FUTURE of SPACE

🚀 The FUTURE of SPACE (FoS) video podcast is a candid and informal conversation between myself and leaders, investors, innovators, educators, celebrities, movers and shakers who are shaping the future of humankind into outer space and here on Earth. Just like how two friends would chat and philosophize together, with one thing missing, a glass of wine! 🚀 Our Guest today is Antonius Donné. Tony is the former CEO of EUROfusion, a European consortium of 31 national fusion research institutes in 26 EU countries plus Switzerland, UK and Norway. Before that, he was head of the Fusion Physics Division at the DIFFER - Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research and responsible for the coordination of nuclear fusion research in the Netherlands. In 2023, he co-founded Frontiers in Energy Innovations. Tony is Chair of the Science and Technology Advisory Committee of General Fusion and a member of the Fusion Expert Committee advising the Bavarian State Government.

🚀 The FUTURE of SPACE (FoS) video podcast is a candid and informal conversation between myself and leaders, investors, innovators, educators, celebrities, movers, and shakers who are shaping the future of humankind into outer space and here on Earth. Just like how two friends would chat and philosophize together, with one thing missing, a glass of wine! 🚀 Our Guest today is Octave de Gaulle. In 2015, Octave co-founded Spade Agency, a design firm aspiring to find ideal forms that would allow us to really live in Space, not just survive. Their first client was the Champagne company G.H Mumm. in September of 2018 After three years of research including several Zero-G flights, Octave and his team unveiled their first creation, Mumm Grand Cordon Stellar, a bottle of Champagne for Space, set to be served on privately-owned space exploration company Axiom Space. The project was awarded several design prizes and is currently under further development with French Space agency CNES. Octave is a permanent member of the Space Habitat Technical Committee at the International Astronautical Federation.

🚀 The FUTURE of SPACE (FoS) video podcast is a candid and informal conversation between myself and leaders, investors, innovators, educators, celebrities, movers, and shakers who are shaping the future of humankind into outer space and here on Earth. Just like how two friends would chat and philosophize together, with one thing missing, a glass of wine! 🚀 Don't forget to subscribe to the audio podcast on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, and other platforms. Our guest today is Scott Hubbard. Scott is a physicist, the Adjunct Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University, former director of NASA's Ames Research Center, and NASA's first Mars program director. He is the Director Emeritus of the Stanford Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation and chairs the SpaceX Commercial Crew Safety Advisory Panel. Hubbard is also a musician and award-winning author. His book: Exploring Mars: Chronicles from a Decade of Discovery, tells of his years at NASA restructuring the Mars program.

🚀 The FUTURE of SPACE (FoS) video podcast is a candid and informal conversation between myself and leaders, investors, innovators, educators, celebrities, movers, and shakers who are shaping the future of humankind into outer space and here on Earth. Just like how two friends would chat and philosophize together, with one thing missing, a glass of wine! 🚀 Don't forget to subscribe to the audio podcast on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, and other platforms. Our guest today needs no introduction - the legendary William Shatner.

🚀 The FUTURE of SPACE (FoS) video podcast is a candid and informal conversation between myself and leaders, investors, innovators, educators, celebrities, movers, and shakers who are shaping the future of humankind into outer space and here on Earth. Just like how two friends would chat and philosophize together, with one thing missing, a glass of wine! 🚀 Don't forget to subscribe to the audio podcast on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, and other platforms. Our guest today is Dr. Joel Parker. Joel is an astrophysicist, planetary scientist, and a Director at the Southwest Research Institute. He is the Deputy Principal Investigator for the Alice ultraviolet spectrograph instrument on the Rosetta mission, a co-investigator on the New Horizons mission to Pluto, and has worked at NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center studying hot, massive stars in neighboring galaxies.

