
Space Café Podcast - Navigating Our Interplanetary Ambitions
If you feel the excitement of standing at the threshold of a new era in human history, you've come to the right place. At Space Café Podcast, our bi-weekly hour-long episodes go beyond current events in space exploration – we're peering into the future of our species among the stars.Each week, we:Engage with visionaries who are actively shaping our cosmic destinyExplore groundbreaking technologies turning science fiction into realityDiscuss the implications of becoming a multi-planetary civilizationTake listener questions about humanity's future in spaceWhat sets Space Café apart:Deep dives into ideas that will define our cosmic futureDiverse expertise: from astronauts and engineers to philosophers and entrepreneursComplex topics made accessible through engaging discussionInteractive Q&A segments with our expert guestsRecent episodes feature:A Mars settlement architect on the practicalities of off-world livingA space law expert exploring lunar resource rightsAn astro-biologist speculating on potential alien lifeWhether you're a space industry professional, sci-fi enthusiast, or simply gaze at the night sky with wonder, Space Café is your front-row seat to humanity's greatest adventure.So, grab your cosmic latte and join us every Wednesday at 2100 UTC. At Space Café, we're not just talking about the future – we're helping to shape it.The next giant leap for mankind is just beginning. Are you ready to take it with us?
Latest episodes

Oct 27, 2020 • 51min
Dr. James Schwartz – we need to rethink everything
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 14th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Dr. James Schwartz – we need to rethink everything Episode 014 features special guest Dr. James Schwartz Admittedly, Elons rocket launches and landings are fascinating. They have a magical attraction. The same applies, of course, to future missions like Artemis. Seeing people on the moon again has its charm. But, do we really have to do all this? What’s the point in going to space? To ask such unpleasant questions is the job of the passionate space nerd and space philosopher James Schwartz. He puts his finger on those spots that others ignore. Now and then fascinating ideas surface in this process. The Space Cafe Podcast brings our signature brand of engaging and relevant content from across the global space economy to you via an exciting new format. Together with award winning Executive Producer, Markus Mooslechner (Terra Mater Factual Studios), our fortnightly podcast features highly interesting guests.Each episode includes a review of important topics, as well as guest appearances and deep commentary from expert panelists from across the space sector.○ Host: Markus Mooslechner○ Guest: Dr. James SchwartzSend us a textYou can find us on Spotify and Apple Podcast!Please visit us at SpaceWatch.Global, subscribe to our newsletters. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter!

Oct 13, 2020 • 48min
Nicole Büttner - How bringing AI and traditional companies together can work miracles!
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 13th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Nicole Buettner - how bringing AI and traditional companies together can work miraclesEpisode 013 features special guest Nicole Buettner.Nicole Buettner, CEO of Merantix, a venture studio for artificial intelligence, brings AI experts and traditional industries together in a room and makes some magic happen. This "two-body method" regularly generates completely new business ventures. Space Cafe Podcast has talked about it in detail with Nicole and even put an AI in front of the microphone.The Space Cafe Podcast brings our signature brand of engaging and relevant content from across the global space economy to you via an exciting new format. Together with award winning Executive Producer, Markus Mooslechner (Terra Mater Factual Studios), our fortnightly podcast features highly interesting guests.Each episode includes a review of important topics, as well as guest appearances and deep commentary from expert panelists from across the space sector.○ Host: Markus Mooslechner: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markus-mooslechner-87878085/ ○ Guest: Nicole Büttnerhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-buettner ○ Merantix https://www.merantix.com/ ○ openAI https://openai.com/Send us a textYou can find us on Spotify and Apple Podcast!Please visit us at SpaceWatch.Global, subscribe to our newsletters. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter!

Sep 29, 2020 • 58min
Chris Lee - How will Hubble die? Is this the golden era of space travel? Why ESA has a bright future?
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 12th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Chris Lee – How will Hubble die? Is this the golden era of space travel? Why ESA has a bright future.Episode 012 features special guest Chris Lee. Chris Lee has just retired from his position as Chief Scientist of the UK Space Agency and, after 40 years in the space industry, can now finally retire to do what he enjoys most: space travel. Chris has had a career in some of the most dramatic and legendary missions in space travel. Hubble, Beagle2, Exomars to name a few. Now that he has retired, he can talk freely about his 40 years of passion. Also about why he thinks ESA could have a great future.The Space Cafe Podcast brings our signature brand of engaging and relevant content from across the global space economy to you via an exciting new format. Together with award winning Executive Producer, Markus Mooslechner (Terra Mater Factual Studios), our fortnightly podcast features highly interesting guests.Each episode includes a review of important topics, as well as guest appearances and deep commentary from expert panelists from across the space sector. ○ Host: Markus Mooslechner: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markus-mooslechner-87878085/ ○ Guest: Chris Lee - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-lee-b20b321/ ○ UK Space Agency https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-space-agency ○ Hubblesite.org https://hubblesite.org/ ○ Exomars https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploation/Exploration/ExoMars/What_is_ExoMars ○ Rosetta○ https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Rosetta ○ Beagle2 https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Beagle-2_lander_found_on_MarsSend us a textYou can find us on Spotify and Apple Podcast!Please visit us at SpaceWatch.Global, subscribe to our newsletters. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter!

