3:18 — Brian's Background & Origin Story
8:43 — The Satellite: Design & Technology
13:57 — Heat Shield & Unique Subsystems
15:57 — Reusability & Refurbishment
22:36 — Market: Use Cases for Reusable Satellites
20:53 — Regulatory Environment
29:41 — Business Model: Space as a Service
35:00 — First Mission & Roadmap
37:28 — Lessons from SpaceX, Kuiper & Loft
40:03 — Founder vs. Employee Mindset
41:20 — What's Exciting in Space + Sci-Fi Picks
🔗 Lux Aeterna
🏠Website:
https://www.luxaeterna.com/
🔗 Follow us:
🏠Website : https://www.e2mc.space/
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🔗 Follow Raphael:
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🔷LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen
🌐Instagram - https://instagram.com/raphael_space/
To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Founder Newsletter
A new newsletter with opportunities for space startup founders. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCUq92vERtxsuYnF8 - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
This week we’re talking about satellite navigation. All of us are using it every day mostly in its best-known form, GPS. Now there is a startup company trying to make satellite navigation much better. What that means, and how they’re doing it are among the topics I’m discussing with Brian Manning, CEO and co-founder of Xona Space Systems. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
0:00 Podcast Intro1:20 – Elevator Pitch
4:54 – Terminology: GPS, GNSS, PNT
6:31 – Why GNSS is important
8:39 – GNSS on your phone
10:02 – GPS Accuracy
15:17 – Jamming, Spoofing, and Baby Monitors
21:15 – Encryption
21:54 – GPS Augmentation Services
30:15 – Orbit Architecture
35:23 – Jamming in Space
39:06 – Indoor GNSS
40:39 – Xona's 3 Pillars: Precision, Power, Protection (PPP)
41:59 – Go-to-Market
45:42 – Use cases unlocked by centimeter-level accuracy
50:55 – Company Milestones
53:19 – Bonus: PNT on the Moon
54:15 – Science-Fiction 🔗 XONA SPACE SYSTEMS
🏠Website:
https://www.xonaspace.com/ 🔗 Follow us:
🏠Website : https://www.e2mc.space/
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🌐Socials: https://linktr.ee/spacebusinesspodcast
🔗 Follow Raphael:
◇ Twitter/X - https://x.com/RaphaelE2MC
🔷LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen
🌐Instagram - https://instagram.com/raphael_space/
To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Founder Newsletter
A new newsletter with opportunities for space startup founders. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCUq92vERtxsuYnF8 - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Space-based solar power – it’s a hot and electrifying topic again (sorry for the pun!) What is the state of the art? What are the commercial use cases? How do the economics look? We’ll dive into this and more with our guest Marc Berte, CEO & Founder of Overview Energy. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
0:00 Podcast Intro01:07 Elevator Pitch02:25 Dr. Evil to Reality03:54 Why Space Solar Now04:26 Mark’s Background06:08 SBSP History14:40 System Architecture and Safety22:13 Solar Cells and Economics25:28 Satellite Lifetime Design28:32 More on Solar Cells31:20 Integration and Unknowns33:19 Manufacturing at Scale34:32 Supply Chain Bottlenecks37:02 Electricity Market Segments and Pricing44:27 Meta Data Center Deal47:08 New Contract Model51:27 Roadmap and Milestones53:14 Other Space Opportunities56:22 Science-Fiction57:43 Dyson Sphere 🔗 OVERVIEW ENERGY
🏠Website:
https://www.overviewenergy.com/ 🔗 Follow us:
🏠Website : https://www.e2mc.space/
🤝🏻LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/space-business-podcast/
🌐Socials: https://linktr.ee/spacebusinesspodcast
🔗 Follow Raphael:
◇ Twitter/X - https://x.com/RaphaelE2MC
🔷LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen
🌐Instagram - https://instagram.com/raphael_space/
To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Founder Newsletter
A new newsletter with opportunities for space startup founders. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCUq92vERtxsuYnF8 - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Japan: This week we are getting an introduction to the Japanese space ecosystem. My guest is Francois Poncin. He is the Chief Operating Officer of the SPACETIDE Foundation, which does many things, but one of them is organizing what is arguably Japan's biggest and most important space conference.
🕰️ Timestamps:
0:00 Podcast Intro01:45 SPACETIDE02:56 Francois' Background04:53 Japan Space Policy08:34 Space Strategy Fund12:31 JAXA & Other Government Stakeholders17:01 Universities18:41 Startups21:06 Investors & Funding23:33 Corporates27:01 Public View of Space29:48 Breaking Into Japan33:41 SPACETIDE CONFERENCE39:40 Favorite Science-Fiction 🔗 SPACETIDE
🏠Websites:
SPACETIDE 2026 website: https://events.spacetide.jp/event/Tide2026/summarySPACETIDE corporate page:https://spacetide.jp/en/COMPASS report download page:https://spacetide.jp/en/business/knowledge/ 🔗 Follow us:
🏠Website : https://www.e2mc.space/
🤝🏻LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/space-business-podcast/
🌐Socials: https://linktr.ee/spacebusinesspodcast
🔗 Follow Raphael:
◇ Twitter/X - https://x.com/RaphaelE2MC
🔷LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen
🌐Instagram - https://instagram.com/raphael_space/
To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Founder Newsletter
A new newsletter with opportunities for space startup founders. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCUq92vERtxsuYnF8 - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Samara Aerospace is a San Francisco-based space startup that has come up with a very interesting new tech solution for pointing satellites accurately and quickly. Now they are developing a satellite bus based on this technology. Our guest this week is Patrick Haddox, Samara's co-founder and CEO. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
0:00 Podcast Intro01:26 Elevator Pitch02:05 Solar Panel Pointing Tech04:17 Origin Story05:30 Testing and Flight Data06:48 Why Pointing Matters08:40 Go To Market Plan10:22 Hummingbird Bus11:18 Why Build the Whole Bus?14:17 Satellite Bus Market17:28 Constellation Strategy19:22 Partnerships20:08 Orbital Data Centers21:48 Cicada Payload Results22:51 Hummingbird One Roadmap23:53 Funding & Hiring Plans24:28 Golden Dome25:19 Hinge Tech & Reliability27:51 Company Culture & Hiring29:16 Name origins30:23 Why San Francisco?31:40 Favorite Science-Fiction 🔗 Samara Aerospace
🏠Website : https://www.samaraaerospace.com/
🔗 Follow us:
🏠Website : https://www.e2mc.space/
🤝🏻LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/space-business-podcast/
🌐Socials: https://linktr.ee/spacebusinesspodcast
🔗 Follow Raphael:
◇ Twitter/X - https://x.com/RaphaelE2MC
🔷LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen
🌐Instagram - https://instagram.com/raphael_space/
To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Founder Newsletter
A new newsletter with opportunities for space startup founders. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCUq92vERtxsuYnF8 - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Exolaunch is a company that is an integral part of the space ecoystem. They sit in the middle between people wanting to launch satellites and the launch/rocket companies. They have already helped get many hundreds of satellites to space. CEO Robert Sproles is our guest this week. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
0:00 Podcast Intro01:06 Episode start01:28 Exolaunch Elevator Pitch03:14 Why Robert Joined Exolaunch05:12 Hardware and Transporter Missions07:36 End to End Mission Support for Customers11:01 Compliance incl. ITAR12:33 Multi Launcher Strategy13:50 Choosing the Right Rocket15:42 Tracking New Launchers16:58 What Customers Value Most17:52 Exolaunch's Value to Launch Providers19:35 Shaping Mission Design21:43 Launch Capacity Outlook23:23 Sovereignty Considerations24:38 Preparing for Starship26:16 Launcher Agnostic Hardware28:14 Responsive Launch29:49 Reliability and Smooth Deployment33:04 Satellite Design Trends36:00 AI and Space Data Centers37:05 Biology Payloads and Return Cargo39:13 Shared Launch Matchmaking40:44 Beyond LEO Missions42:09 Ten Year Vision43:43 Sci-Fi 🔗 Exolaunch
🏠Website : https://www.exolaunch.com/
🔗 Follow us:
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🌐Socials: https://linktr.ee/spacebusinesspodcast
🔗 Follow Raphael:
◇ Twitter/X - https://x.com/RaphaelE2MC
🔷LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen
🌐Instagram - https://instagram.com/raphael_space/
To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Founder Newsletter
A new newsletter with opportunities for space startup founders. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCUq92vERtxsuYnF8 - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Elevation Space is a Japanese startup working on downmass – bringing things back from space to Earth – leveraging Japan’s strong heritage in reentry and recovery technologies. CEO and co-founder Ryohei Kobayashi in our guest. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
0:00 Podcast Intro01:35 Elevator Pitch
03:49 Origin Story
09:11 Product & Missions
17:22 Payload Strategy
18:53 Customers & Use Cases
25:05 Post-ISS Future
28:45 Milestones
32:42 Long-Term Vision
37:24 Closing: Japan Space Ecosystem + Sci‑Fi Favorites 🔗 Elevation Space
🏠Website : https://elevation-space.com/en
🔗 Follow us:
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🔗 Follow Raphael:
◇ Twitter/X - https://x.com/RaphaelE2MC
🔷LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen
🌐Instagram - https://instagram.com/raphael_space/
To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Founder Newsletter
A new newsletter with opportunities for space startup founders. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCUq92vERtxsuYnF8 - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
The most beautiful launchsite in the world – that is my description for this week’s episode. Andøya Space is a space launch center in Northern Norway. It is kind of what you would imagine if Disney’s Frozen had a rocket launch site. Jokes aside, it is a serious strategic asset that has launched rockets since 1962 and now has German launch company Isar Aerospace as an orbital launch customer. My guest to talk about all this is Andøya Space’s CEO, former Vice Admiral Ketil Olsen. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
0:00 Podcast Intro00:41 Intro to Andøya Space
03:12 Historical Background
04:56 Location aspects
10:45 Transition to Orbital Launches
15:01 Commercial Aspects
18:18 Infrastructure
21:25 Regulations
23:51 Liability considerations
25:34 Technology Safeguard Agreement with the U.S.
27:08 Future Plans
31:45 Building a Space Ecosystem
33:58 Visiting Andøya Space
40:36 Closing remarks 🔗 Andøya Space
🏠Website : https://andoyaspace.no/
🔗 Follow us:
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🤝🏻LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/space-business-podcast/
🌐Socials: https://linktr.ee/spacebusinesspodcast
🔗 Follow Raphael:
◇ Twitter/X - https://x.com/RaphaelE2MC
🔷LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen
🌐Instagram - https://instagram.com/raphael_space/
To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Founder Newsletter
A new newsletter with opportunities for space startup founders. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCUq92vERtxsuYnF8 - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Open Cosmos, a European space scale-up, has cemented a reputation as a reliable provider and operator of satellites for various mission types. Now they have secured priority spectrum to build a new LEO broadband satellite communications constellation. Co-founder and CEO Rafel Jordá Siquier is our guest to tell us about it. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
0:00 Podcast Intro01:13 Elevator Pitch02:05 Today's News: Spectrum Rights for Satellite Communications04:24 The Journey of Open Cosmos06:02 Innovative Business Models13:46 Manufacturing Capabilities19:52 Future Plans and Partnerships24:02 What It Takes To Build A LEO SatComm Constellation31:19 Synergy Between Earth Observation and Communications36:02 Spectrum & Regulatory43:41 Vision for the Future and Favorite Science-Fiction 🔗 Open Cosmos
🏠Website : https://www.open-cosmos.com/
🔗 Follow us:
🏠Website : https://www.e2mc.space/
🤝🏻LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/space-business-podcast/
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🔗 Follow Raphael:
◇ Twitter/X - https://x.com/RaphaelE2MC
🔷LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen
🌐Instagram - https://instagram.com/raphael_space/
To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Founder Newsletter
A new newsletter with opportunities for space startup founders. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCUq92vERtxsuYnF8 - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Apex Space is a Los Angeles based satellite bus manufacturer. They want to productize satellite buses and build them at scale for government and commercial customers. Our guest is co-founder and CEO Ian Cinnamon. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
0:00 Podcast Intro01:00 Welcome & Elevator Pitch03:06 Origin Story10:33 Challenges in Satellite Manufacturing14:18 Vertical Integration and Supply Chain19:23 Global Competition22:03 Apex Space's Product Line23:06 Introduction to Robust Satellite Platforms27:53 Business Model30:38 Markets34:15 More on Manufacturing36:25 Current Status & Future Plans40:39 Favorite Sci-Fi 🔗 Apex Space
🏠Website : https://www.apexspace.com/
🔗 Follow us:
🏠Website : https://www.e2mc.space/
🤝🏻LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/space-business-podcast/
🌐Socials: https://linktr.ee/spacebusinesspodcast
🔗 Follow Raphael:
◇ Twitter/X - https://x.com/RaphaelE2MC
🔷LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen
🌐Instagram - https://instagram.com/raphael_space/
To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Founder Newsletter
A new newsletter with opportunities for space startup founders. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCUq92vERtxsuYnF8 - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
This is my preview of what the year 2026 may hold for the Space sector - including in launch, lunar, space applications, science, government, finance, events, etc.
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 Podcast Intro00:57 Intro: Preview of 2026 in the Space Sector02:45 Launches & Rockets07:27 Lunar Missions09:12 Space Stations & Downmass11:05 Human Spaceflight12:01 Space Applications14:51 Space Science Missions15:39 Government Space17:35 Finance, Funding & Investments19:13 Selected Space Events20:01 Conclusion and Final Thoughts 🔗 Follow us:
🏠Website : https://www.e2mc.space/
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🌐Socials: https://linktr.ee/spacebusinesspodcast
🔗 Follow Raphael:
◇ Twitter/X - https://x.com/RaphaelE2MC
🔷LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen
🌐Instagram - https://instagram.com/raphael_space/
To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Founder Newsletter
A new newsletter with opportunities for space startup founders. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCUq92vERtxsuYnF8 - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
There has been a lot of recent talk about a potential SpaceX IPO. I sit down with Aaron Burnett, co-founder and CEO of Mach33, to discuss. Mach33 and Ark Invest collaborate on an open-sourced SpaceX financial model. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
0:00 Podcast Intro01:25 Episode Overview: SpaceX IPO and Business Model03:07 Aaron Burnett04:54 Understanding SpaceX's Businesses09:31 Launch Business17:51 Starlink36:30 Margins, Cashflows and Valuation43:54 Potential Future Business Lines51:42 Mars and Long-Term Value56:25 Potential Tail Risks1:01:30 When to Sell? 🔗 SpaceX model by Ark Invest & Mach33: https://github.com/ARKInvest/ARK-Invest-Mach-33-SpaceX-Valuation-Model🔗 Mach33 website: https://www.33fg.com/
🔗 Follow us:
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🔗 Follow Raphael:
◇ Twitter/X - https://x.com/RaphaelE2MC
🔷LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen
🌐Instagram - https://instagram.com/raphael_space/
To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Founder Newsletter
A new newsletter with opportunities for space startup founders. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCUq92vERtxsuYnF8 - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Space lasers again! Odysseus Space from Luxembourg focuses on providing optical communications solutions between Space and Earth as a service. If you seem to notice that is not the first episode on optical communications, you’re right – I think this will be a potentially very big theme going forward. Our guest this week is Odysseus’ CEO & Co-Founder Jordan Vannitsen. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
0:00 Podcast Intro01:14 Elevator Pitch
02:44 Optical Communications
07:02 Business Model
13:09 Interoperability and Integration
15:17 Space-to-Ground Communication Architectures
18:41 Security and Geopolitical Considerations
22:18 Future of Optical and RF Coexistence
24:10 Challenges in Optical and Radio Communication
26:44 Satellite Requirements
32:05 Marketing and Business Development
34:05 Commercial Operations and Ground Stations
38:57 Future Plans
40:20 Luxembourg's Space Ecosystem
42:35 Origin Story
44:59 Closing: What else in Space? & Favorite Science-Fiction 🔗 Odysseus Space
🏠Website : https://www.odysseus.space/home
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Founder Newsletter
A new newsletter with opportunities for space startup founders. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCUq92vERtxsuYnF8 - Space Business Newsletter
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Magma Space is a U.S. startup with advanced technology to help keep satellites stable / jitter-free, which is more important to satellite communications and remote sensing than you may realize. We have Magma's CEO & Co-Founder Alessandro Stabile as our guest to help explain.
🕰️ Timestamps:
0:00 Podcast Intro02:02 Elevator Pitch04:31 Markets & Customers10:11 Origin Story15:50 Technology21:46 Superconducting Materials in Space22:35 Magnetic Levitation and Shielding23:55 Testing and TRL Levels24:35 Future Applications and Challenges27:27 Scaling Production28:22 Magnets30:08 Vision for the Future of Space Technology35:39 Orbital Edge Accelerator experience37:42 DC Space Ecosystem39:31 Science Fiction 🔗 Magma Space
🏠Website : https://www.magma-space.com/
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Founder Newsletter
A new newsletter with opportunities for space startup founders. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCUq92vERtxsuYnF8 - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Pixxel is a prominent earth observation startup originally from India and now present in the U.S., too. They are focused on so-called hyperspectral imaging. CEO & Co-Founder Awais Ahmed is our guest.
🕰️ Timestamps:
0:00 Podcast Intro01:23 Elevator Pitch
03:32 Origin Story
07:51 Hyperspectral Imaging
09:54 Market Demand and Use Cases
18:25 Hyperspectral vs. Multispectral
22:07 Pixxel's Satellites
31:28 Data Cube and Onboard Processing
34:38 Machine Learning in Orbit
36:06 Current and Future Satellite Deployments
38:40 Beyond Hyperspectral
39:34 Future of Earth Observation
46:43 Entrepreneurial Lessons and Industry Insights
50:32 The Indian Space Ecosystem
52:19 Science Fiction Favorites 🔗 Pixxel
🏠Website : https://www.pixxel.space/
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
How can you get real-time intelligence from space rapidly and cheaply? Novi Space is a startup from Virginia that uses its own hardware and on-orbit edge processing to do just that. Their CEO Michael Bartholomeusz is our guest this week.
🕰️ Timestamps:
0:00 Podcast Intro01:33 Elevator Pitch02:50 Real-Time Intelligence and Use Cases06:02 Technical Details12:02 Commercial and Defense Applications18:33 Low Latency19:09 Cost Reduction and Democratization of Geospatial Intelligence20:00 Innovative Use Cases and Market Disruption23:33 Space Data Centers25:47 Novi's Satellite Constellation31:37 Developing a Space-Based App Ecosystem36:35 Future Vision & Closing Thoughts 🔗 Novi Space
🏠Website : https://www.novispace.ai
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Cailabs is a French laser company and one thing they are doing are optical communications between Earth to Space. This has a number of advantages over radio frequency communications, which is why it is being adopted by customers, for example in defense. The company also just raised EUR57M. Founder & CEO JF Morizur is our guest.
