Space Junk
85 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsI study international cooperation, space law, and science in extreme locations, particularly Antarctica and Outer Space, at Sydney University's School of History and Philosophy of Science. In this podcast I talk about space with people who know their stuff.
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Episodes
Hybrid Rockets and the Space Sector (with Nick McLean, Gilmour Space, and Guest Host Luke Pringle, Cherrybrook Technology High School)
September 03, 2020 23:33 - 31 minutes - 29 MBOn today's episode of the “Space Junk” podcast, guest host Luke Pringle interviews Gilmour Space Propulsion Engineer Nick McLean (pronounced like John McClane) about hybrid rockets and how to get a job in the Space industry. Luke is a 16-year-old year-10 student from Cherrybrook Technology High School who has been doing Work Experience with The Space Junk Podcast. Luke is studying engineering, physics, and textile design, and would one day like to work in the space industry as an astronaut ...
Space Junk - Announcement - Joining That's Not Canon Productions
August 31, 2020 23:00 - 1 minute - 1.68 MBI’m delighted to be able to let you know that the Space Junk Podcast has been picked up by That’s Not Canon Productions, an independent, Australian podcast network and collective. This is super exciting, and opens up a whole range of new possibilities for the podcast. There are only a couple of small changes you might notice as a result which I want to flag with you so you’re not taken aback by them. First, the podcast has been moved to the hosting platform Acast. If you were someone who...
Space Junk - Radio Astronomy and Feminism (with Kat Ross aka @astro_katross) - #IncludeHer_STEM
August 27, 2020 03:17 - 53 minutes - 49 MBKathryn Ross (Astro Kat Ross) is a PhD Candidate researching Active Galactic Nuclei and galaxy evolution using the MWA Telescope at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research at Curtin University in Perth. She has a Bachelor of Science majoring in Physics and Mathematics and was awarded First Class Honours in Physics from the University of Sydney. She has researched stellar evolution, dark matter content of distant galaxies and the variability of supermassive black holes in the ce...
Space Junk - Space Governance - with Dr Timiebi Aganaba-Jeanty
August 12, 2020 04:00 - 28 minutes - 26.8 MBThe guest for this episode is Dr Timiebi Aganaba-Jeanty, the architect of the ASU Space Governance Lab concept, and an assistant professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society with a courtesy appointment at the Sandra Day O Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, USA. Timiebi was also a fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation in Canada where she focused on environmental governance. In 2017, Timiebi was the recipient of a Space Leaders...
Space Junk - The Booty Call: Space Medicine and Roads Less Traveled (with Vi Tran)
July 10, 2020 03:00 - 38 minutes - 36 MBIn this episode I talk to Vi Tran, a Space Medicine student at Adelaide University. Vi’s Honours project analyses data from the Artificial Gravity Bed Rest study at the European Space Agency, with a focus on the gluteal muscles. In essence, Vi studies what might happen to butts in Space, which makes this episode, recorded over Zoom, a literal Booty Call. Outside of her research, Vi has worked with the Flying Doctor service in Broome, WA, and enjoys long-distance running. Our discuss...
Space Junk - Space Science Communication... and Tik Tok? (with Kirsten Banks)
June 23, 2020 11:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBIn this episode I chat to science communicator and astrophysicist Kirsten Banks. Kirsten is currently undertaking a PhD at UNSW in astrophysics. She is passionate about increasing the representation of women in science, and as a proud Wiradjuri woman often speaks on TV, radio, and at public events about aboriginal astronomy. Kirsten was the winner of the CSIRO Indigenous STEM Award in 2018 and spoke at TEDx Youth @ Sydney in 2019. I was super excited to catch up with Kirsten over a ...