Sep 15, 2020 • 33min
Sara Langston - Teaching the next generation of space travelers
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 11th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Sara Langston - Teaching the next generation of space travelersEpisode 011 features special guest Sara Langston.Sara Langston teaches at the time-honored Embry Riddle flight school and knows what astronauts had to endure before they were allowed into orbit. But many things change. Not only the attitude of the students when it comes to challenging subjects. The whole industry is breaking new ground. In this episode Sara succeeds in a tour de force through a number of fascinating topics: Is it allowed to buy land on the moon, is ethics an obstacle or the future of research and why is space law the best subject in the world?The Space Cafe Podcast brings our signature brand of engaging and relevant content from across the global space economy to you via an exciting new format. Together with award winning Executive Producer, Markus Mooslechner (Terra Mater Factual Studios), our fortnightly podcast features highly interesting guests.Each episode includes a review of important topics, as well as guest appearances and deep commentary from expert panelists from across the space sector.○ Host: Markus Mooslechner: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markus-mooslechner-87878085/ ○ Guest: Sara Langston - http://linkedin.com/in/saralangstonSend us a textYou can find us on Spotify and Apple Podcast!Please visit us at SpaceWatch.Global, subscribe to our newsletters. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter!

Aug 31, 2020 • 55min
Nicole Stott - Space Shuttle Astronaut Extraordinaire
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 10th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Nicole Stott - Space Shuttle Astronaut ExtraordinaireEpisode 010 features special guest Nicole Stott.NASA astronaut Nicole Stott spent 104 days in space and remembers her two space flights aboard the legendary space shuttle that changed her life. Nicole didn't make the jump into the coveted cockpit right away, but she can still call herself part of the generation of pioneers who laid the foundation for the current rediscovery of space. For Nicole, the new generation of astronauts is the one who increasingly sees space as their permanent new home.The Space Cafe Podcast brings our signature brand of engaging and relevant content from across the global space economy to you via an exciting new format. Together with award-winning Executive Producer, Markus Mooslechner (Terra Mater Factual Studios), our fortnightly podcast features highly interesting guests.Each episode includes a review of important topics included in SpaceWatch.Global’s bi-weekly newsletter and guest appearances and deep commentary from expert panellists from across the space sector.Send us a textYou can find us on Spotify and Apple Podcast!Please visit us at SpaceWatch.Global, subscribe to our newsletters. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter!

Aug 18, 2020 • 44min
Moriba Jah on space debris, and why it may be too late
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 9th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Moriba Jah on space debris and why it may be too lateEpisode 009 features special guest Moriba Jah.Astrodynamicist Moriba Jah is one of the most dazzling figures on the international space scene, and he doesn’t mince words when it comes to developing the near-Earth environment and addressing space junk. If we are really serious about the discovery of space, then we need to take our efforts up a notch. From a technical perspective, a Mars mission should be no obstacle and could start tomorrow, but the problem is us.Compared to the great seafarers and adventurers of old, we have forgotten how to take risks, slowing us down and putting our space plans in danger. Not to mention the fact that the window of opportunity to take risks in space is rapidly closing, as our waste in space is becoming a serious problem that we cannot get rid of anymore.The Space Cafe Podcast brings our signature brand of engaging and relevant content from across the global space economy to you via an exciting new format. Together with award winning Executive Producer, Markus Mooslechner (Terra Mater Factual Studios), our fortnightly podcast features highly interesting guests.Each episode includes a review of important topics included in SpaceWatch.Global’s bi-weekly newsletter, as well as guest appearances and deep commentary from expert panelists from across the space sector.Send us a textYou can find us on Spotify and Apple Podcast!Please visit us at SpaceWatch.Global, subscribe to our newsletters. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter!

Aug 4, 2020 • 45min
Michelle Hanlon - The legal loophole to remove the American flags on the Moon
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 8th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Michelle Hanlon, The legal loophole to remove the American flags on the MoonEpisode 008 features special guest Michelle Hanlon.Michelle Hanlon was a successful public international law lawyer for decades, until she found out that no one could be held accountable for destroying the legendary footprints on the moon. She decided to do something about it, and the current international race to the moon makes her work a race against time. Michelle is the co-founder of For All Moonkind, a non-governmental organization that puts historic objects on the Moon in the spotlight. Listen more about that fascinating topic in this episode.The Space Cafe Podcast brings our signature brand of engaging and relevant content from across the global space economy to you via an exciting new format. Together with award winning Executive Producer, Markus Mooslechner (Terra Mater Factual Studios), our fortnightly podcast features highly interesting guests.Each episode includes a review of important topics included in SpaceWatch.Global’s bi-weekly newsletter, as well as guest appearances and deep commentary from expert panelists from across the space sector. ○ Host: Markus Mooslechner - https://www.linkedin.com/in/markus-mooslechner-87878085/ ○ Guest: Michelle Hanlon - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-l-d-hanlon-1b368b11/Send us a textYou can find us on Spotify and Apple Podcast!Please visit us at SpaceWatch.Global, subscribe to our newsletters. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter!