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 Podcast Introduction01:08 Intro & Elevator Pitch02:32 Advantages of Optical Communication10:31 Solving Atmospheric Interference24:13 Market Demand26:38 Future of Optical Architecture26:51 Spectrum Scarcity28:31 Optical vs. Radio: A Hybrid Future29:50 In-Flight Connectivity31:12 Optical Comms and Constellations37:37 Risk and Industrialization of Optical Comms41:04 Supply Chain and Scalability44:03 Future Plans and Expansion46:56 Safety of Lasers48:36 Extraterrestrials & Science Fiction 🔗 Cailabs
🏠Website : https://www.cailabs.com/
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
SatSure is an Earth intelligence company from India, processing satellite imagery to generate insights for various industry verticals. Co-founder and CEO Prateep Basu is our guest. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 Podcast Introduction01:10 Elevator Pitch02:51 Non-Defense Markets05:22 Market Education08:27 Market Verticals16:47 SatSure's Product19:46 Satellite Data23:43 Future Proprietary Data24:15 Investments and Gaps in Earth Observation Capabilities25:11 Sensor Diversity and Data Harmonization26:50 Government Influence and Market Dynamics28:49 Hyperspectral Data and Market Challenges30:54 Space Data Explosion and Onboard Computing32:28 Downlinking Challenges33:35 Business Model and Market Strategy37:09 Future of Earth Observation41:54 SatSure's Vision and Indian Space Ecosystem44:35 Closing: Other Opportunities in Space & Science Fiction 🔗 SatSure
🏠Website : https://www.satsure.co/
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
SPACE ROBOTS! We are are talking about this exciting topic again in this episode. Icarus Robotics is a NY-based space robotics start up that just raised its $6M seed financing round. Co-founders Ethan Barajas and Jamie Palmer are our guests.
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 Podcast introduction01:33 Elevator Pitch02:56 Role of Robots in Space Stations05:42 Challenges and Innovations in Space Robotics12:22 Future of Space Robotics and Competition24:16 Training for Space Missions24:42 Robots in Space Exploration25:38 Business Opportunities in Space26:43 Low Earth Orbit Innovations32:10 Prototyping and Testing Robots36:05 Future of Robotic Labor in Space38:41 Founders' Backgrounds and Inspirations42:56 Favorite Robots in Science Fiction 🔗 Icarus Robotics
🏠Website : https://www.icarusrobotics.com/
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Atomic-6 is an advanced composites solutions manufacturer providing products such as satellite solar arrays and Space Armor(TM), based in Atlanta. Founder & CEO Trevor Smith is our guest this week.
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 Podcast Intro02:02 Elevator Pitch on Atomic-602:43 The Advantages of Composites in Space04:00 From Real Estate to Advanced Composites: Trevor's Journey04:14 The Birth of Atomic-6: From Tequila to Technology08:40 Finding the Right Market: Space and Defense13:49 Innovative Products: Space Armor and Solar Arrays21:24 Customer Requirements for Solar Arrays22:52 Challenges of Scaling Production25:25 Space Armor31:42 Future Milestones35:30 Atlanta Space Ecosystem36:55 What else is interesting in Commercial Space39:58 Science Fiction🔗 Atomic-6
🏠Website : https://www.atomic-6.com/
🎤 Trevor's podcast on Atomic-6 YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@atomic6_composites/podcasts
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Monitoring greenhouse gases, including from Space. That’s our topic this week. We therefore have another earth observation startup on the show as our guests: Airmo from Germany. They’re developing an innovative instrument including LiDAR to track greenhouse gases. Founder-CEO Daria Stepanova joins me to explain their technology and market in more detail. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:20 Elevator Pitch and Daria's Background
04:20 Airmo's Technology
07:12 Comparison with Existing Solutions
09:38 Customer Benefits
11:51 From Drones to Satellites
14:44 Potential Additional Applications
20:17 Evolution of Remote Sensing Technologies
20:32 LIDAR as a New Commercial Remote Sensing Instrument
22:06 Regulations as a Demand Driver
25:53 Use Cases and Target Customers
29:44 Business Model and Vision
35:13 Vision for the Future of Remote Sensing
40:20 Science Fiction
🔗 Airmo
🏠Website : https://www.airmo.io
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Mini-brains in space. Did you know that we can study something called brain organoids, effectively mini-brains, in the special conditions in space, on the International Space Station, and that such studies may help us with diseases like Alzheimers, Autism or Parkinsons? My guest this week is Prof. Alysson Muotri from the University of California San Diego. He and his team have flown such brain organoids to the ISS many times already. Don’t miss this episode on what I consider one of the most exciting intersections of space and biology, and ultimately a potential source of massive positive impact right here on Earth!
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:29 Alysson Muotri
02:12 Understanding Brain Organoids
03:49 Stem Cells and Brain Organoids
10:31 Accelerated Aging in Space
14:18 Challenges and Discoveries in Space Research
17:33 Applications and Future Research
26:43 Neurodegenerative Diseases
27:27 Brain Organoids in Computing
29:25 Ethical Considerations of Brain Organoids
31:32 Regenerative Medicine and Brain Organoids
34:39 Brain Evolution and Neanderthal Genes
39:21 Space Research and Future Prospects
43:58 Challenges and Opportunities in Space Biology
47:22 Science-Fiction
🔗 UCSD Sanford Integrated Space Stem Cell Orbital Research Center (ISSCOR)
🏠Website : https://stemcells.ucsd.edu/centers/sanford-integrated-space-stem-cell-orbital-research-center/index.html
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
How can we make operating in space safe & sustainable for everyone? Given the risks we face up there, like space debris and adversarial actors. This is where a company like Slingshot Aerospace comes in with its sensors, data, and insights derived from that data. My guest this week is their CEO, Tim Solms. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:44 Elevator Pitch
01:53 Founders and Mission of Slingshot Aerospace
03:28 Challenges in Space Operations
04:18 Situational Awareness in Space
05:41 Slingshot's Sensor Network and Data Collection
14:21 Data Sharing and International Collaboration
19:50 Autonomous Operations and Future Prospects
24:23 Avoiding Contact in Space
25:26 Understanding Space Traffic Management
25:46 Global Space Traffic Management
26:41 The Role of the Office of Space Commerce
30:28 Challenges of Space Debris
31:33 In-Orbit Refueling and Space Operations
35:40 Slingshot's Future
40:02 Tim's Background
42:48 Future of Commercial Space
44:22 Science Fiction
🔗 Slingshot Aerospace
🏠Website : https://www.slingshot.space/
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Space & Biology – we have another episode on this exciting intersection of deep tech themes. My guest this week is Paul Kamoun from SpacePharma. He also organizes an entire conference on space bio, called “Health from Space” every year. We talk about what use cases he finds most exciting, and the opportunities and challenges on the road to scaling space biology into the next big thing. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:17 Background on Paul Kamoun & SpacePharma
01:18 The Exciting World of Space Biology
04:37 Understanding the Role of Gravity in Biology
08:38 Applications and Use Cases in Space Biology
13:50 Challenges and Opportunities in Space Manufacturing
18:34 The Future of Space Life Sciences
37:15 Regulatory and Policy Considerations
40:51 Closing Thoughts and Science Fiction
🔗 Health from conference:
🏠Website : https://www.healthfromspace.com/en/
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Is the space sector actually financed in the right way? That’s probably the main question I’m discussing with my guest Justin Stevens, founder and CEO of the investment firm Overlap Holdings. He spent 18 years at Apollo Global Management, a very prominent private equity firm. So he’s a Wall Street guy like me and, I think, qualified to voice an opinion on this questions which we may not ask enough. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:08 - Guest Intro
02:31 - Overlap Holdings Name Origin and Activities
03:43 - Capital Solutions and Government Solutions
06:24 - The Role of Debt in Frontier Tech
12:08 - Types of Debt and Their Applications
21:21 - Government Contracts and Lending
23:30 - Navigating Government Lending Challenges
24:00 - Leveraging a Detailed Lender Database
27:05 - The Importance of Government Financing
30:12 - The Evolution of Space Investing
33:57 - Investor Perspectives on Space
36:09 - Founding Overlap and Investing in Frontier Technology
39:17 - Future of Space and Investment Strategies
43:29 - Hypothetical Space Startup Ideas
46:09 - Science Fiction
📍 About the Guest:
Justin is a seasoned investor and operator with over 18 years as a Senior Partner at Apollo Global Management, where he developed deep expertise in financial structuring and investment management. He has invested in, built, advised, and overseen organizations ranging from early-stage frontier tech startups to large, publicly traded companies. With a strong network across finance, industry, and government, Justin brings a multidisciplinary approach to navigating complex markets and driving long-term value across sectors.
🔗 Connect with Justin:
🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinstevensny/
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
My guest this week is Pierre Lionnet, Director of Research at Eurospace, who has followed the global space sector for over 30 years. We discuss a range of topics including e.g. SpaceX, the launch sector in general, and national space policies. Pierre is one of my favorite people to follow on space as he usually provides very frank and thought out opinions. I think this comes through in this episode - enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:55 - Guest Introduction
01:34 - Day-to-Day Activities at Eurospace
03:15 - Challenges in the Space Sector
06:22 - SpaceX's Impact on the Space Industry
07:35 - Economic Contributions and Cost Structures
11:02 - Production and Market Segmentation in Space
21:44 - Institutional Programs vs. Commercial Ventures
27:40 - Starlink's Business Model and Future Prospects
35:12 - SpaceX's Dominance in Commercial Launch
35:56 - The Cost and Pricing of Space Launches
38:40 - Starship's Potential and Market Impact
40:51 - Challenges for New Market Entrants
43:25 - National Space Policies and Industrial Strategies
46:27 - Global Space Economy and Future Projections
55:16 - Advice for Emerging Space Nations
01:00:19 - The Future Structure of the Space Economy
01:05:13 - Science Fiction and Space
01:06:07 - Conclusion
📍 About the Guest:
Pierre Lionnet is the Research and Managing Director at Eurospace, the trade organization of the European space industry). He labels himself a space economist, being an economist by training and being professionally involved in the analysis of space markets, space industry supply chains and space technology and innovation trends for the past 30 years
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
My guest this week is Sebastian Klaus, Co-Founder & CEO of Atmos Space Cargo, who discusses his company’s mission to unlock downmass logistics with an innovative and reusable space capsule, paving the way for in-space manufacturing, defense applications, and other applications.
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:59 - Elevator Pitch
02:07 - Importance of Returning Cargo from Space
04:24 - Challenges and Technologies in Space Re-entry
06:16 - Innovations in Heat Shield Technology
11:16 - Economic Impact and Reusability
13:12 - Mission Operations and Logistics
20:15 - Regulatory Considerations
22:33 - ATMOS Phoenix Capsule
23:36 - Impact of Starship on Space Logistics
25:13 - Space Stations and Free Flyers
27:22 - Market Segments in Space Logistics
30:35 - Defense Applications and Future Prospects
37:16 - Recent Test Flight and Future Plans
42:07 - Science-Fiction
📍 About the Guest:
Sebastian Klaus holds a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering with a focus on atmospheric re-entry and reusable rocket engines. He has more than a decade of leadership experience as a military officer, supplemented by business knowledge from an MBA program at ESB Business School Reutlingen. Sebastian has developed and submitted several patented technologies for entry and descent. With a commercial pilot license and unique knowledge about parachute systems, as well as passion for nature and spaceflight, he is determined to overcome existing and future challenges in life sciences research in space in order to benefit all of humanity.
🔗 https://atmos-space-cargo.com/
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
My guest this week is Glen Martin, Co-Founder & CEO of Extraterrestrial Mining Company (XMC), discusses his company’s bold mission to mine Helium-3 on the Moon and its potential to revolutionize energy and tech on Earth.
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:36 - Elevator Pitch
03:42 - Understanding Helium-3 and Its Applications
11:59 - Tech Aspects of Lunar Mining
20:39 - Future Prospects and Initial Missions
23:31 - Energy Solutions for Lunar Operations
29:23 - Helium-3 Concentrations and Mining Challenges
32:09 - Lunar Data and Exploration Techniques
35:32 - Geopolitical Implications
40:33 - Transportation and Return Logistics
48:08 - Project Financing for Space Mining
51:28 - Personal Background and Career Path
56:14 Science Fiction
📍 About the Guest:
Glen Martin, CEO of XMC, has over 30 years of experience in renewable energy and space infrastructure. Before founding XMC in 2023, he led companies like Hyox Inc., Infrastructure Energy, and Pod Generating Group, and co-founded ProtoStar Limited. He’s worked on projects spanning green hydrogen, solar PV, intelligent grids, and satellite systems. Early in his career, he contributed to the International Space Station at McDonnell Douglas. Glen holds a BTech in Aerospace Engineering from TMU and an MBA from USC.
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
This episode kicks off a new series on in-space R&D and manufacturing, exploring its potential (e.g. for sectors like pharma and semiconductors), its current status, and its challenges, among other topics.
At the end of this episode, Raphael highlights the recent launch of the Orbital Edge accelerator to support startups in this emerging sector.
Orbital Edge Accelerator: https://orbitaledge.techconnect.org/
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
02:23 - Why research and manufacture in Space?
10:28 - How to research and manufacture in Space, in practice?
22:35 - How can be build a thriving in-space R&D and manufacturing sector?
28:45 - Conclusion
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚 https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
My guest this week is Adel Haddoud, Founder & CEO of Infinite Orbits, a French in-orbit servicing company. We discuss their technology, business model, and vision, as well as the broader market for satellite servicing and space sustainability. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:04 - Elevator Pitch
03:30 - Origin Story
04:51 - Technological Innovations
07:35 - Core of the Company
09:15 - Computing Hardware in Space
12:47 - Market Segments and Competition
18:38 - Life Extension in Space
23:49 - Unit Economics
26:13 - Life Extension and Docking
30:22 - OrbitGuard and Defense
31:06 - European vs. U.S. Space Market Dynamics
33:10 - Technological Advances and Future Prospects
42:06 - The Future of Space Servicing
45:00 - Interesting Developments in the Industry
45:55 - Sci-Fi Favorites
📍 About the Guest:
Adel Haddoud is the Founder & CEO of Infinite Orbits, a Toulouse-based space company pioneering in-orbit services like satellite inspection and life extension. In 2024, the company raised €12 million from private and public investors, following the successful 2023 test of its OrbitGuard1 nanosatellite—the world’s first geostationary nanosatellite. Founded in 2017, Infinite Orbits has developed an innovative space rendezvous solution using in-orbit image recognition. Adel previously had a career as an entrepreneur and manager, including a stint in Silicon Valley.
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Asteroid mining is making a comeback. It may sound futuristic, but some startups are betting on a viable and economic path to making it a reality and investors are taking notice. One of those companies is Karman+, and this week, I’m joined by its Co-Founder, Daynan Crull. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:13 - Elevator Pitch
04:18 - Vision and Challenges of Asteroid Mining
06:07 - Recruitment and Team Building
07:44 - Origin Story and Motivation
12:35 - Market Timing and Investor Sentiment
19:49 - Technological and Logistical Challenges
26:12 - Geopolitical and Legal Considerations
32:11 - Mission Timeline and Milestones
36:53 - Economic Viability of Asteroid Mining
41:16 - Future Missions and Scaling Operations
45:19 - Interesting Developments in the Industry
46:15 - Sci-Fi Favorites
📍 About the Guest:
Daynan Crull is the Co-Founder and Mission Architect at Karman+, leading efforts to mine Near-Earth Asteroids for sustainable energy and resources. Previously, he was a Senior Data Scientist at New Light Technologies and the World Bank. From 2018 to 2020, he held data science roles at GeoPhy. Before transitioning to tech, he served in strategy and policy roles at the NYC Mayor’s Office and the Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications. Earlier, he worked at Blue State Digital and the NYC Council. Crull holds an M.S. in Urban Informatics from NYU Tandon and a B.A. from DePauw University.
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Space to Grow is a new book on the space economy. Its authors, Matt Weinzierl, a professor at Harvard Business School, and Brendan Rosseau, also formerly of Harvard and now in strategy at Blue Origin, are my guests this week. Enjoy!
Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier (Harvard Business Publishing, 2025)
https://www.amazon.com/Space-Grow-Unlocking-Economic-Frontier/dp/1647827167#:~:text=Book%20overview&text=An%20exploration%20of%20the%20dynamic,a%20commercial%20revolution%20right%20now.
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
05:16 - Building a Thriving Space Economy
09:15 - Government's Role in the Space Economy
11:07 - Regulatory and Economic Environment
14:33 - Economies beyond Regulation
19:02 - Government Dependency in Space Markets
25:32 - Historical Parallels and Lessons for Space
30:12 - Defining a Thriving Space Economy
33:02 - Challenges and Opportunities in Space Manufacturing
35:29 - Role of Government and Private Sector in Space
41:18 - Financing the Space Economy
45:55 - Factors limiting large-scale funding in Space
53:19 - What’s next in Space?
54:45 - Sci-Fi Favorites
📍 About the Guests:
Matthew C. Weinzierl
Matthew C. Weinzierl is the author of Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier (Harvard Business Publishing, 2025) an American academic. He is a Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He has published research on taxation. He worked at McKinsey & Company after he attended Harvard University.
Weinzierl earned a PhD in economics from Harvard University in 2008.
Brendan Rosseau
Brendan Rosseau is the co-author of Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier (Harvard Business Publishing, 2025), Strategy Manager at Blue Origin, and former Teaching Fellow at Harvard Business School. With experience in space consulting, policy, aerospace startups, and astrophysical research, they have a background in astronomy and economics. Former Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton supporting U.S. Space Force.
🔗 Connect with them on LinkedIn:
🤝Matthew Weinzierl - https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-weinzierl-67312846/
🤝Brendan Rosseau - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendan-rosseau/
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
My guest this week is Stan Maximin, Founder & Executive Chairman of Latitude, a French micro-launch company. We discuss Latitude's rocket, target customers, and vision, as well as the wider launch market in Europe and globally. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:28 - Elevator Pitch
02:57 - Starting a Launch Company
11:20 - The Product
16:44 - Competitive Edge
25:30 - Design Decisions & Market Strategy
35:09 - Current Status & Future Milestones
40:30 - Challenges of First Orbital Launch
43:37 - French and European Competition
52:32 - Global Space Market
55:16 - Quick Fire Questions
57:30 - Vision for Latitude
58:27 - What’s next for Rocket Innovation?