Space Junk - Space and Landscapes (with Thomas Gooch)
June 03, 2020 02:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBThis podcast begins with a conversation over a cup of tea with Thomas Gooch, founder of the Office of Other Spaces, the Office of Planetary Obervations, and the national Australian director of the Moon Village Association. Regular listeners might remember Thomas as the host of the Moon Village Association panel on the Moon in Melbourne in February this year. The second half of the episode is the audio from the presentation Thomas gave at the conference ‘Property rights and real es...
Space Junk - Space Mining Panel with Gabriel Swiney, Chris Johnson, Dr Malcolm Davis, A/Prof Alice Gorman, and Prof Steven Freeland
May 26, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBIn this episode I am joined by experts in the field of Space Law from around the world to discuss the US White House Executive Order 'on Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources', released 6 April 2020. The panelists are: Gabriel Swiney: Attorney Advisor, US State Department (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-swiney-975b4843) Chris Johnson: Space Law Advisory, Secure World Foundation (https://swfound.org/about-us/our-team/christopher-d-john...
Space Junk - Space Archaeology (with Dr Space Junk aka A/Prof Alice Gorman) - part 2 of 2
May 18, 2020 05:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBA/Prof Alice Gorman, who tweets as @drspacejunk and is the author of 'Dr Space Junk vs The Universe' is an internationally recognised leader in the emerging field of space archaeology. Closer to home she has worked extensively in Australian Indigenous heritage management, providing advice for mining industry, urban development, government departments, local councils and Native Title groups in Australia. She is also a specialist in stone tool analysis, and the Aboriginal use of bottl...
Space Junk - Space Archaeology (with Dr Space Junk aka A/Prof Alice Gorman) - part 1 of 2
May 11, 2020 10:00 - 35 minutes - 33 MBA/Prof Alice Gorman, who tweets as @drspacejunk and is the author of 'Dr Space Junk vs The Universe' is an internationally recognised leader in the emerging field of space archaeology. Closer to home she has worked extensively in Australian Indigenous heritage management, providing advice for mining industry, urban development, government departments, local councils and Native Title groups in Australia. She is also a specialist in stone tool analysis, and the Aboriginal use of bottl...
Space Junk - Space Movies with Cain and Tal: Interstellar (and love, life, and the universe)
May 03, 2020 14:00 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBCain and Tal join me again to unpack the film Interstellar, the 2014 Christopher Nolan film that made relativity even cooler than it already was. This was recorded back before the crisis really hit Australia, and you can totally tell because we talk about the bushfires as if they are the worst thing we’ll encounter this decade, and about social isolation and video chat lag as if it’s something you’ll only experience on a spaceship or inside NORAD. If you watched the ABC program ...
Episode 32: Space Junk - Space Movies with Cain and Tal: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
April 27, 2020 06:00 - 56 minutes - 52.5 MBIn this very fun episode I'm joined by Cain and Tal from the phenomenal Aussie podcast ‘Movies with Cain and Tal’. We consume junk food while talking about a film that can only be called junk cinema – the 1964 cult classic ‘Santa Claus Conquers the Martians’. If you watched the ABC program ‘employable me’ last year you might remember Cain, who identifies as being on the autism spectrum and channels his talents into watching and reviewing hundreds of movies a year. Natalia Bye, als...
Space Junk - Cicero's Tweets: The History of Social Media and Science Journalism - with Tom Standage (Deputy Editor, The Economist) - part 2 of 2
April 22, 2020 02:23 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBIn part 2 of our interview Tom and I talk about the nature of journalism, how to construct a story around technology, and how the media landscape has shifted over the last 30 years. This is part 2 of 2 parts. You can watch this podcast in video form here: https://youtu.be/Yy-2cyzvRbU https://mediadirectory.economist.com/people/tom-standage/ https://www.amazon.com.au/Writing-Wall-Social-Media-First/dp/1620402831 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/11/writing-wall-social-media-stan...
