Space Business Podcast

Episode 100 will give you a review & preview of the Space Business Podcast, incl. favorite sci-fi of our guests!   JUST OUT: Raphael's fully revised introductory book on the Space economy, "To Infinity" - https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO Follow us: Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/podcast_space LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen/ Instagram -  www.instagram.com/raphael_space/ Learn more about space & the space economy: Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy There is now a certificate for those wanting to enter the space sector: https://www.spacecertificate.com The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spacebusinesspodcast   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! JUST OUT: Raphael's fully revised introductory book on the Space economy, "To Infinity" - https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO Follow us: Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/podcast_space LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen/ Instagram -  www.instagram.com/raphael_space/ Learn more about space & the space economy: Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy There is now a certificate for those wanting to enter the space sector: https://www.spacecertificate.com 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 The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spacebusinesspodcast Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:07 Elevator pitch 3:34 Future of space propulsion 5:13 Current state of fusion 10:16 Magnetic fusion 13:24 The FRC 16:47 Power budget 18:46 Terrestrial power generation use case 22:23 The Moon 25:03 What is left to do on the tech side 29:47 Timeline 31:01 Safety 33:15 In-space propulsion 36:44 NASA's past nuclear projects 37:54 Timing for prototype in space 42:43 Biggest obstacles 45:56 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! JUST OUT: Raphael's fully revised introductory book on the Space economy, "To Infinity" - https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO Follow us: Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/podcast_space LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen/ Instagram -  www.instagram.com/raphael_space/ Learn more about space & the space economy: Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy There is now a certificate for those wanting to enter the space sector: https://www.spacecertificate.com 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 The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spacebusinesspodcast 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. JUST OUT: Raphael's fully revised introductory book on the Space economy, "To Infinity" - https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO Follow us: Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/podcast_space LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen/ Instagram -  www.instagram.com/raphael_space/ Learn more about space & the space economy: Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy There is now a certificate for those wanting to enter the space sector: https://www.spacecertificate.com 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 The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spacebusinesspodcast 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! Follow us: Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/podcast_space LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen/ Instagram -  www.instagram.com/raphael_space/ Learn more about space & the space economy: Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy There is now a certificate for those wanting to enter the space sector: https://www.spacecertificate.com 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 The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spacebusinesspodcast 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! Follow us: Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/podcast_space LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen/ Instagram -  www.instagram.com/raphael_space/ Learn more about space & the space economy: Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy There is now a certificate for those wanting to enter the space sector: https://www.spacecertificate.com 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 The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spacebusinesspodcast   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! Follow us: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen/ Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/podcast_space Instagram - brand new! @raphael_space www.instagram.com/raphael_space/ Learn more about space & the space economy: Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy There is now a certificate for those wanting to enter the space sector: https://www.spacecertificate.com 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 The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spacebusinesspodcast   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/ Follow us: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen/ Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/podcast_space Instagram - brand new! @raphael_space www.instagram.com/raphael_space/ Learn more about space & the space economy: Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy There is now a certificate for those wanting to enter the space sector: https://www.spacecertificate.com 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 The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spacebusinesspodcast   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! Follow us: Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/podcast_space Instagram - brand new! @raphael_space www.instagram.com/raphael_space/ Learn more about space & the space economy: Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy There is now a certificate for those wanting to enter the space sector: https://www.spacecertificate.com 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 The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spacebusinesspodcast   Timestamps 0:00 Intro 2:24 Elevator Pitch 3:31 Rocket equation tyranny 5:35 Wave Motion launch tech 7:45 Historical space gun projects 12:21 "G-hardened"pPayloads 13:06 Architecture 14:46 Payload Capacity 16:35 Ground Infrastructure 18:45 Launch Cadence 21:12 Product Sequencing 27:10 Managing time and projects as a small team 29:36 Getting a Naval Research Contract 33:42 Geopolitics 35:00 Orbital launch costs 35:35 Roadmap 40:19 Origin of name 41:37 Other opportunities in space 42:45 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! https://karimiliya.com/ Follow us: https://www.twitter.com/podcast_space Instagram - brand new! @raphael_space www.instagram.com/raphael_space/ Learn more about space & the space economy: Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy There is now a certificate for those wanting to enter the space sector: https://www.spacecertificate.com 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 The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spacebusinesspodcast 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