01:00:24 - Sci-Fi Favorites
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🤝Stanislas Maximin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stanislas-maximin/
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Ariel Ekblaw is an MIT aero-astro engineer who founded the MIT Media Lab Space Exploration Initiative, and developed a new technique to build large-scale space structures. She now runs the Aurelia Institute, a non-for-profit dedicated to building humanity’s future in space and the Aurelia Foundry, a space-focused VC fund. We talk about all of these things in this episode. Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:47 - Ariel’s Background
06:07 - Self-Assembling Space Structures
10:44 - Applications of Space Real Estate
22:45 - Balancing Form and Function
25:13 - Vision for Aurelia Foundry
26:54 - Promising Sectors for Investment
33:12 - Unexplored Space Manufacturing Use-cases
35:40 - Future of Space Urbanism
38:34 - Challenges and Concerns in Space
41:29 - Recurrent Thoughts on Space
43:29 - Sci-Fi Favorites
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Space Piracy is a new book about the prospect of organized crime in the space sector, anything ranging from hacking for ransom payments all the way to, some time in the future, actual piracy. The book’s co-authors, Marc Feldman and Hugh Taylor are my guests Enjoy!
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction01:28 Meet the Authors: Mark Feldman and Hugh Taylor04:10 The Genesis of the Book05:55 Speculative Non-Fiction: Predicting Space Crime14:53 Historical Parallels: Lessons from Terrestrial Piracy22:53 Modern Piracy and Organized Crime24:09 Future Threats and Governance Challenges35:18 Actors in Space Crime: Governments, Criminals, and Companies39:39 Preparing for Space Crime: Recommendations and Conclusions42:17 Final Thoughts and Science Fiction📍 About the Guests:
Marc Feldman and Hugh Taylor are co-authors of the forthcoming book "Space Piracy - Preparing for a Criminal Crisis in Orbit", available e.g. on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Space-Piracy-Preparing-Criminal-Crisis/dp/1394240201/
🔗 Connect with them on LinkedIn:
🤝 Marc Feldman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-feldman-599382243/
🤝 Hugh Taylor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hughbtaylor/
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
This is my preview of what the coming year 2025 may hold for the Space sector - including in launch, satcom, earth observation, lunar exploration, in-space manufacturing, science, government, finance, events, etc.
For the second half of the episode, fellow space investors Alexandra Vidyuk and Faraz Khan join me to provide their perspectives, in a roundtable format.
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:11 - 2025 Space Preview: Format and Caveats
03:31 - Launch Sector
08:56 - Space Hardware and Satellite Communications
11:35 - Lunar Missions and Human Spaceflight
14:37 - Space Manufacturing
17:30 - Science Missions and Government
22:02 - Finance, Investments, and Space Events
26:47 - Special Guests Intro
28:00 - What is exciting in Space in 2025?
30:16 - Potential Concerns
34:07 - Beyond the U.S.
40:43 - Non-obvious Potential Events
47:03 - Wishes for the Space Sector in 2025
📍 About the Guests:
Alexandra Vidyuk is a General Partner at Beyond Earth Technologies investment firm in early-stage space tech, robotics, energy, future computing, and advanced materials; a Venture Partner at Aloniq, a deep tech investment firm; Editor of the Space Ambition blog on Substack.
Faraz Khan is a venture capitalist and technology expert currently serving as Founder and General Partner at Giant Step Capital, a VC firm with a number of space investments including e.g. Varda, Albedo, K2.
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
Astroscale is a prominent space company from Japan, focused on a variety of on-orbit services incl. active space debris removal. My guest is their Group Chief Operating Officer, Chris Blackerby.
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:41 - Elevator Pitch
03:22 - On-Orbit Servicing Categories
06:53 - Core Competency of Astroscale: RPOD
09:00 - Tech Stack of current Mission
12:41 - Automated Space Operations and Safety
17:53 - Space Situational Awareness
20:46 - Space Debris
29:22 - Regulations
32:25 - What if we had a catastrophic event in orbit?
35:53 - Astroscale's Vision for a Circular Space Economy
38:19 - Astroscale's Future Plans
41:10 - Astroscale's IPO
43:35 - Chris's journey from NASA to Astroscale
46:23 - U.S. vs. Japanese Space Sector
50:34 - Other Commercial Space Opportunities
52:06 - Chris’ Sci-Fi Favorites
📍 About the Guest:
Chris Blackerby, Group COO of Astroscale. Astroscale is a pioneering company focused on space debris removal, ensuring the sustainability of Earth’s orbits. Based in Tokyo, Chris manages strategic planning, global operations, and the company’s activities across Japan, the UK, and the U.S. He also draws on his extensive experience as NASA’s Attache for Asia, where he forged international partnerships and advised on space policy.
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🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-blackerby-0111695/
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
My guest this week: Mike Grace, Founder and CEO of Longshot Space. Longshot is developing a kinetic launch system, using a multi-injection gas-powered cannon to send payloads to orbit at significantly reduced costs. Mike explains the engineering behind the technology, its economic advantages, and the challenges of creating a system capable of high-velocity launches.
🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00 - Countdown & podcast intro
02:04 - Elevator Pitch
03:37 - Mike’s Bold Pitching Style
05:58 - German heritage
08:46 - Gerald Bull and Project Harp
10:35 - More historical references
15:12 - Longshot Space's kinetic launch system
16:15 - Technical details
19:26 - Challenges and innovations of the technology
27:16 - Single-stage to orbit feasibility
34:24 - Limitations of Rockets
35:47 - Kinetic launch and target orbits
36:59 - Kinetic launch from the Moon
39:21 - Gas handling and launch frequency
48:00 - Longshot's Vision for the Future
01:05:05 - Sci-Fi Favorites
📍 About the Guest:
Mike Grace, Founder and CEO of LongShot Space. After serving in the Army Mike studied economics and found himself, inexplicably, doing an astrobiology internship at NASA Ames. That ended up turning into a job, a wife, a master’s degree in genetics, and several stints at aerospace and biotech startups.
Mike enjoys board games and wearing inflatable t-rex costumes to events where they are not really appropriate.
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🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-grace-03452614/
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To Learn more about Space & the Space Economy:
- "To Infinity" – Raphael’s Revised Introduction to the Space Economy
This book provides an insightful look into the space economy, its current trends, and future opportunities.
📚https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO - edX/EPFL's Space Economy MOOC
This course offers a detailed understanding of the New Space Economy, covering key concepts and market developments.
🎓https://www.edx.org/course/new-space- - Space Business Newsletter
📬 https://spacebusiness.substack.com/
My guest this week, Karthik Gollapudi, led the software team for SpaceX’s Dragon capsule. In this role, he realized the importance of monitoring complex hardware systems in order to detect faults or ideally prevent them before they even happen. That led him to become co-founder and CEO of Sift, a venture-funded startup dedicated to monitoring and analyzing hardware telemetry, and Sift is the topic of this week’s podcast. Enjoy!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Episode intro01:46 Elevator Pitch
02:31 What Telemetry is - for Non-Technical Audiences
03:37 Telemetry Data in Space Missions
06:54 Historical Context and Modern Challenges
13:11 SIFT's Role in Anomaly Detection
18:02 Product Details and Customer Use Cases
20:43 Exploring Diverse Aerospace Ventures
21:32 Market Approach
22:12 Company Journey and Product Evolution
23:24 Origin Story
24:22 Addressing Complex Engineering Challenges
27:16 Customer Feedback and Product Development
29:08 Future Milestones and Vision
32:45 SpaceX Alumni Ecosystem
33:42 El Segundo: A Hub for Space Startups
36:51 What else is interesting in Space & Sci-Fi Favorites
Integrate is a venture-backed startup from Seattle who are building a platform to facilitate teams collaborating on developing complex hardware, such as space hardware. Integrate’s co-founder & CEO John Conafay is here to talk about how this was done before Integrate, how Integrate aims to improve it, and many other things about the business. Enjoy!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Episode intro
01:20 Elevator Pitch
01:47 Problem with Current Way of Doing Things
03:35 Origin Story of Integrate
04:18 Challenges in Space Hardware Collaboration
06:31 Expanding Beyond Space: Other Industries
11:34 The Future of Integrate
17:05 Product Details and Customer Experience
24:20 Roadmap and Vision
30:18 Customer Support & Success
39:34 Final Thoughts & Sci-Fi
Spaceports should become a bigger business going forward if all goes well in the space sector and we will have ever more rockets launching from ever more locations. This is why some private companies are now getting into this market. One of them is Maritime Launch from Canada, who are developing a spaceport in Novia Scotia. My guest this week, Founder & CEO Stephen Matier, will tell us all about what it takes to build a spaceport, operate it, and much more. Enjoy!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Episode intro02:00 Elevator pitch03:31 Choosing Nova Scotia for a Spaceport04:52 Challenges and Opportunities in Spaceport Development10:02 Environmental and Safety Considerations14:39 Infrastructure and Logistics17:35 Business Model27:49 Insurance and Liability in Space Launches29:12 Canadian Space Law and Regulations32:29 Sea Launch34:41 Business Development and Customer Acquisition40:11 Financing the Spaceport40:51 Future of Global Spaceports45:36 Community Support and Social License47:26 Exciting Developments in Space Exploration49:12 Sci-Fi
A City on Mars: Can we settle space, should we settle space, and have we really thought this through? – That is the title of a book published in late 2023 which then became an instant NY Times bestseller and went on to win a 2024 Hugo Award. My guest this week is Kelly Weinersmith, one of its two authors, together with her husband. The book is a critical, and humorously written, examination of the question of whether humanity should settle space. It touches on everything ranging from legal aspects all the way to having babies in Space. For me as a die-hard proponent of humanity settling in space, this was a fun and insightful conversation to have. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it, too!
https://www.acityonmars.com/
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00:00 Episode Introduction01:41 Podcast Introduction02:16 Summary and Insights on 'A City on Mars' book03:15 Challenges of Space Settlement03:35 Becoming a Space Settlement Enthusiast05:08 Concerns About Human Reproduction in Space09:09 Environmental Control and Life Support Systems13:18 International Law and Space Resources22:28 The Race with China and Future Prospects28:30 Military Funding for Space Infrastructure29:37 Geopolitics and Strategy in Space30:49 Technological Gaps and Innovations32:57 Reproduction in Space: Fun and Challenges41:41 Mental Health and Well-being in Space45:44 Arts, Religion, and Community in Space48:15 Future Updates and Books54:23 Sci-fi
Open Cosmos is a prominent European new space startup providing and operating satellites. They recently won a EUR60MM contract to build a remote sensing constellation for the Greek government, beating out strong and established competitors. Their co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Jordi Barrera Ars is my guest. Enjoy!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Countdown
00:10 Episode intro
00:33 Podcast intro
01:45 Elevator Pitch
02:32 Challenges in Space Missions
03:40 Data Cosmos: Simplifying Space Data
03:53 Evolution of the Space Industry
12:33 Open Constellation Concept
13:39 Customer Collaboration and Data Utilization
20:41 Marketplace of Applications
24:14 Economic Advantages of Asset Optimization
29:40 Customer Use Cases and Exciting Projects
30:15 Innovations in Satellite Payloads
32:18 Challenges and Opportunities in Space Data
35:11 Future Steps for Open Cosmos
36:45 Real-Time Data Delivery and Industry Trends
44:23 The Impact of Starship on the Space Sector
47:27 Trustworthy Data
49:20 Favorite Sci-Fi
HEO, a space startup from Australia, uses sensors on-orbit to identify, characterize and monitor space objects at scale. Objects such as debris, but also active satellites. You can imagine there are a number of civil and defense use cases here. So-called Space Situational Awareness is a big topic these days. HEO’s founder & CEO Will Crowe is one of the best people to talk about it. Enjoy!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Countdown
00:10 Episode intro
00:42 Podcast intro
01:27 Introducing Will Crow and HEO's Mission
02:48 HEO's Origin Story and Initial Focus on Asteroids
04:20 Commercial and National Security Use Cases
07:11 Recent Events and National Security Concerns
10:42 Challenges and Countermeasures in Space Monitoring
15:54 Customer Journey and Tasking Process
17:51 Leveraging Existing Satellites and Partnerships
23:58 Future Prospects and Monetizing Observation Time
25:02 Understanding Spatial Resolution in Space Observation
25:44 The Importance of High-Resolution Imaging
27:42 Video vs. Still Images in Space Observation
28:39 Data Handling and Analysis in Space Observation
31:36 Regulatory Challenges and Opportunities
37:20 Future Prospects and Technological Innovations
42:22 Long-Term Vision and Sci-Fi
46:16 Closing Remarks and Wrap-Up
Relativity Space, from Long Beach, California, is probably one the best-known launch startups in the world. They had a partially successful launch of their Terran One rocket last year, are now working towards the launch of the much larger Terran R, have 1200 employees and raised over $1bn in funding. My guest is their President & CFO Mo Shahzad and we talk about all things Relativity but also a little about the launch market in general. Enjoy!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:30 Relativity Space summary
5:13 Mo's career incl. switching to the space sector
7:00 Acting as a "translator"
13:00 Discussing difficulties with clients
17:38 Hiring
22:00 Steps on the way to Mars
28:32 Production and flight cadence
31:18 Pricing
34:00 Relativity in the broader launch market
38:31 Rideshare
40:50 Ancillary products
43:30 Vision
45:48 Interesting things in commercial space
49:00 Sci-Fi
This week we are talking about KickSky, the first incubator for Indian space startups, which is having the demo day of its first cohort on 8-May. I am talking to Ankit Anand, Partner of Riceberg Ventures and a co-founder of KickSky. We talk about why the timing is right for an Indian space incubator, what the incubation program looks like, and many other things. For full disclosure, E2MC, the space venture fund where I am partner, is also part of KickSky. If you have any interest in Indian space, don’t miss this episode!
If you are:
- an Indian startup interested in applying to KickSky
- interested in becoming a mentor at KickSky
- interested in joining KickSky's investor network
please go to https://www.kicksky.space
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:19 Ankit's background and the Indian space ecosystem
13:34 Space Sector in India - Government & commercial
17:34 Kicksky's structure and program
26:22 Mentoring
31:16 Demo-day and practical examples
37:12 Experience of being an incubator
40:01 Future plans
43:08 Apply to Kicksky
43:37 Sci-fi
Johannes Torpe is a well-known Danish designer who, among many other things, was the Creative Director at Bang & Olufsen, and once owned a space-themed night club called NASA. He is passionate about what he calls “domesticating space” – bringing space closer to people at large, beyond the existing space community. We met at Spacecom in Orlando earlier this year and finally had a chance to schedule a podcast episode to talk about all this. Enjoy!
https://www.johannestorpe.com/
Golden space suit event: https://www.designindaba.com/videos/conference-talks/danish-designer-johannes-torpe-power-design-create-universes
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:36 Johannes's background
6:05 Golden space suit entry
11:15 Connecting people to the Space Renaissance
18:42 Domesticating Space
21:50 The Space Mountain Case and Space "Retroism"
27:22 Potential ways of inspiring people
31:06 Hotels & Resorts
34:15 "Edutainment"
37:07 NASA Nightclub
42:36 Space & the arts
47:57 Current space-related projects
53:49 Sci-fi
PLD Space is a Spanish launch startup. Last October, they successfully completed a suborbital test flight of their Miura-1 rocket. We talk about that flight, their future plans on the way to orbital launch, the launch market at large, and many other things, with my guest, PLD’s CFO, José Manuel Rodríguez. Enjoy!
https://www.pldspace.com/en/
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:20 Elevator Pitch
6:05 European access to space
9:17 Business Model
13:17 Specs
18:10 Rocket engines
19:20 Production capacity
20:54 Scaling up
23:41 Europe vs. other markets
25:50 Customers
28:50 Gaining trust with customers
33:27 User guide
35:40 Launch market
39:10 Sovereign launch
42:08 Spaceports
44:18 Orbits
47:00 Future milestones
49:45 Team
53:38 Other interesting space activities
55:30 Sci-Fi
Space Ambition is a very popular space blog on Substack, with over 11000 subscribers. Its founder Alexandra Vidyuk is our guest this week. She is also a space tech investor at Aloniq VC. We talk about both of her roles. Enjoy!
Space ambition blog: https://spaceambition.substack.com/
Aloniq VC: https://www.aloniq.com/
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:08 Alex's activities in the space sector
3:10 Space Ambition origins
5:48 Transitioning into the space sector
7:23 What is Space Ambition?
9:04 Topics
11:42 "Spotlights"
14:30 Insights from Spotlights
17:30 Women in Space
20:20 Dream guest
21:61 Insights of space tech investors
22:58 Other space media
25:13 Getting into space investing
27:28 Other deep tech areas vs. space
29:33 Interesting areas in space
31:33 Investor perspectives
35:53 The Singapore Space Ecosystem
38:58 Sci-fi
Inflatable space modules is what we are talking about in this episode, and that is Max Space’s product, a company that just came out more publicly at Space Symposium. My guest for the episode is CEO & co-founder Aaron Kemmer, who some of you may remember from his previous role as a co-founder of the in-space manufacturing company Made in Space. Aaron and I talk about his motivation to set up Max Space, and how their inflatables can be used for example as habitats, research labs, manufacturing sites and even as sports and entertainment venues in space.
For full disclosure: Max Space is a portfolio company of E2MC, the space venture capital fund founded by our host Raphael Roettgen.
https://getmaxspace.com/
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:26 Max Space
3:32 Rationale for starting Max Space
7:22 Inflatables
9:26 Space in space
13:13 In-space experiments
15:51 Business model
18:13 Customization for use cases
21:13 User guide
22:27 Life support and space hazards
26:48 End of life planning
30:18 Inflatables beyond Earth orbit
35:50 Volume
36:44 Fitting windows & other structures
40:00 Inflating
41:00 First module in space
43:12 Major to-dos and milestones
46:25 Regulatory process
47:52 Long-term vision
51:20 Other exciting things in the space industry
55:07 Sci-fi
We are talking about the space job market in this episode. My guests are Seyka and Brian Mejeur, the founders of AdAstra, a space talent advisory or headhunting firm. Besides talking about the trends in the space job market in general, we also discuss some advice specifically for job candidates and for space founders. Make sure to listen in!
