

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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Dec 6, 2022 • 1h 11min
Carlo Buontempo - Copernicus Climate change and an unbiased look at the state of our world
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present: The Space Café Podcast #69: Carlo Buontempo - Copernicus Climate change and an unbiased look at the state of our world. Episode 069 features a special guest: Carlo Buontempo Carlo Buontempo is the Director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service at Copernicus ECMWF. He is an expert on climate change and has been working in the field for many years. Buontempo is currently responsible for overseeing the Copernicus Climate Change Service, which is a part of the European Union's Copernicus program. The program is focused on providing accurate and timely information about the Earth's climate, which is essential for understanding and addressing climate change. Buontempo was also involved in the COP27 conference, which brought together experts from around the world to discuss climate change and potential solutions.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 guests that matter.Each episode includes a review of important topics, as well as guest appearances and deep commentary from expert panellists from across the space sector.SPOTIFY: Space Cafe Podcast Guest TunesSend 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 22, 2022 • 1h 10min
Daniel Leeb - Iceland's Space Agency as a launching pad towards becoming an interplanetary species
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present: The Space Café Podcast #68: Daniel Leeb - Iceland's Space Agency as a launching pad towards becoming an interplanetary speciesEpisode 068 features a special guest: Daniel LeebDaniel Leeb is the director of the Iceland Space Agency and oversees a wealth of space-related research that particularly benefits from Iceland's unique natural features. There are few places where you can get closer to the real experience of visiting the Moon, Mars or Venus than Iceland. It's no coincidence, then, that the international leaders of the space scene have been flocking to Iceland. 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 guests that matter.Each episode includes a review of important topics, as well as guest appearances and deep commentary from expert panellists from across the space sector.SPOTIFY: Space Cafe Podcast Guest TunesSend 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 8, 2022 • 1h 15min
Thomas Zurbuchen - NASA’s Science Mission director
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present: The Space Café Podcast #67: Thomas Zurbuchen - NASA’s Science Mission directorEpisode 067 features a special guest: Dr. Thomas ZurbuchenThomas Zurbuchen is one of NASA's most successful science directors of all time. After 6 years in office, he looks back on an outstanding career and gives insights into the future of NASA. 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 guests that matter.Each episode includes a review of important topics, as well as guest appearances and deep commentary from expert panellists from across the space sector.SPOTIFY: Space Cafe Podcast Guest TunesSend 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 25, 2022 • 1h 2min
Melanie Stricklan - Slingshot Aerospace, how to get order in the chaos in low earth orbit
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present: The Space Café Podcast #66: Melanie Stricklan - Slingshot Aerospace, how to get order in the chaos in low earth orbitEpisode 066 features a special guest: Melanie Stricklan Melanie Stricklan has a captivating history in the United States Airforce and a powerful mission: with her company Slingshot Aerospace, she wants to bring order to the communications and data chaos above us. And it looks like she might succeed. 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 guests that matter.Each episode includes a review of important topics, as well as guest appearances and deep commentary from expert panellists from across the space sector.SPOTIFY: Space Cafe Podcast Guest TunesSend 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 11, 2022 • 1h 14min
Noemie Alliel - Starburst Aerospace and how to accelerate space in the 21st century
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present: The Space Café Podcast #65: Noemie Alliel - Starburst Aerospace and how to accelerate space in the 21st centuryEpisode 065 features a special guest: Noemie AllielAccelerators are not only spilling money into the thriving new space economy but also are changing the way things are done up there. It's not a secret, that the big players from yesteryear are struggling to find hold in the new world. Small startups are speeding things up and this is where the fun begins. Noemie Alliel from the global accelerator Starburst Aerospace takes a seat in the brand-new episode of the Space Cafe Podcast.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 guests that matter.Each episode includes a review of important topics, as well as guest appearances and deep commentary from expert panellists from across the space sector.SPOTIFY: Space Cafe Podcast Guest TunesSend 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 27, 2022 • 58min
Annie Handmer - what's up with the strange "object K" orbiting the earth in LEO?
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present: The Space Café Podcast #64: Annie Handmer - what's up with the strange "object K" orbiting the earth in LEO? Episode 064 features a special guest: Dr. Annie Handmer A strange object in Low Earth orbit that seems to belong to no one and an even stranger business model with Earth observation satellites are among the topics in the brand new episode of the Space Cafe Podcast. Space Junk podcaster and Senior Manager for Innovation and Policy at HEO Robotics is our guest in the studio.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 guests that matter.Each episode includes a review of important topics, as well as guest appearances and deep commentary from expert panellists from across the space sector.SPOTIFY: Space Cafe Podcast Guest TunesSend 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 13, 2022 • 1h 8min
Christopher Newman, space lawyer extraordinaire
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present: The Space Café Podcast #63: Christopher Newman, space lawyer extraordinaire Episode 063 features a special guest: Christopher Newman In this episode, we search space for legal loopholes, and we had fun doing it. Drunk driving in space, the perfect place for the perfect crime, mining moon's diamond core (which there is not) or can I dispute Elon's favorite orbit with my little Space Cafe podcast satellite? These are only a few of many reasonable or absurd provocations with which we want to bring light into the darkness of the wild west in space. Professor Christopher Newman has parried the challenge professionally and, by the way, it is a pleasure to listen to him.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 guests that matter.Each episode includes a review of important topics, as well as guest appearances and deep commentary from expert panellists from across the space sector.SPOTIFY: Space Cafe Podcast Guest TunesSend 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 30, 2022 • 1h 2min
Laura Todd, Vice President of Space Exploration and Future Programs at Airbus
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present: The Space Café Podcast #062 - Laura Todd, Vice President of Space Exploration and Future Programs at Airbus Episode 062 features a special guest: Laura Todd.With #nextspace, Airbus is trying to open up new business areas in space. As expected, the opportunities are many, but the obstacles to making the necessary changes on a global scale are significant. Laura Todd, Vice President of Space Exploration and Future Programs at Airbus, paints an unvarnished picture of the present and suggests possible ways out. National one-off solutions and reinventions of the wheel are not the way forward, Todd says.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 guests that matter.Each episode includes a review of important topics, as well as guest appearances and deep commentary from expert panellists from across the space sector.SPOTIFY: Space Cafe Podcast Guest TunesSend 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 16, 2022 • 1h 10min
Judith Walls, Wildlife warrior and why the decision about the future of your company is being made right now
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present: The Space Café Podcast #061 - Judith Walls, Wildlife warrior and why the decision about the future of your company is being made right nowEpisode 061 features a special guest: Prof. Dr. Judith Walls. Judith Walls researches at the intersection of business and environmental sustainability at the venerable University of St.Gallen in Switzerland. She focuses on governance characteristics of boards and managers in the context of pressures from stakeholders and other institutions on organizations. Her work extends to the environmental governance of industries that directly impact land use, such as agriculture, mining, and trophy hunting. So what does all this have to do with Space? A lot. A brand new episode of the Space Cafe Podcast is out now.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 guests that matter.Each episode includes a review of important topics, as well as guest appearances and deep commentary from expert panellists from across the space sector.SPOTIFY: Space Cafe Podcast Guest TunesSend 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 2, 2022 • 49min
Paul Taylor, Space Analyst: Is Europe losing the space race?
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present: The Space Café Podcast #060 - Paul Taylor, Space Analyst: Is Europe losing the space race?Episode 060 features a special guest: Paul Taylor Europe is great when it comes to space exploration. ESA can look back on spectacular missions. But is that enough? Space analyst Paul Taylor paints a bleak picture of Europe's future in space.His current report for download: Running out of SpaceThe 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 guests that matter.Each episode includes a review of important topics, as well as guest appearances and deep commentary from expert panellists from across the space sector.SPOTIFY: Space Cafe Podcast Guest TunesSend 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!