Episode 31: Space Junk - Cicero's Tweets: The History of Social Media and Science Journalism - with Tom Standage (Deputy Editor, The Economist) - part 2 of 2
April 22, 2020 02:23 - 35 minutes - 33.3 MBIn part 2 of our interview Tom and I talk about the nature of journalism, how to construct a story around technology, and how the media landscape has shifted over the last 30 years. This is part 2 of 2 parts. You can watch this podcast in video form here: https://youtu.be/Yy-2cyzvRbU https://mediadirectory.economist.com/people/tom-standage/ https://www.amazon.com.au/Writing-Wall-Social-Media-First/dp/1620402831 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/11/writing-wall-social-m...
Episode 30: Space Junk - Cicero's Tweets: The History of Social Media and Science Journalism - with Tom Standage (Deputy Editor, The Economist) - part 1 of 2
April 14, 2020 05:34 - 31 minutes - 29.5 MBIn this episode I chat over space and time with Tom Standage, Deputy Editor at The Economist, about his book 'The Writing on the Wall', and how social media is actually not as new as you might think! This is part 1 of 2 parts. You can watch this podcast in video form here: https://youtu.be/NMD363NJgCA https://mediadirectory.economist.com/people/tom-standage/ https://www.amazon.com.au/Writing-Wall-Social-Media-First/dp/1620402831 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/11/writ...
Space Junk - Cicero's Tweets: The History of Social Media - with Tom Standage (Deputy Editor, The Economist) - part 1 of 2
April 14, 2020 05:34 - 31 minutes - 29 MBIn this episode I chat over space and time with Tom Standage, Deputy Editor at The Economist, about his book 'The Writing on the Wall', and how social media is actually not as new as you might think! This is part 1 of 2 parts. You can watch this podcast in video form here: https://youtu.be/NMD363NJgCA https://mediadirectory.economist.com/people/tom-standage/ https://www.amazon.com.au/Writing-Wall-Social-Media-First/dp/1620402831 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/11/writing-wall-...
Space Junk - Cicero's Tweets: The History of Social Media and Science Journalism - with Tom Standage (Deputy Editor, The Economist) - part 1 of 2
April 14, 2020 05:34 - 31 minutes - 29 MBIn this episode I chat over space and time with Tom Standage, Deputy Editor at The Economist, about his book 'The Writing on the Wall', and how social media is actually not as new as you might think! This is part 1 of 2 parts. You can watch this podcast in video form here: https://youtu.be/NMD363NJgCA https://mediadirectory.economist.com/people/tom-standage/ https://www.amazon.com.au/Writing-Wall-Social-Media-First/dp/1620402831 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/11/writing-wall-...
Space Junk - Houston we Have a Problem! - special announcement
April 06, 2020 06:26 - 3 minutes - 3.09 MBTwo important messages: The first and most important is that Space Junk Podcast now has a special COVID COVIDeo edition which is on YouTube. In addition to listening to me talking to space folk, you can now watch me do it from my home-office space desk, dressed in my best space themed attire: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYMne7dZMDhkA43I6s8Sbog Second, I'll be releasing daily videos for Patreon subscribers over at www.patreon.com/thespacejunkpod, as part of a special 'Mission to the M...
Episode 29: Space Junk - Houston we Have a Problem! - special announcement
April 06, 2020 06:26 - 3 minutes - 3.64 MBTwo important messages: The first and most important is that Space Junk Podcast now has a special COVID COVIDeo edition which is on YouTube. In addition to listening to me talking to space folk, you can now watch me do it from my home-office space desk, dressed in my best space themed attire: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYMne7dZMDhkA43I6s8Sbog Second, I'll be releasing daily videos for Patreon subscribers over at www.patreon.com/thespacejunkpod, as part of a special 'Mission...
Space Junk - Space Science on TV (with Dr Ingrid Ockert) - Part 2 of 2
April 01, 2020 07:55 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBIn this episode PhD student (and COVID style icon) Annie Handmer brings you part 2 of her conversation with the brilliant Ingrid Ockert. Dr Ingrid Ockert is a historian of science and media in the 20th century, specialising in depictions of science on TV. In this episode she and Annie talk about Cadbury and Julius Sumner Miller, Dr Karl, things that go bang, and they also have a go at the mass marketing campaign that sells guilty parents STEM, and why they think that STEM, and non-STEM, are...