AdAstra website:
https://adastra.us/
Legacy vs. Startup Talent - article by Brian Mejeur:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/legacy-vs-startup-talent-brian-mejeur-apu2c/?trackingId=cxpwmH5ndwd5B9AjK0yI4w%3D%3D
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Timestamps
0:00 Episode intro
2:07 Intro to AdAstra
2:37 Life before AdAstra
6:29 Market demand & scope of roles
8:29 Advice for startups
10:51 Startup culture vs legacy culture
14:42 Advice for job candidates
17:32 Pre-filtering
21:22 Interview process
25:45 Getting candidates from non-space companies
29:40 Bottlenecks
35:12 Restrictions on international candidates
40:51 Gender imbalance in the space sector
45:40 Subsector trends
48:10 Roles & skills trends
50:25 Regional Trends
52:30 Compensation packages
57:40 Protecting clients
59:35 Space sector general interests
1:02:24 Sci-fi
We are back talking about Earth observation. Specifically about how to make accessing and using EO data user-friendly. Our guest this week is Luke Fischer, co-founder & CEO of Sky-Fi, an Austin-based startup that is essentially an EO market place and app store. Luke tells us all about SkyFi and his view on the state of EO in general. Enjoy!
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:35 Elevator pitch
3:40 EO data use now
8:08 SkyFi's product
11:42 A vision for space imagery
14:30 Business development
17:50 Business model & use cases
20:20 Customer service
21:30 Market education
23:20 Government impact
25:30 Trends, future tech & market gaps
28:10 Regulatory restrictions
31:50 Consolidation potential impact
37:20 User friendliness
39:40 Interesting customer behavior & use cases
43:40 Next milestones for SkyFi
46:10 Ten-year vision
49:15 SkyFi is hiring
50:15 What else is interesting in the space sector?
51:25 Sci-Fi
Two words: space robotics. Gitai, founded in Japan and now headquartered in the U.S. wants to significantly bring down the cost of labor in space -in orbit, on space stations, on the Moon, even on Mars- with its robotic technology. My guest is Gitai’s founder & CEO, Sho Nakanose.
Gitai website (incl. careers): https://gitai.tech/
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:31 Elevator Pitch
3:50 Gitai's origin story
6:18 Pitching the company 7 years ago
9:08 Shifting perceptions
11:13 Gitai's products
13:50 Engineering approach
19:12 Use cases
24:50 Customers
26:40 First lunar use case
28:00 First lunar demonstration
30:07 Next major milestones
32:35 Business model
33:45 Vision for the Company
35:00 Cost target
36:45 Future missions
38:45 Mass production & supply chain
41:25 Humanoid robots
45:25 Terrestrial business options
48:40 Gitai is hiring!
50:00 What else is interesting in the space sector
51:38 Sci Fi
This is our annual preview episode, about some of the key things which may happen in the space sector in 2024.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:40 Preview episode initial remarks
2:27 Launch
10:07 Spacecraft
10:43 Human spaceflight
14:12 Lunar
15:55 Science
17:17 Government
18:05 Satellite Communications
18:48 Earth Observation
19:20 OSAM
20:44 Finance and Funding
24:00 Events and Education
24:58 Poll on most exciting space events in 2024
In-space manufacturing is what we are discussing in this episode, and we have a really cool and qualified guest: Jessica Frick is a researcher at Stanford’s XLab, the extreme environment microsystems lab. They recently held a workshop on semiconductor manufacturing in microgravity, just published a white paper about it (linked below), and are now setting up an institute focused on manufacturing advanced materials in microgravity. Enjoy!
The Institute for In-Space Manufacturing of Advanced Materials
https://rb.gy/b4661j
White paper: Semiconductor Manufacturing in Low-Earth Orbit for Terrestrial Use
https://osf.io/preprints/osf/d6ar4
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:20 Intro to XLab & Jessica
4:37 Jessica's origin story & motivation
8:54 Semiconductor manufacturing primer
14:15 In-space manufacturing for Earth
15:58 Which part of semi manufacturing makes sense to do in space
17:30 Advantages of microgravity
18:50 Could it be done on Earth?
20:25 Advantages of microgravity (cont'd)
26:20 Semiconductor materials besides silicon
28:50 Why larger crystals are better
35:45 Why now?
38:45 Safety & astronaut intervention
40:30 Microgravity platforms besides the ISS
41:40 Importance of subject matter expertise
45:00 Origin of the idea for the new institute
54:55 Current ISS equipment
55:55 The Institute for In-Space Manufacturing of Advanced Materials
1:02:00 How to get involved
1:04:25 Sci-fi
Satellite IoT, or internet of things – we have another episode on this topic. Which devices or machines can we connect via satellite communications, how and why? Our guest is Omar Qaise, the founder & CEO of Luxembourg-based OQ Technology, a prominent satellite IoT startup that has already several satellites in orbit. Enjoy!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:19 Elevator Pitch
3:33 Devices outside of coverage that would benefit
6:33 How are people monitoring such devices right now?
8:01 Cost
10:55 Working with off the shelf hardware
12:33 Regulations
15:27 Go to market
18:48 Energy specific use cases
19:56 Go to market: push vs. pull
21:14 Coverage and constellation size
22:13 Lower latency use cases
23:57 Types of satellite
24:55 Direct to device vs direct to mobile
26:12 Receivers
28:20 Wearables
30:04 Cybersecurity
32:26 Most exciting future use cases
36:10 Future of the satellite IoT market
42:03 Origin story
44:08 Vision for the OQ
45:10 The Space Ecosystem in Luxemburg
47:10 Saudi Arabia
49:15 What else is exciting in the space sector?
51:12 Sci-Fi
Space & bio – we finally have the 2nd episode in our subseries on this topic. Dorit Donoviel is the Director of the Translational Research Institute for Space Health. TRISH is an institute that is cooperating with NASA and conducting a fascinating range of research regarding human health in space. Our discussion touches on many topics, ranging from challenges to human physiology in microgravity all the way to the question of whether we can use gene editing to adapt ourselves to the space environment. Enjoy!
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:35 TRISH
3:50 Staying healthy in space
7:36 Health concerns in microgravity
12:07 Eye and brain issues
13:40 Artificial gravity
15:40 Licensing
18:46 Moon & Mars
22:50 Medical equipment and treatment in space
27:00 Surgery
29:22 Positive effects in space
33:03 Longevity in space
34:50 Gene editing
39:28 Reproduction in space
43:33 Research projects if more funding was available
45:23 Food production
47:31 Astronaut health monitoring
50:00 Beyond R&D
53:55 Organ-on-chip models
56:33 How one can get involved in TRISH
1:00:17 Sci-fi
Light sails – really thin sails that are propelled by photons flying around in space – have been proposed as an alternative propulsion method to travel the cosmos for a long time. Now, there is a startup company in France working to commercialize them. Their co-founder & CEO, Andrew Nutter, is our guest this week. Enjoy!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:01 Elevator pitch
2:49 Origin story
4:22 History of light sails
8:59 Planetary Society mission
11:12 Folding the sail
14:20 Hazards in space
16:04 Further specs of Gama's sail
17:56 Velocity and Acceleration Specs
22:23 Oumuamua
24:01 Use cases
30:16 Dragsail application
34:41 GTM & missions
37:51 Deep space demonstration
39:25 Timeline & long term vision for the company
42:24 Business Model
45:35 What else is interesting in space?
47:30 Sci-Fi
The ground segment for satellites is obviously an important part of the space ecosystem. Giovanni Pandolfi is a co-founder of LeafSpace, one of the prominent startups in this field. https://leaf.space/
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:05 Elevator Pitch
3:09 Leafspace's origin story
6:04 Finding a business opportunity in the space sector
8:22 Biggest challenges starting straight out of university
11:30 First commercial push
12:51 Initial approach
16:10 Not being held back by the legacy way of doing things
17:30 Antenna building vs. buying
19:00 Product & customer experience
22:01 Kinds of applications that Leaf Space can support
25:05 AWS
30:13 Ten-year vision for Leaf Space
32:45 Vision for the broader ground segment sector
37:08 Frequency bands
40:03 What else in space is interesting?
41:30 Sci-Fi
India's space sector is really blasting off (pun intended!). Among other things, the country just became only the fourth one to soft land on the Moon. So it's only fitting that we'll have more Indian space companies and people as guests. Our first one is Tushar Jadhav, founder and CEO of Manastu Space, a propulsion startup from Mumbai that recently announced a $3MM financing round (for full disclosure, E2MC, the space VC fund where Raphael is a partner, is an investor in that round). Please enjoy hearing about Manastu and space in India!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
3:14 Elevator pitch
3:55 Green satellite propultion
9:20 Why was hydrazine originally chosen?
11:15 The current system
15:09 Hydrogen peroxide
18:31 Chemical propulsion vs electrical propulsion
23:01 Manastu's product & business model
25:45 In-orbit demonstration
26:27 Main customer group
27:26 Export control
28:23 Scaling up & adding on services
30:52 Vision for the company
31:45 Origin story
35:38 Indian Space Ecosystem
44:16 What's next?
46:15 Sci-fi
My guest this week is Loren Grush. You may know her already as a space journalist, currently at Bloomberg and previously at The Verge. She also just published a book: “The Six” is telling the story of America’s first women astronauts - and that is what we’re talking about in this episode. Enjoy!
Loren's book "The Six": https://www.simonandschuster.biz/books/The-Six/Loren-Grush/9781982172800
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0:00 Intro
2:00 Loren's background
2:53 Being a NASA kid
6:24 Support from the community
7:50 Loren's new book
9:02 Why this topic?
10:45 Challenges of women in the space sector
16:00 The Mercury 13
18:00 Surprising findings in research for the book
19:17 Competitiveness among The Six
22:20 A favorite one?
23:50 Legacy of The Six
25:21 Normalizing women in space
29:17 Female Astronauts
32:44 International Female Astronauts
34:10 Future books
36:17 How can we improve the gender imbalance in the space sector?
40:23 Final message for women looking to join the space sector
Our guest this week is building a lunar rover. Jaret Matthews is the CEO & Founder of Astrolab, based in Hawthorne, CA. He was previously at SpaceX and also at JPL, where he worked on Mars rovers. Come join us to hear all about planetary rovers! https://astrolab.space/
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:21 Elevator Pitch
3:11 "Last Mile" on the Moon
5:27 Flex rover in the context of other rovers
9:10 Payloads
11:30 Scaling challenges
13:46 Autonomy
15:33 "Off-road" capability
19:23 Vehicle specs
22:23 Vehicle lifetime and surviving on the Moon
29:34 Spare parts
33:06 Infrastructure
34:22 Main use cases
38:27 Vision for mobility landscape on the Moon
41:37 The motivation behind Astrolab
46:46 What else is interesting in the space sector
48:15 What could be the "first killer app" for the Moon?
50:07 Sci-Fi
Space Traffic Management continues to be a hot topic as we keep on hearing about companies like SpaceX having to execute large numbers of collision avoidance maneuvers. Portugal-based Neuraspace is focused on this and has raised a significant amount of money already to build their AI-based platform. COO Chiara Manfletti is our guest this week. Enjoy!
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro 2:09 Elevator pitch 3:00 Defining SSA, SDA, STM, etc. 5:43 How much we actually know 10:06 Data availability and gaps 12:28 Customers and market adoption 15:36 How concerned should satellite operators be? 17:22 Why aren't we seeing collisions all the time? 21:56 Active debris removal and the "tragedy of commons" in space 24:53 Business model 27:00 Right of way 32:49 Regulation 34:45 Incentives and insurance 39:55 Customers 40:17 Vision for Neuraspace 41:08 Use of funds 42:42 The Portuguese space ecosystem 44:46 How Chiara got involved with Neuraspace 47:47 What else is interesting in space? 49:18 Sci Fi
Alcohol in Space 🍸 – that is actually the title of an existing book, written by Chris Carberry, who is also the CEO of Explore Mars. Chris is our guest this week and we’re talking about everything alcohol in space – from the history of liquor consumption in space, over its effects in microgravity, all the way to what kind of drinks we may produce in space in the future. Cheers & enjoy!
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Alcohol in Space - the book: https://www.amazon.com/Alcohol-Space-Past-Present-Future/dp/147667924X
Timestamps 0:00 Intro 2:22 Chris background 3:49 The history of alcohol in Space 8:47 Taste in space 11:57 Alcohol on private missions like Ax-3 13:09 Current rules 14:04 Religious use 14:53 Reasons for current prohibition 17:04 Physiological impact of alcohol in space 18:25 Fully private missions 20:17 Upcoming space stations 22:20 Examples of liquor companies interested in space 25:30 Space Cargo Unlimited and its wine on the ISS 28:12 Producing alcohol in space 32:32 Potential future for alcohol in space 36:15 Sub-Orbital spaceflights 38:09 Other alcohol-related space business opportunities 40:38 Chris's favorite drink 41:03 Drinks that are connected to places in space 42:27 Sci-Fi and alcohol in space
Do you want to send your DNA to space - to orbit, or to the Moon? You can already do that: LifeShip is a California-based startup offering that service. They have already sold thousands of their kits. Hear about their story from founder Ben Haldeman, who was also an early employee at Planet, the well-known Eartly observation company. Enjoy!
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro 2:12 Elevator Pitch 3:33 Origin story 5:51 From inspiration to product 7:24 The product 8:50 First Space missions 10:18 Customer motivation 14:00 Go to market 15:42 Customer demographics 17:25 What the customer gets 18:42 Future missions 21:49 What if Aliens find it? 23:23 Bureaucracy and restrictions 24:46 How to protect DNA in space 26:08 Vision 29:31 Potential future products 31:59 Funding 33:21 B2B element 35:50 What else is interesting in space? 37:58 Sci-Fi
Big satellites, REALLY big satellites – for the age of Starship. That is what our guest company this week is working on – K2 Space from Long Beach, CA - and they just raised an $8.5MM seed round. I talk to their co-founder Karan Kunjur about their satellite platform, its potential use cases, and much more. Enjoy!
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:08 Elevator pitch
2:48 K2's satellite platforms
5:05 Testing large satellites
6:14 Tech challenges
8:35 Operational orbit
10:10 Space debris
12:00 Origin story of K2
14:56 Use cases
18:19 Fitting in with emerging trends
22:41 Proving your use cases and building the market
24:49 Vertical integration
27:03 Propulsion
29:26 Business model
30:51 Timeline
32:32 Hosting
34:00 Vision
37:05 Future of the satellite industry
39:25 Advice for joining the space sector
41:25 What else is interesting in the space sector?
43:04 Sci-Fi
Sex in Space – I feel like I don’t need to say anything else about this episode. But jokes aside – besides sexual health being an important issue on long duration space missions in general, one important topic is the question of reproduction in space. We touch upon these topics and more in my conversation with Simon Dubé, a post-doctoral researcher at the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University on the topic of space sexology. Enjoy!
Relevant article:
"Sexual Health in Space: a 5-year Scoping Review" -https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11930-023-00368-9 "Technology-Based Sexualities"-
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Timestamps 0:00 Intro 2:23 Simon's background 3:36 Erotic interactions in space 6:28 Articles about space sexology 7:46 Sex in space? 11:26 Artificial suppression in astronauts 13:14 Specific lines of research 19:25 Research methodology 25:06 Similar situations on Earth 31:58 Dream research project 36:03 Intimacy briefing for space explorers 39:11 The "mechanics" 44:03 Reproduction in space 51:22 Work to be done 52:00 Sci-Fi
We finally have a space startup from Asia (excl. Middle East) on the podcast. Many of you probably did not know that there is a late-stage space startup in Thailand. Mu Space is a Series C stage company manufacturing smallsats and their components. I caught up with their founder & CEO James Yenbamroong in person at the Mu Space headquarter office when I passed through Bangkok this week. Enjoy!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro 2:44 Elevator pitch 3:09 Origin story 5:54 Thai space ecosystem 8:15 Supply chain and doing things from scratch 9:39 Vertical integration 11:42 Mu Space's satellite platforms 13:04 Use cases 14:40 Smallsats vs. cubesats 17:00 Power 18:45 More use cases 21:18 On-board computing 24:06 First missions 27:10 Launch companies in Asia 31:00 Regulatory restrictions 33:34 Funding 34:55 Satellite production and volume manufacturing 39:08 Time from order to shipping 42:00 Customers 44:23 The Thai Food Space Mission 48:46 Mu Space's battery tech 50:16 Trends in satellite manufacturing and lay of the land 56:27 On-board propulsion systems 58:58 Space-as-a-service 01:01:05 Vision for Mu Space 01:04:33 If James wasn't doing Mu Space, what would he do in space? 01:06:25 Sci-Fi
Impulse Space is a new startup focused on space logistics, including last-mile payload delivery. The company has a first mission scheduled for fall this year, and also announced a private Mission to Mars jointly with Relativity last year. We touch upon all of this and a lot more in my conversation with their COO Barry Matsumori. Enjoy!
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0:00 Intro 2:05 Elevator Pitch 2:34 Mission architecture 3:45 The first mission 5:01 Vehicle architecture/strategy 8:05 Vision for In-space services 13:37 Economic viability of small&medium launchers 16:18 View of the land on OTV companies 17:52 Primary users and use cases 20:07 Revenue model 20:53 The Mars mission 23:02 Financing and pricing 26:14 Tech needed to go to Mars 28:51 Propulsion system and vehicle details 33:40 Timeframe and production capacity 36:03 Starship 38:27 Vast space station deal 40:54 Vision for the space sector 42:30 Other areas that Barry is excited about 43:52 Impulse Space in 10 years 44:47 SpaceX Heritage 47:19 Medium-term futuristic possibilities 48:27 Sci-Fi
Greg Autry has worn many leadership hats in the space sector. He is currently the Clinical Professor & Director of the Space Leadership, Policy and Business Program at the Thunderbird School of Global Management. He was a presidential nominee (as CFO) at NASA and continues to hold roles at the agency. He was also chair of the FAA’s COMSTAC Safety Working Group. Our conversation ranges from space entrepreneurship over space safety to geopolitics in space. I think you’ll really enjoy this one. I did!
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:22 Greg's bio
6:09 Is the Space Sector an appropriate place for entrepreneurs
8:34 Space Master program at Thunderbird
11:02 What does a NASA CFO do?
13:15 More on Thunderbird
22:09 NASA InSPA
26:50 In-space manufacturing
31:35 FAA COMSTAC
35:10 Commercial space flight participant regulation
39:18 Space traffic management
44:38 "Death by China"
48:29 Astropolitics
50:27 Quickfire questions on the space sector
59:23 A message for young people
1:01:49 Sci-Fi
Establishing a human presence in the Venusian atmosphere and setting up a venture studio to help get us there? You bet. Founder and Chairman of Humans2Venus, Guillermo Söhnlein, is our guest this week.
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
3:38 Elevator Pitch
4:43 Why Venus?
11:35 Staying in the Venusian atmosphere
15:45 "Grand Vision" argument
19:04 Technology stack
27:47 Establishing a sustainable human presence
32:43 Business opportunities and business model
37:33 What is a venture studio?
42:55 Does is work for the space sector?