🚀 The FUTURE of SPACE (FoS) video podcast is a candid and informal conversation between myself and leaders, investors, innovators, educators, celebrities, movers, and shakers who are shaping the future of humankind into outer space and here on Earth. Just like how two friends would chat and philosophize together, with one thing missing, a glass of wine! 🚀 Don't forget to subscribe to the audio podcast on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, and other platforms. Our guest today is Mike Massimino. Mike is a former NASA astronaut, a New York Times best-selling author, and a professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University. Mike is the veteran of two space flights, the fourth and fifth Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions in 2002 and 2009. He has a team record for the number of hours spacewalking in a single space shuttle mission, and he was also the first person to tweet from space. During his NASA career he received two NASA Space Flight Medals, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the American Astronautical Society’s Flight Achievement Award, and the Star of Italian Solidarity. His two books, Spaceman: An Astronaut’s Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe and Moonshot: A NASA Astronaut’s Guide to Achieving the Impossible are NYTimes best sellers. A couple of fun facts. The street that Mike grew up on in Franklin Square, Long Island was renamed “Mike Massimino Street.” And He played himself multiple times in the role of Howard's fellow on the The Big Bang Theory television series.

🚀 The FUTURE of SPACE (FoS) video podcast is a candid and informal conversation between myself and leaders, investors, innovators, educators, celebrities, movers, and shakers who are shaping the future of humankind into outer space and here on Earth. Just like how two friends would chat and philosophize together, with one thing missing, a glass of wine! 🚀 Our guest today is Daniel Suarez. Daniel is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and former senior systems analyst to Fortune 1000 companies. His breakout book was Daemon, published in 2006, about the rise of AI-powered social media manipulation, cryptocurrencies, augmented reality, and autonomous vehicles. He has since written seven techno-thrillers and science fiction novels on topics ranging from cyber war, autonomous robotic weapons, human agency, genetic editing, and private space exploration -- with space the focus of his two most recent books, Delta-v and Critical Mass.

🚀 The FUTURE of SPACE (FoS) video podcast is a candid and informal conversation between myself and leaders, investors, innovators, educators, celebrities, movers, and shakers who are shaping the future of humankind into outer space and here on Earth. Just like how two friends would chat and philosophize together, with one thing missing, a glass of wine! 🚀 Our guest today is Octave de Gaulle. In 2015, Octave co-founded Spade Agency, a design firm aspiring to find ideal forms that would allow us to really live in Space, not just survive. Their first client was the Champagne company G.H Mumm. in September of 2018 After three years of research including several Zero-G flights, Octave and his team unveiled their first creation, Mumm Grand Cordon Stellar, a bottle of Champagne for Space, set to be served on privately-owned space exploration company Axiom Space. The project was awarded several design prizes and is currently under further development with French Space agency CNES. Octave is a permanent member of the Space Habitat Technical Committee at the International Astronautical Federation.

🚀 The FUTURE of SPACE (FoS) video podcast is a candid and informal conversation between myself and leaders, investors, innovators, educators, celebrities, movers, and shakers who are shaping the future of humankind into outer space and here on Earth. Just like how two friends would chat and philosophize together, with one thing missing, a glass of wine! 🚀 Our guest today is Shelli Brunswick. Shelli is the CEO & Founder of SB Global and former U.S. Air Force Officer, and Chief Operating Officer of Space Foundation. With a rich background in space technology, policy development, leadership, and entrepreneurship, she leverages her experience to drive space exploration and innovation. A renowned motivational speaker, she annually delivers 100 speeches worldwide on career success, leadership, and workforce development. Shelli's contributions to NASA and European Space Agency Future Studies, along with her advocacy for women in space, have earned her numerous accolades, including Top 100 Women of the Future in Emerging Technology.

🚀 The FUTURE of SPACE (FoS) video podcast is a candid and informal conversation between myself and leaders, investors, innovators, educators, celebrities, movers, and shakers who are shaping the future of humankind into outer space and here on Earth. Just like how two friends would chat and philosophize together, with one thing missing, a glass of wine! 🚀 Our guest today is Lindy Elkins-Tanton. Lindy is a planetary scientist, the Principal Investigator of the NASA Psyche mission, and Arizona State University Vice President of the Interplanetary Initiative. Her research concerns the formation and evolution of rocky planets. She has led four field expeditions in central Siberia. The Asteroid (8252) Elkins-Tanton is named for her, as is the mineral elkinstantonite. In 2020, she received the Arthur L. Day Prize and in 2010 the Lowell Thomas award from the Explorers Club.