Episode 28: Space Junk - Space Science on TV (with Dr Ingrid Ockert) - Part 2 of 2
April 01, 2020 07:55 - 25 minutes - 24.2 MBIn this episode PhD student (and COVID style icon) Annie Handmer brings you part 2 of her conversation with the brilliant Ingrid Ockert. Dr Ingrid Ockert is a historian of science and media in the 20th century, specialising in depictions of science on TV. In this episode she and Annie talk about Cadbury and Julius Sumner Miller, Dr Karl, things that go bang, and they also have a go at the mass marketing campaign that sells guilty parents STEM, and why they think that STEM, and non-...
Episode 27: Space Junk - Space Science on TV (with Dr Ingrid Ockert) - Part 1 of 2
March 23, 2020 08:56 - 39 minutes - 36.9 MBIn this episode I bring you part 1 of my conversation with the incredible Ingrid Ockert. Dr Ingrid Ockert is a historian of science and media in the 20th century. She holds a PhD from the History of Science Program at Princeton University. Ingrid was the was the 2018-2019 NASA/HSS History Fellow and is currently serving as a post-doctoral fellow at the Science History Institute. We had a great conversation about representations of science on TV, and the intersections between Star ...
Space Junk - Space Science on TV (with Dr Ingrid Ockert) - Part 1 of 2
March 23, 2020 08:56 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBIn this episode I bring you part 1 of my conversation with the incredible Ingrid Ockert. Dr Ingrid Ockert is a historian of science and media in the 20th century. She holds a PhD from the History of Science Program at Princeton University. Ingrid was the was the 2018-2019 NASA/HSS History Fellow and is currently serving as a post-doctoral fellow at the Science History Institute. We had a great conversation about representations of science on TV, and the intersections between Star Trek, geo...
Episode 26: Space Junk - Australian Perspectives from the 70th International Astronautical Congress (with Adam Gilmour, Malcolm Davis and William Crowe)
March 15, 2020 17:20 - 24 minutes - 23.2 MBLast October I attended the 70th International Astronautical Congress in Washington DC. IAC is a massive conference, bringing together thousands of people who work in the space sector from national agency representatives to defence practitioners to those in private industry. In this episode I speak with three Australians at the conference who give 3 different perspectives on Space. They are Adam Gilmour (Gilmour Space), Malcolm Davis (ASPI) and William Crowe (HEO Robotics). http:/...
Space Junk - Australian Perspectives from the 70th International Astronautical Congress (with Adam Gilmour, Malcolm Davis and William Crowe)
March 15, 2020 17:20 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBLast October I attended the 70th International Astronautical Congress in Washington DC. IAC is a massive conference, bringing together thousands of people who work in the space sector from national agency representatives to defence practitioners to those in private industry. In this episode I speak with three Australians at the conference who give 3 different perspectives on Space. They are Adam Gilmour (Gilmour Space), Malcolm Davis (ASPI) and William Crowe (HEO Robotics). http://www.gspa...
Episode 25: Space Junk - MVA Public Forum on the Moon (with Alice Gorman, Gabrielle Harris, Ceridwen Dovey, Donna Lawler, and Kerrie Dougherty) - Part 3 of 3
March 10, 2020 06:38 - 52 minutes - 48.8 MBThis is the final instalment of the live audio from the Moon Vilalge Association event in Melbourne. In this episode, I join the panel to lead a conversation about space environmentalism, ethics, and exploration. The panellists are Alice Gorman, Gabrielle Harris, Ceridwen Dovey, Donna Lawler, and Kerrie Dougherty. https://mpavilion.org/program/mva-mini-moon/ https://officeofotherspaces.com/ https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/alice.gorman https://interchange.com.au/ https://ww...
Space Junk - MVA Public Forum on the Moon (with Alice Gorman, Gabrielle Harris, Ceridwen Dovey, Donna Lawler, and Kerrie Dougherty) - Part 3 of 3
March 10, 2020 06:38 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBThis is the final instalment of the live audio from the Moon Vilalge Association event in Melbourne. In this episode, I join the panel to lead a conversation about space environmentalism, ethics, and exploration. The panellists are Alice Gorman, Gabrielle Harris, Ceridwen Dovey, Donna Lawler, and Kerrie Dougherty. https://mpavilion.org/program/mva-mini-moon/ https://officeofotherspaces.com/ https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/alice.gorman https://interchange.com.au/ https://www.ceridwe...
Episode 24: Space Junk - MVA Public Forum on the Moon (with Ceridwen Dovey, Donna Lawler, and Kerrie Dougherty) - Part 2 of 3
March 10, 2020 05:04 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBIn this episode I bring you part 2 of the live audio from the Moon Village Association forum on the moon in Melbourne last month. We hear talks from journalist and writer Ceridwen Dovey, Space Lawyer Donna Lawler, and Space Historian Kerrie Dougherty. https://moonvillageassociation.org/ https://mpavilion.org/program/mva-mini-moon/ https://officeofotherspaces.com/ https://www.ceridwendovey.com/ https://azimuthadvisory.com.au/ http://atfpress.com/product/space-in-australia/ Su...
Space Junk - MVA Public Forum on the Moon (with Ceridwen Dovey, Donna Lawler, and Kerrie Dougherty) - Part 2 of 3
March 10, 2020 05:04 - 38 minutes - 35.8 MBIn this episode I bring you part 2 of the live audio from the Moon Village Association forum on the moon in Melbourne last month. We hear talks from journalist and writer Ceridwen Dovey, Space Lawyer Donna Lawler, and Space Historian Kerrie Dougherty. https://moonvillageassociation.org/ https://mpavilion.org/program/mva-mini-moon/ https://officeofotherspaces.com/ https://www.ceridwendovey.com/ https://azimuthadvisory.com.au/ http://atfpress.com/product/space-in-australia/
Episode 23: Space Junk - MVA Public Forum on the Moon (with Alice Gorman, Gabrielle Harris, Thomas Gooch, and Madeleine Bandurksi) - Part 1 of 3
March 10, 2020 04:38 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBLast month I traveled to Melbourne to moderate the Moon Village Association’s public forum on the Moon. This is the audio from the event. First to the microphone was Thomas Gooch, who heads up the Office of Other Spaces and the Office of Planetary Observation, and is the regional coordinator for the Moon Village Association. You’ll then hear from Madeleine Bandurski, who works on the Moon Village association payload team. Next we hear remarks from Associate Professor Alice Gorman,...
Space Junk - MVA Public Forum on the Moon (with Alice Gorman, Gabrielle Harris, Thomas Gooch, and Madeleine Bandurksi) - Part 1 of 3
March 10, 2020 04:38 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBLast month I traveled to Melbourne to moderate the Moon Village Association’s public forum on the Moon. This is the audio from the event. First to the microphone was Thomas Gooch, who heads up the Office of Other Spaces and the Office of Planetary Observation, and is the regional coordinator for the Moon Village Association. You’ll then hear from Madeleine Bandurski, who works on the Moon Village association payload team. Next we hear remarks from Associate Professor Alice Gorman, space ar...
Episode 22: Our Place in Space (with Madeleine Bandurski, Thomas Gooch, and Melbourne's finest grade 6 students) - Part 2 of 2
February 24, 2020 07:49 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBIn this episode, I speak to some grade 6 students about how they see the Moon, the Earth, and our place in the Cosmos. I also touch base with Madeleine Bandurski from the Moon Village Association, and Thomas Gooch, founder of the Office of Other Spaces and the Office of Planetary Observation. On Wednesday 26 February 2020 at 6:15pm I’ll be moderating a panel discussion with Alice Gorman (aka dr spacejunk), Donna Lawler, Kerrie Dougherty, Gabrielle Harris and Ceridwen Dovey. The eve...