46:58 Overall status of the project
49:00 Sci-Fi
Episode 100 will give you a review & preview of the Space Business Podcast, incl. favorite sci-fi of our guests!
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0:00 Intro
3:55 Stats
11:17 Quotes
14:03 Sci-Fi
16:18 The future of this podcast
18:35 Calls to action
Nuclear fusion propulsion. Do I have your attention? Probably ... after all, we need to get to places like Mars, and beyond, faster than on the current chemical rockets. There are now actually some startups working on nuclear fusion propulsion and one of them, Princeton Satellite Systems, are our guests this week. Enjoy!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro2:07 Elevator pitch3:34 Future of space propulsion5:13 Current state of fusion10:16 Magnetic fusion13:24 The FRC16:47 Power budget18:46 Terrestrial power generation use case22:23 The Moon25:03 What is left to do on the tech side29:47 Timeline31:01 Safety33:15 In-space propulsion36:44 NASA's past nuclear projects37:54 Timing for prototype in space42:43 Biggest obstacles45:56 Beyond the current fusion engine proposal
My guest this week is Jesse Klempner, a partner in McKinsey’s Washington DC office. McKinsey is focusing more on space recently and has published a number of interesting articles (see below for some examples). We discuss why McKinsey is paying more attention to space now and how corporates can and do work with space, among other topics. Enjoy!
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Example McKinsey space articles:
Space: The missing element of your strategy
Space launch - are headed for a shortfall?
The potential of microgravity: How companies across sectors can venture into space
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:45 Why McKinsey is focusing more on space now
5:15 Getting space & non-space companies to cooperate
9:35 Taking the friction out of space
14:07 Companies integrating space as an enabling technology
18:29 Space mining
22:17 Space-based solar power
23:33 Lunar business models
25:14 Talking about space with the biggest companies in the world
29:15 Successful case studies of corporates implementing space
31:05 Successfully implementing new tech in an organization
31:47 How corporates can inform themselves
34:01 Most exciting space use case
36:15 Favorite space business model if you were an entrepreneur
37:31 Sci Fi
Space Biotech - this is the first episode in a new sub-series of episodes just on this topic. Ken Savin is the Chief Scientific Officer of Redwire, the American space holding company. Before that, he worked at the U.S. National Lab and for a long time in the pharma industry.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:27 Ken's Background
3:52 Use cases
6:59 Human tissue in space
10:00 Pre-clinical pharma testing and regenerative medicine
11:38 Crystal production in space
16:30 Mass production in space
20:07 Awareness of space in the biotech industry
23:50 Bridging two different sectors
34:37 Starship
36:55 Producing at scale in microgravity
42:11 Use cases predictions
48:47 Disease models
54:34 Life sciences in Deep Space
58:05 Sci-Fi
Software for satellites. We are overdue to talk about it – it’s important and it could be a big business opportunity, for reasons you’ll hear about in this episode. My guest is Alvaro Alonso Ruiz, co-founder of the French startup Leanspace who raised a EUR6MM seed round last year. Enjoy!
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Timestamps
0:00 Elevator Pitch
4:30 Satellite ground segment software
5:36 Origin story
10:27 Product cycle and use case
14:43 Third-party vs. in-house software
18:50 Fusing data
20:45 ChatGPT
21:25 Data security
24:13 Target market and customers
28:57 New approaches to aerospace manufacturing
31:26 Leanspace approach
33:58 Vision
37:05 Biggest risks
39:25 Strasbourg
41:20 Sci-Fi
Space in Israel! My guest is Uri Oron, the Director General of the Israel Space Agency. We talk about various aspects of the Israeli space ecosystem, including what "infrastructure" is required to build it out successfully. Enjoy!
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:38 Guest background
6:58 The Israeli deep tech legacy
8:59 ISA vs. other space agencies
14:44 Building the infrastructure for a space economy
18:19 Education and science
23:42 Supporting the startup ecosystem
27:15 Generating space awareness
33:19 Working alongside private initiatives
35:15 Space law
36:52 Interacting with the non-space side of the economy
39:23 A message to space enthusiasts
Asteroid mining – do I really need to say anything else to get you excited and curious about listening to this episode? My guest is Matt Gialich, the co-founder and CEO of AstroForge, an LA-based startup. Over a decade on from when the last asteroid mining companies started, AstroForge successfully raised a sizable seed round last year. Asteroid mining is back - hear all about it in this episode, enjoy!
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:17 Elevator pitch
4:44 Do we really have to mine in space?
7:02 Background and Origin Story
11:51 Previous asteroid mining companies
13:51 Hitching a ride to the Moon
15:14 Lowering mission costs
16:18 Spacecraft specs
17:38 Technology limitations
19:45 Mission objectives and timeline
21:18 Extraction tech
21:56 Approaching an asteroid
23:23 Power budget
25:40 Scaling up
26:49 Potential vs. current (on Earth) PGM cost
30:13 Business model
31:44 Regulations
33:24 Geopolitics
34:24 Funding
35:57 Vision
36:41 Biggest risks and challenges
37:40 Current focus
39:00 Mining other things besides PGM
40:00 Sci-Fi
Nima Shahinian is a Norwegian industrial designer planning on going to space, and he has already started some of the training, which he will tell us about. He has now even put together a whole project and team in Norway that is working on taking a group of people to space, including several candidates with disabilities. Hear all of about it in this episode – and, since he is a designer, we also talk about space design! Enjoy!
Nima's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astro_nims/
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:43 How did Nima become an astronaut candidate?
4:51 Nima's Design work
6:20 Space design
8:16 Best space suits
10:00 Family's take
11:20 Forming a project team
12:54 Timeline and origin
18:01 First mission
20:50 Financing the Project
24:33 Iranian women in space
26:26 The Next Step project
30:15 Potential candidates
33:13 Plans for the mission
38:30 Nima's space training to date
41:48 Helping Project Next Step
44:03 Vision for the project
45:57 Sci-Fi
How about accessing space not with rockets, but with basically a big gun that shoots stuff into space? You may be surprised to hear that that is actually not a new idea. Our guests this week, the founders of a startup called Wave Motion are working on an updated version of it. Unsurprisingly, there is strong dual use element, too. We’ll talk about all that and more in the episode. Enjoy!
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Timestamps0:00 Intro2:24 Elevator Pitch3:31 Rocket equation tyranny5:35 Wave Motion launch tech7:45 Historical space gun projects12:21 "G-hardened"pPayloads13:06 Architecture14:46 Payload Capacity16:35 Ground Infrastructure18:45 Launch Cadence21:12 Product Sequencing27:10 Managing time and projects as a small team29:36 Getting a Naval Research Contract33:42 Geopolitics35:00 Orbital launch costs35:35 Roadmap40:19 Origin of name41:37 Other opportunities in space42:45 Sci-Fi
This is our second conversation with a crew member of the dearMoon project. Just as a reminder, dearMoon will be a circumlunar Starship mission, to which Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku "MZ" Maezawa has invited 8 artists to join him. One of those lucky 8 is the photographer, filmmaker and whale swimming guide Karim Iliya. We talk about his expectations and objectives for the mission. Enjoy!
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:58 Hawaii, Iceland and the Moon
4:41 The most fascinating thing about the Moon
06:04 How Karim got interested in Space
8:22 The future of space exploration
11:52 Initial application for dearMoon
14:23 Taking photos in microgravity
18:42 Summary of Karim's work
22:26 Thoughts before going to Space
25:12 What would aliens photograph on Earth?
27:58 Absence of life in Space
30:00 The moment Karim found out he was selected
36:00 Research and preparations for the mission
37:54 Remaining key questions
40:37 Special items to bring along on the mission
This is our second conversation with a crew member of the dearMoon project. Just as a reminder, dearMoon will be a circumlunar Starship mission, to which Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku "MZ" Maezawa has invited 8 artists to join him. One of those lucky 8 is the photographer, filmmaker and whale swimming guide Karim Iliya. We talk about his expectations and objectives for the mission. Enjoy!
https://karimiliya.com/
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:58 Hawaii, Iceland and the Moon
4:41 The most fascinating thing about the Moon
06:04 How Karim got interested in Space
8:22 The future of space exploration
11:52 Initial application for dearMoon
14:23 Taking photos in microgravity
18:42 Summary of Karim's work
22:26 Thoughts before going to Space
25:12 What would aliens photograph on Earth?
27:58 Absence of life in Space
30:00 The moment Karim found out he was selected
36:00 Research and preparations for the mission
37:54 Remaining key questions
40:37 Special items to bring along on the mission
Did you ever wonder what the experience of flying on Blue Origin’s suborbital New Shepard rocket is like? I certainly have. So I invited one of their recent crew members, Victor Hespanha from Brazil, onto the podcast. He takes us through the entire experience -before, during, and after the flight- in great detail. You get a good sense of what the experience is like, so don’t miss it! Please do note that English is not Victor’s first language and he is currently still learning it. He was incredibly kind to speak to us anyway and get out of his language comfort zone. So please keep it in mind when he is occasionally searching for the right word.
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:50 How did Victor end up going to space?
4:14 The Crypto Space Agency (CSA)
5:38 The CSA sweepstakes
6:35 Victor's initial reaction
7:57 Biggest fears
10:30 Family reaction
11:51 Marcos Pontes, the first Brazilian Astronaut
12:32 Preparing for space flight
15:24 Wife's reaction
16:19 Corn Ranch astronaut village
17:38 The bar at Corn Ranch
19:34 Formal training and bonding with the crew
23:00 The night before the launch
25:30 The final briefing and the day of the launch
28:00 Countdown and liftoff
29:40 Microgravity
33:50 Seeing Earth from Space
35:05 Memorable moments
37:10 Descending from Space
39:35 After-mission protocol
43:00 Special items
44:21 Aftermath
45:50 Coming back to Brazil
49:22 Post-Space life
Daniel Bock and Istvan Lörenç are the co-founders of Morpheus Space, an innovative electric propulsion company based in Germany and the U.S. I met them for the first time at IAC in 2019 when they won the pitch competition and since then they have done really well, including announcing a US$28 million Series A last September. Please enjoy listening to them talk about their technology and their entrepreneurial journey!
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:31 Elevator pitch
4:12 The origin of "Morpheus Space"
7:40 Perceived market gap
9:54 Is propulsion for collision avoidance all just a PR stunt?
11:36 Satellite collision data
13:25 Propulsion modeling
17:05 Business model
20:51 Talking to customers
21:48 Propulsion
28:29 Scaleability
30:36 Product constraints and challenges
33:25 Morpheus Space other line of products
36:21 How to prioritize
39:05 Partnership with Kayhan Space
41:11 Vision for the company
42:35 Other interesting things in the Space sector
45:45 Sci-Fi
This is our annual preview of some of the things to watch out for in the space sector in 2023!
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
03:46 Launch
8:28 Human Space Flight
12:01 Science exploration missions
12:51 Satellite communications & EO
13:44 Finance
14:57 Exciting Events in 2023
15:32 Education and Outreach
I’m guessing many if not most of you are aware of the dearMoon project. Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa, or MZ, is inviting 8 artists to join him on a circumlunar flight on Starship. One of the 8 selected crew is American documentary filmmaker Brendan Hall. He is our guest on this episode and we discuss everything from his motivation to apply, over the selection process, to his objectives for the mission, and even some of the things he may take along. dearMoon has everyting to be one of the most fascinating human spaceflight missions ever and this episode is our first look at it – don’t miss it.
dearMoon crew website: https://dearmoon.earth/
Brendan's website: http://www.brendanhall.com/
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro3:02 Where Brendan was when he found out he was selected as a crew member5:30 Mindset through the selection process6:55 Weighing risks and responsibilities13:39 Where to point the camera lens16:21 Microgravity18:10 Initial selection process23:15 Further steps of the process26:21 Crew synergies29:57 Ideal outcome of the mission32:18 National parks36:06 The night sky and the Moon38:42 Special places on Earth41:00 Humanity's future on the Moon42:27 Sci-Fi44:08 What Brendan has been up to since finding out he was on the crew46:40 Things to bring along on the mission
Casey Handmer writes a blog that many of you may already read called, well, Casey Handmer's blog. His posts regularly explore fascinating space topics such as e.g. explaining misconceptions about Starship or how to terraform Mars. We could not possibly do justice to the wealth of topics he’s written about in one podcast episode, but we are talking somewhat of a whirlwind tour through some of his best known posts on space. I think you’ll really enjoy it
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:30 Casey's blog
3:57 Target audience
4:51 Topic selection
7:53 Lunar base post
8:59 Power delivery to the Moon
12:24 The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
13:09 Understanding Starship
17:04 Getting humanity to Mars
21:50 Why come back to Earth?
26:05 Starship use cases on Mars
31:47 Constraints on building a self-sufficient city on Mars
33:50 Terraforming Mars
40:34 Convincing people to go to Mars
44:02 Space babies
51:51 Sci-Fi
Dan Katz is the co-founder and CEO of Orbital Sidekick, a San Francisco-based company deploying a constellation of hyperspectral remote sensing satellites. Among other things, I talk to Dan about the capabilities and use cases of this exciting technology. Enjoy!
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro2:14 Elevator Pitch3:55 What is Hyperspectral Earth Observation?10:16 Multispectral vs. Hyperspectral vs. ... Ultraspectral(?) 14:40 The upper bounds of spectral resolution18:55 Operating at night time and under cloud cover22:43 Data and onboard processing27:15 Business Model30:50 Coverage31:52 Resolution36:28 Pipeline leaks as a use case40:14 Orbital Sidekick's satellites45:43 Selling to non-space customers48:37 Vision for the company52:42 Origin story56:05 Space trends58:00 Sci-Fi
Egbert Jan van der Veen is the head of strategy of well-known, publicly-listed German space company OHB. He’s also the head of their corporate venture capital arm, which has invested in a number of well-known space companies, including some that have been on this podcast. So he has a really good view of the space sector in general and also specifically about space startups. Enjoy!
Btw, happy Thanksgivings holiday to our many listeners in the U.S.!
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Timestamps 0:00 Intro 2:22 Egbert's background 5:39 Space in 2010 9:09 The OHB experience 10:38 Engineering vs. Business 11:47 What is OHB? 15:15 Vertical integration and supply chain 17:30 Cubesats and Smallsats 20:27 Vertical integration and demand 25:27 The DNA of OHB 28:12 Opportunities in satellite components 32:10 Noteworthy trends on satellite integration 34:30 The Software side of things 36:09 Rockets 40:33 OHB name origin 41:45 OHB Ventures 44:17 What kind of opportunities OHB is looking for 47:09 Disruptive Space tech in 2022 49:20 Sci-Fi
Our guest this week is Jaume Sanpera, CEO & founder of Sateliot, a Barcelona-based startup providing IOT connectivity from space. IOT is an interesting market which various startups (and established companies) are tackling and we discuss current and future use cases, what technology Sateliot uses, how it is executing its go-to-market, and many other things. You will not want to miss this one. Enjoy!
Sateliot's job board: https://sateliot.space/en/careers/
The English version of Raphael's introductory book to the space economy is finally out! It is available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BK9R7C6C. There continue to be the Portuguese ("Para cima") and German ("Hoch Hinaus") editions.
Learn more about space & the space economy: * The English version of Raphael's introductory book to the space economy is finally out! It is available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BK9R7C6C. There continue to be the Portuguese ("Para cima") and German ("Hoch Hinaus") editions. * Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy * Do you want to specifically learn about investing in Space? Join the pre-release of Raphael's new live-taught course on Maven: https://maven.com/space-business-institute/investing-course
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro 2:23 Elevator Pitch 3:47 The comparison with satellite-to-mobile 6:29 Details on system architecture 9:29 Space Debris 10:09 Ground based infrastructure 14:42 Data and use cases 22:32 Spectrum rights 26:33 First coverage areas 28:12 Customer acquisition 34:42 Pricing and what matters to customers 37:27 Ocean-based use cases 41:55 10-year vision 43:20 Challenges for the sector 46:22 Origin story 48:53 Advice on space business 50:17 Sateliot is hiring 51:40 What else is interesting in space 52:45 Sci-Fi
The English version of my introductory book to the space economy is finally out. In this special episode, I read the introductory chapter for you.
The book is available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BK9R7C6C
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro 4:43 Book preview - introductory chapter, read by Raphael
My guest Ole Dokka probably knows the Norwegian space ecosystem like nobody else. He is the organizer of the Spaceport Norway conference, which will take place in Oslo next week. We talk about what is going on in space in Norway, including the Andøya spaceport, and of course also about the conference. Enjoy!
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro 2:06 Ole's background 4:35 Transitioning from corporate life to the space sector 7:03 2016 vs 2022 8:04 Spaceport Norway 12:44 Who is going to Spaceport Norway? 14:30 Bringing in non-space corporations 16:10 What makes a good space conference? 21:55 The Norwegian space ecosystem 25:40 The Norwegian national space strategy 30:22 Norway's potential in the space sector 36:46 Ole's future projects 39:25 Sci-fi
In this episode we talk about predicting extreme weather, timely (if not planned!) given hurricane Ian -- by the way, we hope you are all safe & sound! Dan Harkins, the COO of Tropical Weather Analytics will tell us about extreme weather and how their proposed satellite constellation may help us predict it.
TWA Website: https://weathersats.com/
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:30 Elevator pitch
3:22 NASA's weather prediction tech
4:09 Prediction timeframe and accuracy
8:17 The Polar Vortex
9:03 Why has nobody done this before?
11:24 What Tropical Weather Analytics provides
15:03 Measuring wind
17:13 The ESA Arctic Weather Satellite and other sources of data
19:32 Reluctance to use this data
23:55 Key customer segments and go to market strategy
28:14 Aviation
30:53 Satellites
32:28 Timeline, fundraising and vision
35:27 Microwave sounders
38:23 Climate Change analysis
39:30 Origin story
40:50 What else to do in the space sector
43:11 Sci-Fi
NB: Dan briefly mentions Spaced Ventures at some point. For full disclosure, Raphael is a member of Spaced's investment advisory committee. As a reminder, the podcast is purely for journalistic purposes and nothing constitutes investment advice or solicitation.
My guest this week is Austin Link, a co-founder of Starfish Space. Starfish develops a space tug that can be used for satellite life extension and space debris removal. Austin and his co-founder Trevor both came out of Blue Origin and are now well on their way at Starfish, which raised a seed round last year. Please enjoy listening to their story.
https://www.starfishspace.com/
Opportunities to learn more about space & the space economy: * Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy * Do you want to specifically learn about investing in Space? Join the pre-release of Raphael's new live-taught course on Maven: https://maven.com/space-business-institute/investing-course * Raphael's introductory book on the space economy recently came out in its Portuguese translation: https://www.amazon.com/Para-Cima-Economia-Espacial-Portuguese-ebook/dp/B09X5WV3WC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ROKTHNSCZCRI. Stay tuned for the English translation, which should come out soon.