Jul 21, 2020 • 1h
Nahum Romero - What the Space industry is missing and why not even Elon is visionary enough
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 7th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Nahum Romero, What the Space industry is missing and why not even Elon is visionary enoughEpisode 007 features special guest Nahum Romero.Nahum Romero is an artist with a rather unique focus: space art. Currently, one of his pieces is circling the earth at 27.000 km/h. Nahum has some very profound insights about the current space race and criticizes the lack of groundbreaking vision even among the most outstanding space-startups and nations. But Nahum is not sparing with solutions and demonstrates how space-art can open new ways of thought.The Space Cafe Podcast brings our signature brand of engaging and relevant content from across the global space economy to you via an exciting new format. Together with award winning Executive Producer, Markus Mooslechner (Terra Mater Factual Studios), our fortnightly podcast features highly interesting guests.Each episode includes a review of the most important topics included in SpaceWatch.Global’s bi-weekly newsletter, as well as guest appearances and deep commentary from expert panelists from across the space sector. ○ Host: Markus Mooslechner - https://www.linkedin.com/in/markus-mooslechner-87878085/ ○ Guest: Nahum Romero - www.instagram.com/nahumartist , https://www.linkedin.com/in/nahumartist/Send us a textYou can find us on Spotify and Apple Podcast!Please visit us at SpaceWatch.Global, subscribe to our newsletters. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter!

Jul 7, 2020 • 50min
Dr. Adriana Marais - Proudly Human - the ambitious mission of a woman who seeks new knowledge for our civilization on Mars
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 6th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Proudly Human - the ambitious mission of a woman who seeks new knowledge for our civilization on Mars.Episode 006 features special guest Dr. Adriana Marais. She is a professional bartender, a quantum biologist, a theoretical physicist, an aspiring extraterrestrial and a real explorer. With her latest project "Proudly Human" she wants nothing less than to get us humans ready for the first landing on Mars. In a fascinating conversation, Adriana Marais explains how this is also contributing to the solution of some of our most pressing terrestrial problems.Please find the poll mentioned in this episode right here: https://www.survey-maker.com/QMHHA0PI. That episode will give you some serious food for thought - about our future on our planet Earth and ourselves. Check out https://proudlyhuman.com , the project we highlighted in the talk.The Space Cafe Podcast brings our signature brand of engaging and relevant content from across the global space economy to you via an exciting new format. Together with award winning Executive Producer, Markus Mooslechner (Terra Mater Factual Studios), our fortnightly podcast features highly interesting guests.Each episode includes a review of the most important topics included in SpaceWatch.Global’s bi-weekly newsletter, as well as guest appearances and deep commentary from expert panelists from across the space sector.○ Host: Markus Mooslechner - https://www.linkedin.com/in/markus-mooslechner-87878085/○ Guest: Dr. Adrina Marais - http://linkedin.com/in/adriana-marais-aa844822Send us a textYou can find us on Spotify and Apple Podcast!Please visit us at SpaceWatch.Global, subscribe to our newsletters. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter!

Jun 22, 2020 • 44min
Simon Gwozdz - the Elon of Singapore
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the fifth episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast.Episode 005 features special guest Simon Gwozdz, CEO and Founder of Equatorial Space Systems in Singapore.Simon is not yet 30 years old and already called the Elon of Singapore. With his company "Equatorial Space Systems" he wants to push the increasing commercialisation of space travel. And he has a secret weapon for this: a special rocket fuel recipe that gives him self-confidence in the face of overwhelming competition. The tests are promising and the first big launch is approaching.The Space Cafe Podcast brings our signature brand of engaging and relevant content from across the global space economy to you via an exciting new format. Together with award winning Executive Producer, Markus Mooslechner (Terra Mater Factual Studios), our fortnightly podcast features highly interesting guests.Each episode includes a review of the most important topics included in SpaceWatch.Global’s bi-weekly newsletter, as well as guest appearances and deep commentary from expert panelists from across the space sector.Thanks to our global distribution partner, BookWire, the podcast is available on all major podcast platforms. ○ Host: Markus Mooslechner - https://www.linkedin.com/in/markus-mooslechner-87878085/ ○ Guest: Simon Gwozdz, CEO, Founder at Equatorial Space Systems - https://www.linkedin.com/in/simongwozdz/Send us a textYou can find us on Spotify and Apple Podcast!Please visit us at SpaceWatch.Global, subscribe to our newsletters. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter!