

Space Café Podcast - Navigating Our Interplanetary Ambitions
Markus Mooslechner
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?
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Jan 19, 2021 • 45min
Una McCormack – Star Trek Science Fiction Writer
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 19th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Una McCormack – Star Trek Science Fiction Writer.Episode 019 features special guest Una McCormack.Una McCormack is a science fiction writer who has become particularly well known for her work on Star Trek and Dr.Who. In our conversation for Space Cafe Podcast Una repeatedly encouraged the space industry to be a little more imaginative and refrain from repeating the mistakes from the past.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: Una McCormackUna McCormack 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!

Dec 23, 2020 • 46min
Dana Reizniece-Ozola, minister, satellite pioneer and chess grandmaster. The power of small nations
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 18th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Dana Reizniece-Ozola, minister, satellite pioneer and chess grandmaster. The power of small nations.Episode 018 features special guest Dana Reizniece-Ozola.Dana Reizniece-Ozola is a unique personality. Not only did she hold the post of Latvian Minister of Economy and Finance, she also helped launch the first Latvian satellite into orbit, thus elevating her native country to the rank of a space nation. By the way, she also holds the rank of a chess grandmaster. More than one reason for the Space Cafe Podcast to take a closer look at her story.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: Markus on LinkedIn ○ Guest: Dana Reizniece-Ozola Dana on LinkedinSend 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!

Dec 10, 2020 • 53min
Kellie Gerardi – high stakes and deep insights into the potentially first social media star in space.
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 17th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Kellie Gerardi – high stakes and deep insights into the potentially first social media star in space.Episode 017 features special guest Kellie Gerardi.Kellie Gerardi has embarked on an unusual career path that has taken her from the film to the heart of the space industry. Kellie is friends with the most outstanding personalities in the industry and has a clear goal: to go into space as soon as possible. Her bags are packed, and her family is forewarned. Kellie knows very wel what she’s getting herself into: An analogous Mars mission to Earth has shown her very clearly what it means to become an interplanetary species.Her new book “Not Necessarily Rocket Science: A Beginner’s Guide to Life in the Space Age” can be found here https://www.amazon.com/dp/1642504106/.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.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!

Nov 23, 2020 • 47min
Pamela Melroy – Soldier, Test Pilot, Astronaut
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 16th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Pamela Melroy – Soldier, Test Pilot, AstronautEpisode 016 features special guest Pamela Melroy.It is not easy to summarize Pamela Melroy in a few lines. No matter what she gets in touch with, she is most likely one of the best at it. One of the highlights was certainly one of the most daring outdoor missions that any human being has ever done on the International Space Station ISS. Now she looks back on one of the most exciting careers ever and has exciting messages for the future of space travel.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 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!

Nov 10, 2020 • 44min
Simonetta Di Pippo – Director of UNOOSA
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 15th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Simonetta Di Pippo – Director of UNOOSAEpisode 013 features special guest Simonetta Di Pippo.As the director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, Simonetta Di Pippo carries probably the coolest business card title ever. Simonetta has some pretty interesting insights, when it comes to the future of space – especially on earth. By the way: she also has something to say about Netflix’ Salvation series where the world fights a catastrophic asteroid impact.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: Simonetta Di Pippo: Director of UNOOSA; https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonettadipippo/ ○ Website UNOOSA - https://www.unoosa.orgSend 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 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!