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:16 Elevator pitch & origin story
6:06 Blue Origin
14:14 The satellite life extension market
19:42 Debris removal
24:00 Going to market
27:10 Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking (RPOD)
33:43 Starfish Space timeline
36:59 Working with Governments
38:46 Starfish Space is hiring
39:04 What else to do in the space sector
41:50 Sci-Fi
This episode is with a guest who I wanted to have on for a while. Avi Loeb is a Professor of Science at Harvard and was the chair of its astronomy department from 2011 to 2020. He has written 8 books, including the best-seller “Extraterrestrial”, and hundreds of research papers. Among many other things, he is well-known for his views on the Oumuamua interstellar object, and he now heads the Galileo project, which is looking for further such objects. One of his upcoming projects is an expedition to try to retrieve fragments of another interstellar object from the ocean floor. If all this wasn’t interesting enough, we also talk about academia, the way science is pursued, and how we can ensure our kids maintain scientific curiosity. Enjoy!
Avi's book "Extraterrestrial": https://www.amazon.com/Extraterrestrial-First-Intelligent-Beyond-Earth/dp/0358278147
Opportunities to learn more about space & the space economy: * Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy * Do you want to specifically learn about investing in Space? Join the pre-release of Raphael's new live-taught course on Maven: https://maven.com/space-business-institute/investing-course * Raphael's introductory book on the space economy recently came out in its Portuguese translation: https://www.amazon.com/Para-Cima-Economia-Espacial-Portuguese-ebook/dp/B09X5WV3WC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ROKTHNSCZCRI. Stay tuned for the English translation, which should come out soon.
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Timestamps 0:00 Intro 2:14 Avi's farm background and the "Indistinguishable grains of sand" 4:27 What makes humanity unique? 8:49 How academics can suppress innovation 12:01 Fixing the academic "system" 20:07 The Fermi Paradox 25:34 Cosmic archaeology 35:32 Is Earth worth visiting? 39:50 The Galileo Project 40:52 UAPs 44:29 Current status of observation tech 49:13 Planned expedition to the Ocean floor 53:40 Projects that we should be engaging in 57:42 James Webb Space Telescope 01:00:36 Keeping your childlike curiosity
This week we talk about military space. The military has been part of space exploration since the beginning, and it continues to be very important, including as a major customer of, and even occasional investor in, commercial space companies. So it makes sense that we spend some time talking about military space in this podcast. I suspect there will be several episodes on this topic, but my first guest, in this episode, is Professor Bleddyn Bowen from the University of Leicester. He has literally written the book on military space, aptly called “War in Space” and will soon publish another one. We talk about his books, the recent establishment of the U.S. Space Force, how one should think about space as a military domain, about relevant space capabilities, and a few other things. Enjoy!
Prof. Bleddyn Bowen's books: https://www.amazon.com/Bleddyn-E-Bowen/e/B09X5QSTNW/
Opportunities to learn more about space & the space economy: * Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy * Raphael is designing a new, live-taught course. Join the mailing list to get updates and early access: https://jfx8zhjodpz.typeform.com/to/t0VSuhVD * Raphael's introductory book on the space economy recently came out in its Portuguese translation: https://www.amazon.com/Para-Cima-Economia-Espacial-Portuguese-ebook/dp/B09X5WV3WC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ROKTHNSCZCRI. Stay tuned for the English translation, which should come out soon.
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
3:15 The space domain as a military domain
8:00 Which problem(s) could the Space Force solve?
12:08 Bleddyn's books
13:03 Why Space warfare?
14:52 Analogies to space a military domain
19:30 Key capabilities
24:12 Space defense companies
28:11 Potential vulnerable capabilities
38:24 Circling back to Bleddyn's books
44:19 Sci Fi
My guest this week is the CEO and founder of Phantom Space, Jim Cantrell. Having started at JPL, Jim is also a decades-long veteran of commercial space. He has been involved in around a dozen space startups, including SpaceX in its early days. There are probably few people who have been around the commercial space sector as much as he has, so we do not only talk about Phantom but about the space economy in general. Enjoy!
https://www.phantomspace.com/
Opportunities to learn more about space & the space economy: * Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy * Raphael is designing a new, live-taught course. Join the mailing list to get updates and early access: https://jfx8zhjodpz.typeform.com/to/t0VSuhVD * Raphael's introductory book on the space economy recently came out in its Portuguese translation: https://www.amazon.com/Para-Cima-Economia-Espacial-Portuguese-ebook/dp/B09X5WV3WC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ROKTHNSCZCRI. Stay tuned for the English translation, which should come out soon.
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Timestamps 0:00 Intro 2:20 Jim's background 6:30 The last 20 years in space vs. Jim's expectations 9:20 SpaceX 14:14 A couple of key lessons from SpaceX 21:23 Phantom Space business model 24:15 Phantom Space and partner startups 26:55 Taking the "friction" out of space business 32:47 Standardization in space 35:32 How Russia is affecting the Space Economy 39:57 Vision for Phantom Space 40:40 Key lessons from Jim's experience with startups 45:18 Core DNA of Phantom Space 47:15 Phantom Space's vehicles 50:23 Phantom Space in 10 years 50:56 Rapid fire questions on the space economy 55:33 The space sector in 20 years 01:01:42 Fun questions
My guest this week is the President of Portugal Space, the Portuguese Space Agency, Ricardo Conde. Portugal Space was only recently formed, in 2019. Ricardo and I talk about that experience of founding a new national space agency and dive into some of their marquis projects, including in the remote sensing value chain and the Santa Maria Spaceport in the Azores Islands. We also talk about the space economy in general and how a country like Portugal can add specific value. A quick heads up: this episode was live recorded in Ricardo’s offices and there is some background noise from the AC, but it gets better over time. Enjoy!
Opportunities to learn more about space & the space economy: * Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy * Raphael is designing a new, live-taught course. Join the mailing list to get updates and early access: https://jfx8zhjodpz.typeform.com/to/t0VSuhVD * Raphael's introductory book on the space economy recently came out in its Portuguese translation: https://www.amazon.com/Para-Cima-Economia-Espacial-Portuguese-ebook/dp/B09X5WV3WC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ROKTHNSCZCRI
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
3:51 The origins of Portugal Space
17:29 Global navigation data friction and space debris
31:44 Portugal Space timeline
37:52 Open sourcing capability for space startups and space education
48:33 Building an ecosystem of space companies in Portugal
52:54 Space law and regulations in Portugal
57:45 International space companies
59:37 The potential successful outcome
01:02:25 PT Space is hiring!
01:05:00 Closing message
My guest this week is Bessie Schwarz from Cloud to Street, a company that uses satellite imagery, and other data, to come up with better flood models for customers like governments and insurance companies. Hence, it is an example of the use of space technology for something useful right here on Earth, which is one of our favorite topics!
Opportunities to learn more about space & the space economy: * Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy * Raphael is designing a new, live-taught course. Join the mailing list to get updates and early access: https://jfx8zhjodpz.typeform.com/to/t0VSuhVD * Raphael's introductory book on the space economy recently came out in its Portuguese translation: https://www.amazon.com/Para-Cima-Economia-Espacial-Portuguese-ebook/dp/B09X5WV3WC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ROKTHNSCZCRI
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:28 Elevator pitch
5:18 Origin story
8:07 The product
16:40 Clients
21:31 Value-add
28:24 The flood model
30:25 Using space data for Earth
38:22 Market size
41:17 Vision
44:02 Core competencies
48:10 Funding the business
50:35 Closing questions incl. sci-fi & cli-fi
Raphael reviews what has happened so far in the space sector in 2022 and what some of the exciting things are that may happen during the rest of the year.
JWST images: https://www.nasa.gov/webbfirstimages/
Space Perspective capsule: https://www.space.com/space-perspective-capsule-balloon-tourist-flights
Opportunities to learn more about space & the space economy: * Check out the new edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy * Raphael is designing a new, live-taught course. Join the mailing list to get updates and early access: https://jfx8zhjodpz.typeform.com/to/t0VSuhVD * Raphael's introductory book on the space economy recently came out in its Portuguese translation: https://www.amazon.com/Para-Cima-Economia-Espacial-Portuguese-ebook/dp/B09X5WV3WC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ROKTHNSCZCRI
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This week I’m talking to Sita Sonty, who is Boston Consulting Group’s global lead for commercial space. She also previously worked at Raytheon, Sierra Nevada and SpaceX, besides being a U.S. diplomat for many years. She is one of the most interesting people I know and I am also happy to have her as an advisor at my venture firm E2MC. Enjoy our conversation!
Opportunities to learn more about space & the space economy: * Check out the new edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy * Raphael is designing a new, live-taught course. Join the mailing list to get updates and early access: https://jfx8zhjodpz.typeform.com/to/t0VSuhVD * Raphael's introductory book on the space economy recently came out in its Portuguese translation: https://www.amazon.com/Para-Cima-Economia-Espacial-Portuguese-ebook/dp/B09X5WV3WC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ROKTHNSCZCRI
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:53 Sita's Background
8:07 From diplomacy to the private space sector
10:16 Contrasts between space companies
17:46 Sita's role at Spacex
23:29 Life after Spacex
25:29 Private sector clients & space
32:15 Favorite use cases for space
35:14 Rapid fire questions on the space economy
45:35 Financing space
48:42 Being a mom: Kids and Space
51:39 Parting thoughts
We are talking about the future of the space economy as well as geopolitics and exo-politics in this episode (exo-politiics would be politics off-Earth!). I could not have a better guest for these topics: Dr. Pippa Malmgren is a renowned economist who has, among many other roles, advised President George W Bush. She recently published a couple of articles about space on her Substack. Our conversation spans everything – from Ukraine over space-based solar power all the way to aliens. You will not want to miss it. Enjoy!
Link to Dr. Pippa Malmgren's Substack: https://drpippa.substack.com/
Opportunities to learn more about space & the space economy: * Check out the new edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy * Raphael is designing a new, live-taught course. Join the mailing list to get updates and early access: https://jfx8zhjodpz.typeform.com/to/t0VSuhVD * Raphael's introductory book on the space economy recently came out in its Portuguese translation: https://www.amazon.com/Para-Cima-Economia-Espacial-Portuguese-ebook/dp/B09X5WV3WC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ROKTHNSCZCRI
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:46 Pippa's background
3:49 The Space Space
6:55 War In Space
8:48 Resilience
12:43 Cities on the Moon
16:04 Space law and regulations
20:09 Game Theory in Space politics
24:50 Nation States vs Private Companies
32:00 Testing the limits
42:20 The impact of space technology on Earth
45:30 Is the Space Economy ready to develop?
53:31 Global cooperation use cases and life in space
58:21 Sci Fi
My guest this week is the founder & CEO of another prominent new space company – Payam Banazadeh from Capella Space. Capella is a remote sensing company that is using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology. Don’t worry – we will explain what SAR is during the episode. The important summary: it allows you to see at night and through cloud cover. You can imagine that has interesting and important use cases. Payam will take us through those and many other things about Capella. Enjoy!
Capella's job board: https://www.capellaspace.com/about-us/careers/
Opportunities to learn more about space business: * Check out the new edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy * Raphael is designing a new, live-taught course. Join the mailing list to get updates and early access: https://jfx8zhjodpz.typeform.com/to/t0VSuhVD * Raphael's introductory book on the space economy recently came out in its Portuguese translation: https://www.amazon.com/Para-Cima-Economia-Espacial-Portuguese-ebook/dp/B09X5WV3WC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ROKTHNSCZCRI
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro 2:50 Elevator pitch 4:07 Origin story 8:00 MH370 10:05 Geographic coverage 14:58 General use cases 19:10 Pricing 21:11 Government use cases 25:02 Commercial use cases 29:40 Cool things Capella detected 32:05 Hostile behavior 35:44 Satellite manufacturing & design 39:22 Sales process 46:27 Consolidation 48:52 Vision 50:49 Financing 55:27 Wrap-up: hiring, other things to do in the space sector, sci-fi
It’s another fun episode this week as I sit down with Alex Fielding, co-founder and CEO of Privateer. You may have heard about Privateer when it first emerged last year, with few details about it, but intriguingly having Apple co-founder Steve "Woz" Wozniak as its President and co-founder. Earlier this year, Privateer came further out of stealth and we learned that, among other things, they are doing space situational awareness … and got a sponsorship from Swiss watchmaker Omega! But there is so much more to the story. Listen to the episode to find out. Full disclosure: my venture fund E2MC is an investor in Privateer.
Opportunities to learn more about space business: * Check out the new edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy * Raphael is designing a new, live-taught course. Join the mailing list to get updates and early access: https://jfx8zhjodpz.typeform.com/to/t0VSuhVD * Raphael's introductory book on the space economy recently came out in its Portuguese translation: https://www.amazon.com/Para-Cima-Economia-Espacial-Portuguese-ebook/dp/B09X5WV3WC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ROKTHNSCZCRI
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro 2:32 Elevator Pitch 4:22 Alex's career path 9:35 A comparison between space and oceans 10:56 The domain awareness aspect and insurance in LEO 15:44 The tragedy of the commons in space 19:11 Space debris and mapping problems 25:04 Infrastructure vs Applications 29:46 How Privateer looks in practice 34:30 The "rocket science" developer issue 37:14 The initial Privateer apps 40:24 Fun apps 43:41 What is missing? 45:26 Timeframe 46:31 The name "Privateer" 47:49 Being based in Hawaii 53:12 Other interests in space 58:26 Sci-Fi
My guest is Shey Sabripour, the founder and CEO of CesiumAstro, a prominent late stage startup in the satellite communications area. Specifically, they design and build phased array communications systems, actually not only for satellites but also for aerial platforms like drones. You may now wonder what phased array is, but don’t worry, Shey explains it in the episode. In any event, it’s important tech, as also evidenced by the fact that CesiumAstro managed to raise a US$60 million Series B round a couple of months ago.
Opportunities to learn more about space business: * Check out the new edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy * I am also designing a new live-taught course. Join the mailing list to get updates and early access: https://jfx8zhjodpz.typeform.com/to/t0VSuhVD * Raphael's introductory book on the space economy recently came out in its Portuguese translation: https://www.amazon.com/Para-Cima-Economia-Espacial-Portuguese-ebook/dp/B09X5WV3WC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ROKTHNSCZCRI
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CesiumAstro job board: https://www.cesiumastro.com/careers
Timestamps
0:00 Intro 2:30 Elevator pitch 3:05 Phased array payloads 5:37 LEO constellations 8:46 CesiumAstro's origins 14:16 Becoming a satellite integrator 16:06 Customers 19:23 Supply chain issues and space heritage 23:29 Future products 24:49 In-space communications 29:00 Future of satellite communications 30:54 Medium/long term vision for CesiumAstro 32:27 Funding and hiring 36:30 What else is interesting in space 38:03 Sci-Fi
Our guests this week are Ian Fichtenbaum and Chris Carpenter from Bradford Space. Bradford has been around for a while and their systems, such as propulsion and attitude control, have gathered quite a bit of space heritage already. Now they have an exciting new project. Hear about it in this episode!
Opportunities to learn more about space business: * Check out the new edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy * I am also designing a new live-taught course. Join the mailing list to get updates and early access: https://jfx8zhjodpz.typeform.com/to/t0VSuhVD * Raphael's introductory book on the space economy recently came out in its Portuguese translation: https://www.amazon.com/Para-Cima-Economia-Espacial-Portuguese-ebook/dp/B09X5WV3WC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ROKTHNSCZCRI
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:25 Elevator pitch and company origins
6:54 Guests' backgrounds
12:50 The most capable space company
18:27 Mass manufacturing
21:18 Vertical integration and software side
25:43 Overall Strategy and long term value
32:14 Space transportation and use cases
38:11 Status of the project
44:48 Manufacturing vs operating
48:07 Vision for the company
50:54 What else is exciting in space?
52:34 Sci-Fi
I have an Easter / Passover / Ramadan treat for you: my guest this week is none other than Chris Hadfield, the Canadian astronaut. Among his many accomplishments are being the first Canadian to conduct EVA (colloquially a ‘spacewalk’) and also the first Canadian to serve as Commander of the Int’l Space Station. Besides that, he is also a musician and a writer, who recently published a thrilling novel called ‘The Apollo Murders’. We talk about all of this during this episode – you will not want to miss it. Enjoy & happy holidays!
Opportunities to learn more about space business: * Check out the new edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy * I am also designing a new live-taught course. Join the mailing list to get updates and early access: https://jfx8zhjodpz.typeform.com/to/t0VSuhVD * Raphael's introductory book on the space economy just came out in its Portuguese translation: https://www.amazon.com/Para-Cima-Economia-Espacial-Portuguese-ebook/dp/B09X5WV3WC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ROKTHNSCZCRI
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Links to things mentioned in the episode
Creative Destruction Lab Space Stream: https://creativedestructionlab.com/streams/space/
Chris Hadfield's MasterClass online course:
https://www.masterclass.com/classes/chris-hadfield-teaches-space-exploration
The Apollo Murders (novel)
https://www.amazon.com/Apollo-Murders-Colonel-Chris-Hadfield-ebook/dp/B08W514GW2/
Timestamps
2:40 The post-astronaut life
6:02 We go to space for the benefit of what we're doing on earth
7:18 Cherished memories from space
8:48 The Overview Effect
12:02 Space tourism
17:57 Playing music in space and human behavior
20:46 Sports and reproduction in space
24:40 Mars
30:56 Life in space
38:30 Creative Destruction Lab
44:04 What is most exciting in space development?
49:30 Getting the space message out
55:03 The Apollo Murders
01:04:30 Sci-Fi
In this episode we are talking about analyzing satellite imagery for interesting use cases here on Earth. Our guest is Jakub Dziwisz from the startup Orbify. Their platform aims to make it really easy to deploy apps that take advantage of satellite imagery for use cases such as tracking deforestation and many others.
Opportunities to learn more about space business: * Check out the new edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy * Raphael is also designing a new live-taught course. Join the mailing list to get updates and early access: https://jfx8zhjodpz.typeform.com/to/t0VSuhVD
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:23 Elevator Pitch
5:26 Use cases
12:00 Origin of the company
15:52 How the platform work in practice
20:23 Data sources
22:51 Further use cases
26:34 More on data
28:48 Go-to-market
32:26 Revenue model
33:49 Capital intensity and funding
37:46 The Polish space ecosystem
41:18 What else is interesting in space?
43:13 Sci-Fi
New Space Economy MOOC: https://space4impact.org/new-space-economy-mooc/
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We are talking about space sustainability this week. I sat down with an expert in the topic, Ian Christensen from the Secure World Foundation. A lot of the conversation is about space debris, but we also talk about some other interesting topics. Check it out.
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Space Sustainability Summit in London: https://swfsummit.org/
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro 2:20 Intro to Ian and the Secure World Foundation 5:21 What is space sustainability? 7:08 Space debris 11:53 Different approaches to avoiding future debris 15:00 Space traffic management 18:05 International cooperation in Space 22:28 What can we do about anti-satellite tests? 25:12 Other aspects of debris 26:24 Keeping the wider space environment safe 29:55 Nuclear waste in space 33:22 Space "ESG" 38:20 How can investors help out SWF 40:41 SWF due diligence checklist 43:28 SWF summit for space sustainability - https://swfsummit.org/ 44:47 Sci-Fi
Our guest this week wears many hats in the space sector, but we will focus on one of them. After having been an early employee at SpaceX, Bulent Altan is now the CEO of Mynaric, a laser communications company. Space Lasers? Trust me, it is as cool as it sounds, both from a technology as well as business potential perspective. I share Bulent’s view that optical is the future of communications. Find out why in this episode.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
2:27 Bulent's story incl. why he chose laser communications
7:17 The current state of satellite connectivity
12:32 Downlinking satellites
15:21 Optical comms taking over
18:19 Laser tech talk
29:32 Optical's commercial advantage
40:15 Mynaric's to-do list
49:18 Space sector recent past and future
52:14 Sci-fi
Our guest this episode is one of the best-known entrepreneurs in New Space, Peter Platzer, founder and CEO of Spire Global. We cover a lot of ground in our conversation, including talking about commercial space in general and about Spire’s new space-as-service offering. You don’t want to miss this one!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:19 The Luxembourg space ecosystem
4:50 Spire origin story
11:44 Drivers of New Space
19:26 Current state of remote sensing
22:43 Customers
26:00 Lessons from the computer industry
28:32 Call to arms for potential entrepreneurs
31:55 Rapid fire question on selected trends
37:16 Space as a service
55:54 Sci-Fi
I thought we may should an episode once in a while talking about specific important components of spacecraft. This is the first such episode: my guest is Matt Villarreal, co-founder and CEO of Infinite Composites. They design and manufacture composite pressure vessels. If you don’t yet know what that is, you will after this episode. Enjoy!
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The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy. In 2022, it will be published in English and Portuguese, too.
Timestamps 0:00 Intro
1:56 Elevator pitch and background
7:00 Problems with the way tanks are traditionally done
9:05 Trying to push a non-traditional product in space
11:44 Where is the company right now?
13:45 The challenge of scaling up
15:26 Typical space customer
17:56 Space heritage
18:36 Growth strategy
20:43 Pricing
24:36 The competitive Landscape
30:10 Government contracts
31:05 Spaced Ventures
34:06 If you weren't doing Infinite Composites what else would you be doing?
35:04 Sci-Fi
I sat down with Nicolas Peter, who is a long-term veteran of ESA, having worked in the Director General’s office, among other roles. He currently serves as Professor of Space Policy and International Affairs at the International Space University (ISU) and also as ISU’s head of their new Space Policy and Entrepreneurship Lab. We discuss a range of topics including Europe’s role in space, space entrepreneurship and ISU.
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If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy. In 2022, it will be published in English and Portuguese, too.
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:46 Bio
3:06 European space conference
5:50 New faces at space conferences
8:09 Space in Europe
15:51 Space in the capital markets
21:12 VC funds
26:40 Space ecosystem Europe vs. U.S.
31:55 ISU
35:45 Space data use cases
40:36 ISU transitioning alongside the space sector
46:21 Futurism
48:05 Sci-Fi
We will talk about space tourism this week. Laura Forczyk is back – she just published a book called “Becoming off-worldly” that talks all about space tourism and the space tourism experience. As an investor in space tourism and, hopefully, some day a customer, I’m really excited about this one. Enjoy!
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If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy. In 2022, it will be published in English and Portuguese, too.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:43 Laura's new book
7:13 Government astronauts, commercial and "in between"
9:28 Private space missions
14:36 Mental experience of spaceflight
25:43 Supply and demand
27:03 Who should go to Space?
32:38 The Overview Effect
35:34 Safety
38:45 The Moon
43:10 Medical emergencies in Space
46:00 High altitude balloons
48:27 Other topics & wrap-up
This week we talk about space domain awareness – knowing what is going on around you in space, including things like space debris. This is similar to the episode we had with Kayhan Space just a couple of weeks ago, so you may want to check that one out, too. My guest this week is Eric Ingram, CEO and founder of SCOUT, a startup that wants to deploy sensors in space that produce the data you need for space domain awareness.
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The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy. In 2022, it will be published in English and Portuguese, too.
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0:00 Intro
1:43 Scout and Space Domain Awareness
3:21 Space debris
8:01 What Scout is detecting
10:57 Scout coverage focus
13:00 Scout sensor tech
17:03 People who don't want to be observed
18:52 Dealing with image data
22:05 Satellite orbits
26:53 Types of customers
31:05 SDA's future
34:14 Where the company is currently
34:44 Scout is Hiring: https://scout.space/careers
37:32 What else would you do in space as an entrepreneur?
38:53 Sci-Fi
It's that time of the year again: we will do a preview of some of the exciting things that may happen in space in 2022!
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The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy. In 2022, it will be published in English and Portuguese, too.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
3:18 Science
5:26 The Moon
7:10 Rockets
10:15 Human space flight
12:09 Space Business and Finance
13:25 Space education and outreach
In this episode, we are talking about computing in space again. If you listened to episode 49, with Exo-Space, you already know a little about this topic. This week, my guest is Steve Good, Chief Commercial Officer of Ramon Space, another company focused on computing in space.
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The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:58 Elevator Pitch
4:33 The current state of computing in space
8:27 Availability of more advanced hardware in space
14:55 Ramon's products
17:13 Radiation
20:47 Sales
24:44 Ramon strategy
28:52 Hosted payloads
34:15 Vision
36:42 Space certification time vs hardware cycle
39:15 Favorite use cases
42:43 Sci-Fi
We are talking about space debris again this week. Unfortunately this topic just keeps getting more urgent, e.g. due to the recent anti-satellite test. My guest is Araz Feyzi from Kayhan Space. Kayhan ingests data about space objects, including debris, and provides warnings about potential collisions and guidance for avoidance maneuvers.
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If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:58 Kayhan's Elevator Pitch and collisions in space
11:28 The 1 in 10,000 collision chance
18:45 Fully automated processes and unpredictable events
25:50 Alternative tracking methods
32:03 Where Kayhan is now
34:17 Kayhan is hiring
36:33 Sci-fi
After the quick overview about space stations two episodes ago, on this episode, I am actually talking to a space station startup, ThinkOrbital. They are proposing an innovative solution to build bigger stations, and lots of them. I discuss all of that with their CEO Sebastian Asprella and CTO Vojtech Holub. Enjoy!
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If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
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0:00 Intro
1:56 Elevator pitch and background story
4:25 Use cases
08:45 The roadmap to 2069
13:04 Space Tourism
16:27 The special tech behind Think Orbital
21:45 Making space tourism cheaper
24:32 The overview of the Space Station landscape
31:31 Emerging Space Nations
35:57 The challenges of designing and operating a space station
42:08 What is the 2022 plan?
43:19 what would you do if you weren't doing ThinkOrbital?
45:20 Sci-fi
My guest this week is Luca Rossettini, founder and CEO of D-Orbit, arguably one of the most prominent European new space companies. D-Orbit is already successfully operating a last-mile delivery service in orbit, a so-called space tug, but there is so much more on their visionary roadmap. Luca and I talk all about it - enjoy!
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The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode notes:
0:00 Intro
1:51 D-Orbit elevator pitch & history
12:57 Fundraising and business focus over time
16:54 "Skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been"
19:24 D-Orbit's core activities and roadmap
25:29 D-Orbit's ION space tug
36:33 Other roadmap elements
47:43 Interplanetary transport
52:37 What else is interesting in space?
54:05 Sci-Fi
This week's episode is another short teach-in episode, just like my episodes #34 on business models in space and #43 on Starship. This time we will talk about space stations, in light of the recent announcements of two new proposed commercial space stations. Enjoy!
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The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode Notes:
0:00 Intro
1:25 Why are we talking about Space Stations and what is CLD?
3:43 Government Space Stations
5:53 Private Space Stations
10:21 Other space station projects and the future of space stations
My guest this week is Mo Islam from Payload Space, a new space focused media company. If you are like me, you are always on the lookout for where to get your space news from –besides this podcast of course. The Payload email newsletter, which is their first product, is one of my favorites - sign up here. They recently closed their seed getting money from a number of investors, including the Winklevoss twins and are now gearing up to expand. Mo will tell us all about it. Enjoy!
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If you enjoy the show, please leave us a review on your favorite podcast app - we highly appreciate it!
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode Notes
0:00 Intro 2:00 Payload Space origins and The "media gap" in covering the space sector 9:54 The parallels to Crypto 14:30 Content strategy 20:47 Free vs Paid 28:18 Geographic target region 33:59 Finding experts and hiring people 37:56 The jump from weekly to daily content 40:31 Favorite stories 47:03 If you weren't doing Payload Space, what would you be doing? 47:42 Sci-Fi
My guests this week are from Exo-Space, a company offering a platform for on-orbit data processing, so basically edge computing in space. That is becoming quite a popular topic for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that we are generating an ever increasing amount of data in space. Let’s hear all about it!
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The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode Notes
0:00 Intro
1:40 Elevator Pitch
3:20 Why don't we have real time space data?
5:16 Time advantage
8:02 Relay solutions, ground stations, machine vision and edge computing
11:26 Origin of the idea
14:47 The hardware product
21:14 Use cases and competitive landscape
30:07 More on use cases
35:44 Vision
37:53 If you weren't doing Exo-Space, what would you be doing?
40:18 Sci-Fi
This week we are talking about space debris. My guest is Luc Piguet, co-founder and CEO of Swiss space company ClearSpace. They are building a spacecraft that can remove debris – it looks really cool, sort of like a giant spider, check it out. They already have a big ESA contract for the first mission. Space debris is a problem to take seriously and Luc is one of the best people in the World to explain it.
Episode Notes:
0:00 Intro
1:40 Elevator pitch
2:57 Space debris scale and the Kessler syndrome
7:52 Legislation and non-tech challenges
18:23 Space's prisoners dilemma/tragedy of the commons
22:44 Clearspace origins
29:42 Mission and Hardware
42:55 Multiple deorbiting and the steady state operation of the company
50:07 Revenue model
55:48 Vision for Clearspace
58:25 Sci-Fi
Dr. Pete Worden is a distinguished space scientist, who holds and has held many prominent roles in the space ecosystem, including: Chairman of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation, a former Director of NASA Ames, a former USAF General, advisor to the Luxembourg Government on space resources and a trustee of the International Space University. Much of our conversation revolves around finding life in other places. Enjoy!
Episode Notes:
0:00 Intro
2:04 The Breakthrough Prize Foundation
8:18 Looking for life in space
14:43 Terrestrial interference
16:34 Breakthrough Starshot
22:02 Other potential missions
26:16 Other locations to look for simple or intelligent life
33:45 Interstellar objects
41:51 What should we do with the moon?
44:56 How can we mess this up?
50:00 Sci-Fi
52:00 Breakthrough Prize Announcements
This week I sat down with Delian Asparouhov, a principal at famed VC Founders Fund and also co-founder and President of Varda, a space startup focused on in-space manufacturing.
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The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode Notes:
0:00 Intro
1:47 Delian's background
3:43 How did you get involved in Space investing?
10:30 Non-obvious signs of why space attractive
17:53 Incubation projects in space
23:51 Value chain in space
30:26 Space investing opportunities
39:53 Space companies with government dependence
45:10 What could go wrong?
47:43 Favorite ways of keeping up with the space economy
49:14 The Miami ecosystem
52:00 Sci-Fi
Chloé Carriere is a fellow space communicator who is, among other things, the host of the Galactic Chloé show on YouTube. We talk about all things space communications.
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If you have comments or questions about the episode, email us at spacebusinesspodcast@gmail.com or post them on our Twitter (@podcast_space).
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode Notes: 0:00 Intro
1:54 Chloe's background
5:11 Targeting a broader audience
8:13 Audience feedback
10:00 Where to find space news and education
11:08 Guests
18:21 Do you want to go to space?
22:36 Getting humans to Mars, Government support and media backlash
29:29 How to communicate space to a broad audience in the right way
33:41 Sci-fi
Tim Chrisman is the Executive Director of the Foundation for the Future, a non-profit organization dedicated to help building the space economy. Their objectives include helping to ensure there is sufficient financing and qualified workforce around for us to do that.
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The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode Notes
0:00 Intro
2:20 F4F pitch
5:27 How did F4F begin?
8:07 Space political structures
9:50 How would you structure financing for the space economy?
14:34 Governance and managing risks for a space economy development entity
18:58 Drafting legislation
24:51 Government avenues supporting space and small space entrepreneurs
27:30 Workforce development in space
33:42 What would be the ideal type of person to run the space corporation once established?
37:17 Have you seen any similar models happening elsewhere in the world?
39:19 How can people get involved?
41:00 Sci-fi
Raphael talks Starship in this episode
For any bold ideas about Starship or space entrepreneurship email E2MC Ventures at liftoff@e2mc.space
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The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Links mentioned in the episode:
https://www.sohnlein.com/post/calling-all-space-entrepreneurs-it-s-time-for-the-next-wave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbH1ZDImaI8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B2_dfvRZ4M
Episode Notes:
0:00 Intro
2:08 What is Starship
13:57 Starship's commercial significance
17:43 Call to arms
My guest Yoav Landsman was the Deputy Mission Director of the SpaceIL Beresheet mission to the Moon, and he now has a Moon-related startup, called Moonscape. Join us to hear about all things lunar!
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The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode Notes
0:00 Intro
1:38 Yoav's introduction
5:18 General low lunar orbit questions
7:52 "The way to the Moon"
15:00 Moon navigation
18:15 Moon communications
22:34 Radiation
26:44 SpaceIL's Beresheet Lunar Mission
33:32 Starship
41:11 The Moon in 2030
44:15 Best use cases for the Moon
47:15 Sci Fi
50:21 Where can people learn more about the moon?
My guest this week is Yanina Hallak, co-founder and CEO of UARX Space, a Spain-based company developing in-space transportation vehicles. Enjoy!
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The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode Notes
0:00 Intro 1:51 Company's name and elevator pitch 3:58 Dedicated launch vs rideshare 9:37 OTV tech 14:12 Customer demand 15:51 The cubesat standard 20:14 When did you start the company? 22:09 More on demand patterns 27:05 The moon and Deep Space 32:46 Mars and Venus 34:10 First OTV in orbit and the space ecosystem in Galicia 39:29 The medium/long term vision for the company and being a female C level executive in space 43:40 Argentina 45:36 What else besides UARX would you be doing in Space? 47:10 Sci Fi (and LEGO)
Guillermo Söhnlein has been involved in the space sector for almost twenty years in various roles, including being the original founder of Space Angels Network and the Chairman of asteroid mining company DSI. We are having a broad conversation about what is going on in space right now, incl. exploring how its current success was three decades in the making, and a lot of discussion around space entrepreneurship. Enjoy!
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If you enjoy the show, please leave us a review on your favorite podcast app - we highly appreciate it!
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode Notes
0:00 Intro
2:22 Richard Branson's suborbital flight
6:22 Are things accelerating up in the space industry?
9:12 Have we been prepared for things happening so quickly?
13:33 "Space Industry"
15:54 The transition to the "application phase"
20:50 The Silicon Valley mindset applied to the Space Sector
25:30 Market demand, large scale production, and general space entrepreneurship talk
36:05 The inflow of new space investors
40:00 The Oceans and Outer Space
42:32 Venus
50:17 What should the space community prioritize?
54:49 Sci-Fi
This week I sat down with Josh Western, CEO of the UK-based space startup Space Forge, who are developing a spacecraft platform for in-space manufacturing. This is a really exciting field of commercial space activity, which is starting to happen in earnest now! https://spaceforge.co.uk/
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If you enjoy the show, please leave us a review on your favorite podcast app - we highly appreciate it!
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode notes
0:00 Intro
2:08 Elevator Pitch
3:36 Space Forge origin story
6:25 Why would someone produce something in space just to bring it back to Earth?
9:00 Examples of Space Manufacturing use cases
15:08 Economic Viability
18:34 Previous Experiments and Space Manufacturing Proof of Concept
19:40 The transition from the experimental phase to industrial scale producing
25:15 Re-entry
27:41 How flexible is the Space Forge platform?
30:09 Space Forge business model
35:31 Potential Space manufacturing platforms
41:12 Timetable for first flight
42:36 Vision for the company
44:03 In-space manufacturing for space
47:23 Wales
50:32 Space Forge is hiring right now! https://spaceforge.co.uk/
51:10 Sci-Fi
This week’s guest is James Burk, the Vice President of the Moon Society. As you can imagine, we talked all about … the Moon, especially how we can develop a sustained human presence there. In this context, also check out the Moon Society's upcoming Lunar Development Conference: https://www.moonsociety.org/conferences/2021-ldc/
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If you enjoy the show, please leave us a review on your favorite podcast app - we highly appreciate it!
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode notes
0:00 Intro
1:53 What is the Moon Society
2:39 Lunar Development Conference
3:08 The Moon Society's origin story
5:36 Moon exploration in the 2000s
7:32 Commercial lunar bases
12:27 Vision for lunar bases
16:55 Lunar base financing and economy
21:21 Transport capability to the Moon
24:53 Which lunar missions are most exciting
25:22 The viability of a lunar businesses
28:54 Required lunar infrastructure
30:41 The "new" space race
32:39 Law enforcement on the moon and in space
36:16 The Moon in Sci-Fi
40:11 Lunar base governance
45:12 Other aspects of lunar development
46:20 How to get involved in moon projects
This week’s guest is Laura Forczyk, a planetary scientist turned space consultant and also author. We talk about a wide range of subjects in space, including what is currently going on in space tourism.
If you have comments or questions about the episode, email us at spacebusinesspodcast@gmail.com or post them on our Twitter (@podcast_space).
If you enjoy the show, please leave us a review on your favorite podcast app - we highly appreciate it!
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode notes
0:00 Intro
2:00 The Blue Origin auction
7:25 Yusaku Maezawa's dearMoon and Space selection processes
11:50 Tom Cruise and artists in space
14:55 How do you build a sustainable business on the moon?
16:23 Space project timelines
19:03 Should funding make us more optimistic on space?
22:54 Laura's background
26:14 Writing a book on space tourism
30:03 NASA's Venus mission
32:42 The overview effect
38:37 A China vs. USA space race (or not)?
41:55 Sub-Orbital point to point flights
46:30 The space age Millennials & Generation Zs
49:21 Diversity in the space industry
51:34 Advice for the next generation in the space industry
54:08 What are relevant trends?
56:55 Sci-Fi
This week’s guest is my friend Aravind Ravichandran, previously of PWC’s space consulting group and now working on his own at Terrawatch Space. He is an expert on remote sensing / Earth observation, but I think you will find his perspectives on the space sector and space business very insightful in general. He also has his own space podcast, the Terrawatch Space podcast, where I was a guest a few weeks ago.
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The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode notes
0:00 Intro
3:05 Aravind's current activities
6:14 Aravind's thoughts on space entrepreneurship
7:47 Aravind's consulting activities
9:42 Common misperceptions investors have about the space sector
13:33 Investor familiarity with downstream EO
17:41 Whose responsibility is it to educate about space
19:21 Interesting trends in upstream EO
26:51 Hosted payloads
33:38 Intelligence layer
39:00 Ideal team for an EO intelligence startup
42:21 Forward integration
45:42 Dissemination layer
51:32 EO example/success cases
54:32 What other activities besides EO are interesting
56:35 What else Aravind is excited about in space
58:58 India space
01:04:41 Sci-Fi
Do you know what an aerospike engine is? It’s a special type of rocket engine, the idea of which has been around for many decades, but it has been technologically difficult to pull off so far. That may all be changing now - it is what this week’s company is working on. I have Adria Argemi and Federico Rossi from Pangea Aerospace in Barcelona joining me. Enjoy! Full discloure: E2MC Ventures is an investor in Pangea.
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The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode notes: 0:00 Intro 3:06 Barcelona's local space ecosystem 6:20 The origin story of the company 11:30 The basics of aerospike engines (Audio issues stop here!) 17:28 The rocket equation and efficiency in rocket engines 20:56 Differences between Pangea's and "regular" rocket engines 25:00 Why has this not been done before? 29:51 Materials used 32:51 Reusability, size and clustering of the engine 38:04 Potential plans for an entire launch vehicle 41:08 Medium/long term vision 46:22 Single stage to orbit"? 49:50 Other good ideas of the past? 51:25 Pangea is hiring! 51:42 Sci-Fi
In the first of a new type of episode giving 30min teach-ins on space topics, this episode gives an overview of key business activities in and around space.
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The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Space economy infographic mentioned in episode: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/raphaelroettgen_spaceeconomy-investment-venturecapital-activity-6678638284408664065-3awV
Episode Notes
0:00 Intro 2:16 Definition of Space Company 4:26 Launch Companies 7:54 Spacecraft and Components 10:00 Satellite Communications 12:21 Remote Sensing 14:21 Space Tourism 16:53 In-space Manufacturing 19:31 Orbit Services 21:08 Other Space Business models
Did you ever wonder why we do not produce solar energy in space at large scale? Space-based solar power is this week’s topic. I sat down with Dr. M.V. “Coyote” Smith, a professor of strategic studies at the Air University's School of Graduate Professional Military Education, who has been looking at space-based solar power for a long time. We discuss how it works and how we may finally make it happen.
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If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode Notes: 0:00 Intro 2:06 Where does the "Coyote" comes from? 3:20 From military to Space-based Solar Power (SBSP) 13:26 The basics of SBSP 15:20 The cost of space in the early 2000s 16:45 SBSP tech details 23:21 SBSP post the mid-2000s 28:00 The new "game changers" for SBSP 33:12 Station Keeping 36:32 A renaissance for SBSP? 39:14 Funding 48:05 How to get involved 54:08 Other exciting things beyond SBSP 58:48 Sci-Fi
Do you know what a space elevator is? If you do not, it is what the words imply, minus cheesy elevator music (we hope, anyway). The idea for such an elevator to space has been around for over a 100 years and it regularly appears in science fiction. In real life, Michael Laine from Liftport in Seattle has looked at how to bring this into reality for the last twenty years or so. Join our conversation to learn about the current status and outlook of space elevators!
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If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode notes: 0:00 Intro 2:09 Michael's Background 8:51 What is a Space Elevator? 14:26 Space elevator history 18:41 Location in space 20:28 Energy sources 23:04 Dangers and hazards 27:11 Other kinds of space elevators 34:57 Do we have the technology to make a lunar elevator? 38:46 What do relevant entities like NASA think about the idea? 44:15 Michael's thoughts on current state of New Space 48:31 Other tech, like space elevators, that may have been under-focused on / forgotten 51:36 Science Fiction
My guest this week is David Shilling, a world-renowned British designer who wants to go on a trip to the International Space Station.
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The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode notes: 0:00 Intro 4:00 David's background 6:16 How did the idea to visit the ISS come about? 8:48 Space tourists 10:56 How would you spend your time in Space? 13:34 What are your thoughts on current space suit designs? 15:15 The ISS design 16:42 Axiom's private space station and space design 18:09 The Soviet space program and doing shows in "dangerous places" 20:54 Who would be the best crewmate for a space trip 25:39 Space tourism has come a long way 34:58 Space enthusiasts in Monac 36:00 Reaching out to the next generation 41:37 Bringing humanity to space 48:31 Sci-fi
My guest this week is Sven Przywarra, co-CEO and co-founder of LiveEO.
LiveEO analyzes satellite data to generate actionable insights for non-space customers, e.g. in the railway or utility sectors.
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The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode Notes: 0:00 Intro 2:50 The Space ecosystem in Berlin 5:25 LiveEO 9:48 New Space Vision 11:01 Further steps of market validation for LiveEO 13:58 Approaching customers from non-Aerospace industries 18:48 Data sources 21:51 Thermal imagery 23:55 What other industries would you like to approach 25:34 Challenges when trying to break into a new market 26:00 Competitive landscape 28:57 How does the service work 30:58 Why go to the U.S. at this stage 32:12 The financing round experience 35:00 Exit options 36:02 Where would you like to be in 5 years? 36:13 If you were not doing LiveEO what would you be doing in the Space Industry 37:57 Science-Fiction
My guest this week is Gernot Groemer, the founder of the Austrian Space Forum, which does things like organizing analog Mars missions, conducting space research, and building cubesats. Gernot also has his own popular science TV show in Austria.
This will also be the first episode where we will try something new:
We have regularly received follow-up questions from listeners and have been answering them ad-hoc. We now want to open this up to everybody: so, if you do have questions about the episode, please email them to us at spacebusinesspodcast@gmail.com. We will do our best to answer them all and if there is one that we judge of high general interest to all listeners, we will answer it on the next episode as well as on our Twitter.
Check out The Austrian Space Forum here.
Check out Gernot's science TV show here. (in German)
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode notes:
0:00 Intro
3:00 Space in Austria
5:15 What is the Austrian Space Forum and who can join it
10:51 Collaborations with students
11:52 Analog Mars missions
16:35 Psychology research during analog missions
18:00 Typical duration of an analog mission
19:06 Simulating restricted access to food and other mundane things
21:48 What kind of scientific experiments are analog astronauts conducting?
23:55 Robot usage in the analog missions
24:38 Handling limited expertise in experiments
27:22 What kind of people are good for missions and what kind of people apply?
33:38 The next analog mission
38:35 Other Forum projects
43:29 Apply to the Austrian Space Forum
43:47 Gernot's science TV show
47:26 What excites Gernot most about space at the moment?
48:29 Sci-fi
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode notes:
0:00 Intro
2:22 What is Space in Africa?
4:39 What's your background and how did you get into space?
5:16 The current state of the space economy in Africa
10:22 Increasing satellite activity in Africa
15:16 Other missions and projects beside satellites
16:54 How do international politics affect African space?
19:20 Main space applications in Africa
21:52 Is there enough coverage of Africa?
26:14 Are there enough space educational programs in Africa?
27:42 Do the potential customers in Africa understand the benefits of tspace?
30:57 Potential use cases for Africa of Starlink and others
34:50 Space startups in Africa
37:15 Exciting things in the African space economy right now
39:40 Examples of interesting space startups in Africa
42:02 Sci-fi
NASA Chief Scientist Jim Green is my guest for a non-business episode. Join us on a whirlwind tour through the solar system, visiting places like Mars, Venus and Titan, talking about astrobiology and other space science!
Check out Jim's own "Gravity Assist" Podcast here.
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode Notes:
0:00 Intro
2:05 What the Chief Scientist of NASA does
9:32 Current top scientific activities
12:39 Some "hot" fields in science right now
14:47 Human vs robotic exploration
21:45 Titan: The next big mission
24:45 Being the NASA head consultant for The Martian
26:40 Detection of life on Venus
31:50 The Moon
46:14 Where should humans settle off-Earth?
51:00 Should we be worried about asteroid impacts?
56:07 NASA space missions
59:24 Science-fiction
Space robots – just the title already sounds promising, right? If you are thinking R2D2 now, that is actually really where the episode starts. But we then move quickly on to talking about the use of robots for satellite servicing, because that is what Rogue Space Systems from New Hamphire is working on. My guest is the CEO & Founder, Jeromy Grimmett. It’s a fun episode – enjoy!
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode Notes:
0:00 Intro
2:08 Company Elevator Pitch
4:50 How does one come up with the idea of doing space robots?
10:21 Example use cases
16:52 Autonomy vs. human control
20:07 How the robots get to the spacecraft they work on
25:10 Response to customer demand
27:57 More on use cases
30:40 When will the first robot be in space?
33:09 Pricing
39:12 Sensors
44:10 Funding
51:49 Science-Fiction
We all hope to move around more and more in space going forward, including to and from places like the Moon and Mars. We need in-space propulsion for that. My guests this week, the co-founders of Neutron Star Systems, are working on this. Specifically, they are using a superconductor-enabled plasma propulsion system … but bear with us: as always, we are keeping things non-technical. My guests Manuel and Marcus did a great job explaining their work in an engaging and easy-to-follow way. Enjoy!
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Episode Notes: 0:00 Intro 2:15 Company Elevator Pitch 2:52 Superconductors 8:32 Types of space propulsion 16:28 Hybrid Propulsion Systems 19:12 How does the AF-MPD Thruster work? 23:48 Key customer groups 29:47 Thruster cost and comparison with other systems 31:50 Status and timeline 36:47 Science-Fiction
My guest this week is Robert Jacobson who just recently published his book “Space is open for business” (Amazon), a great overview of all the exciting things going on in the new space economy. He is also a space entrepreneur, investor and advisor. In short, he is deeply involved in the space sector and shares some of his experiences and views with us.
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
0:00 Intro 3:50 How Robert got into space 5:08 Xcor and itsspace plane 8:25 How has the space sector changed in the last few years? 11:15 Attending ISU & aftermath 17:00 Writing the book 25:17 Must-read books and authors 29:32 Space tourism and related new space experiences 35:16 Robert's personal projects 38:42 New Space as a community 43:44 Favorite sci-fi
Do you know what space weather is? Maybe you should. Solar events like geomagnetic storms have had dramatic impacts on our life on Earth in the past, and they will do so again, it is just a matter of time. Mission Space, from Latvia, want to forecast space weather. Two of the founders, Ksenia Moskalenko and Artem Axelrod will tell us all about it in this episode. Enjoy!
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
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If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Did you know you can use satellite imagery to make agriculture more efficient and hence help feed the world? My guest on this episode is Dr. Max Gulde, CEO and co-founder of German startup ConstellR and he will explain how their infrared remote sensing satellite constellation will do just that.
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
Spaced Ventures is setting up a platform where regular people can crowdfund early-stage space startups. The founders Aaron Burnett and Brant Arseneau will tell you all about it during this episode. For full disclosure, I am an advisor to Spaced with regard to evaluating startups.
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.
We are having another episode with a remote sensing company: Ororatech, based in Munich in Germany, uses satellites to detect wildfires. That has obviously been a big topic with relatively recent fires in places like Australia, Brazil and California. I caught up with Thomas Grübler, Ororatech’s co-founder and CEO.
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out Raphael’s online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out Raphael’s newly published introductory book on the space economy.
My guest is Dr. Omar Hatamleh of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Omar has performed multiple really cool roles at NASA, including being Head of Innovation and Deputy Chief Scientist. He was also the head of the Space Studies Program at the International Space University for many years. Omar is an expert on emerging technologies, so we talk about space, but also about artificial intelligence and other things. If you like futurism, you’ll love this episode.
Check out Omar's book Between Brains and his Ecosystems 2030 summit, which will take place in June 2021.
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out Raphael’s online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out Raphael’s newly published introductory book on the space economy.
2021 promises to be an exciting year for Space! In this 20-minute episode, Raphael touches upon some of the key events to keep an eye on next year.
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out Raphael’s online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out Raphael’s newly published introductory book on the space economy.
This is the second episode in our holiday double header and I did promise more gift ideas. Michael Markesbery is the CEO & co-founder of an apparel startup called OROS. Their clothes protect you from the cold by using the same kind of material that is used to insulate some spacecraft and even Mars rovers. Lsten to Michael tell us all about it!
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
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If you speak German, also check out my newly published introductory book on the space economy.
With Toucan Space you can send personal objects such as jewelry on a trip to space. Toucan's founder, and my friend from ISU, Louis de Gouyon Matignon, joins me to explain how it works.
Listeners can save on Toucan's products and services with the coupon code CHRISTMAS2020
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If you speak German, also check out my newly published introductory book on the space economy.
French serial entrepreneur Nicolas Gaume is not only involved in one, but TWO space startups right now: Space Cargo Unlimited and Orbite. We will talk about both companies on this episode but suffice to say that one of his companies has already flown bottles of French wine to the International Space Station, where they currently still are – or at least for all we know.
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, also check out my new online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my newly published introductory book on the space economy.
This episode is one of our periodical non-business episodes. My guest this time is Dr. Graham Lau, an astrobiologist at Blue Marble Space and, among other things, the host of the NASA show “Ask an astrobiologist”. By pure chance, we recorded just a few days after it was announced that researchers may have found a biomarker for life in the atmosphere of Venus. Of course we talk about that, but also about many other things. If you want to know how we go about finding potential life elsewhere in the universe, this episode’s for you.
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, also check out my new online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my newly published introductory book on the space economy.
On this episode I talk to a company that can take you to the edge of space. My guests are Jane Poynter & Taber MacCallum, co-founders of the Space Perspective, which plans to take space tourists up in stratospheric balloons. We talk about what that very special balloon ride will look like, the special capsule they are building for it, and other topics such as the 20 mile high club.
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the post on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, also check out my new online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my newly published introductory book on the space economy.
Raphael talks to Stefan Brieschenk & Jörn Spurmann, co-founders of German launch company Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA). There is a large number of rocket company startups these days, but RFA is already backed by established aerospace companies, may fly as soon as 2021, and recently announced agreements to use launch sites in Norway and French Guyana.
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If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, also check out my new online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
Raphael talks to Fleet's CEO & co-founder Flavia Tata Nardini. Adelaide, Australia-based Fleet Space develops Internet-of-Things connectivity from space, using a fleet of small satellites. Find out why this may be a big business, evidenced by the fact that space IoT companies have raised hundreds of millions in funding already.
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Dawn Aerospace recently announced the Dawn Mk-II Aurora, a fully reusable suborbital spaceplane that will take off and land like an airplane, a precursor to a future orbital version. New Zealand-based Dawn also develops satellite propulsion systems. Raphael sits down with Dawn’s CTO and co-founder Stefan Powell to discuss the company’s plans to develop transportation systems for the future space economy.
Satellite connectivity isn't only for humans, it seems! Chipsafer helps farmers track cattle and monitor their behavior, using satellite / IoT technology. Raphael sits down with Chipsafer's founder Victoria Alonsoperez to talk cows & satellites.
Detecting snow from space? It's actually not (only) about skiing! E2MC's Raphael Roettgen sat down with Ion Padilla, CEO and co-founder of Swiss-based Earth observation start-up WeGaw to understand more about it.
Who is going to build the thousands of satellites that space start-ups want to send to orbit over the next years? NanoAvionics is one of the companies going after this business. E2MC's Raphael Roettgen sits down with NanoAvionics's co-founder and CEO Vytenis Buzas to talk all things satellite manufacturing.
"Gas stations in space" is Daniel Faber's current mission as CEO of Orbit Fab - but his resumé also includes having been CEO of asteroid mining company DSI. Him & E2MC's Raphael Roettgen discuss both of these experiences as well as the development of a space economy in general.
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For the historic Dragon Demo-2 Mission, taking astronauts from US soil to the ISS for the first time since 2011, Space Pals is running a 2 hour livestream, bringing guest experts from across the space sector (including one on site at Canaveral!) to discuss, learn and watch together. Some of the many topics we'll discuss include:
- Dragon tech specs- Mission details
- SpaceX history & future
- Impact on US, and human, space exploration in general
- Medical preparation and monitoring of astronauts
- The experience of launch from an astronaut’s perspective
Once you've registered, we'll send out a link to the livestream on Wednesday, before the launch, so you can get involved.
Marcos Franceschini, the CEO and co-founder of Californian optical satellite communications start-up Skyloom and E2MC’s Raphael Roettgen talk about optical communications and Skyloom’s plan to deploy small relay satellites in geostationary orbit, in order to help bring the ever growing amount of space data back to Earth.
Matt Desch, the CEO of Iridium, and I discuss topics like the LEO satellite communications 20 years ago and now, the internet of things, and his first-hand experience with the dangers of space debris.
Our guest on this episode is Canadian actor Cas Anvar. Science Fiction fans will know him by his role in the hit TV Series The Expanse, where he plays the Martian pilot Alex Kamal. Our conversation touches on such diverse topics as science fiction previewing real life inventions, The Expanse as an example of hard sci-fi, his visit to Blue Origin, humankind’s relationship with our planet, the Overview Effect, and his own plans in space.
Our guest on this episode is Mark Kugel, a co-founder and the Chief Commercial Officer of German space start-up Yuri. The company’s main mission is to help its clients conduct research experiments in microgravity, for example on the International Space Station. If you work in a field that could benefit from microgravity research, e.g. the life sciences or materials sciences, you may be surprised at the cost of these missions today, in a good way.
Our guest on this episode is Erol Soyer, the chief commercial officer of Swiss start-up Picterra, which is a so-called downstream earth observation company. Picterra does not operate its own satellites but analyzes third-party satellite data for its customers. As you will hear, its algorithms are able to detect a surprising variety of things on Earth, from space.