Our Place in Space (with Madeleine Bandurski, Thomas Gooch, and Melbourne's finest grade 6 students) - Part 2 of 2
February 24, 2020 07:49 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBIn this episode, I speak to some grade 6 students about how they see the Moon, the Earth, and our place in the Cosmos. I also touch base with Madeleine Bandurski from the Moon Village Association, and Thomas Gooch, founder of the Office of Other Spaces and the Office of Planetary Observation. On Wednesday 26 February 2020 at 6:15pm I’ll be moderating a panel discussion with Alice Gorman (aka dr spacejunk), Donna Lawler, Kerrie Dougherty, Gabrielle Harris and Ceridwen Dovey. The event is a p...
Our Place in Space (with Kerrie Dougherty) - Part 1 of 2
February 24, 2020 07:44 - 26 minutes - 24 MBIn this episode, I speak with Australian space historian Kerrie Dougherty about Australia's place in the history of space exploration. We reflect on Australia’s history with the Apollo program, and how we see our place in the universe. Kerrie will be on a panel that I will be moderating on 26 Feb 2020 at 6:15pm at the MPavillion in Melbourne. Other panelists are Alice Gorman (aka dr spacejunk), Donna Lawler, Gabrielle Harris and Ceridwen Dovey. The event is a public forum on the Moon, put o...
Episode 21: Our Place in Space (with Kerrie Dougherty) - Part 1 of 2
February 24, 2020 07:44 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBIn this episode, I speak with Australian space historian Kerrie Dougherty about Australia's place in the history of space exploration. We reflect on Australia’s history with the Apollo program, and how we see our place in the universe. Kerrie will be on a panel that I will be moderating on 26 Feb 2020 at 6:15pm at the MPavillion in Melbourne. Other panelists are Alice Gorman (aka dr spacejunk), Donna Lawler, Gabrielle Harris and Ceridwen Dovey. The event is a public forum on the Mo...
Episode 20: Space Junk - Space Sustainability and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (with Dr Moriba Jah)
February 03, 2020 10:07 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBIn this episode I speak with Dr Moriba Jah, an Associate Professor and the University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. Moriba Jah is the director for Computational Astronautical Sciences and Technologies (CAST), a group within the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin. He is also the Lead for the Space Security and Safety Program at the Robert Strauss Center for Internat...
Space Junk - Space Sustainability and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (with Dr Moriba Jah)
February 03, 2020 10:07 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBIn this episode I speak with Dr Moriba Jah, an Associate Professor and the University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. Moriba Jah is the director for Computational Astronautical Sciences and Technologies (CAST), a group within the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin. He is also the Lead for the Space Security and Safety Program at the Robert Strauss Center for International Sec...
Episode 19: Space Junk - Space Movies and the Meaning of Everything (with Dr Ben Pope) - Part 2
December 22, 2019 11:14 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBIn this episode, I bring you part 2 of my conversation with NASA Sagan Fellow Dr Benjamin Pope, a conversation ostensibly about space movies, but at this point so off the rails that I’m almost embarrassed to give it that title. We launch straight in after having watched Grimes’ music video ‘we appreciate power’ and our chat quickly devolves to AI apocalypse as the logical end to industrial capitalism. Any opinions expressed by me on this podcast are my own and do not represent the ...
Space Junk - Space Movies and the Meaning of Everything (with Dr Ben Pope) - Part 2
December 22, 2019 11:14 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBIn this episode, I bring you part 2 of my conversation with NASA Sagan Fellow Dr Benjamin Pope, a conversation ostensibly about space movies, but at this point so off the rails that I’m almost embarrassed to give it that title. We launch straight in after having watched Grimes’ music video ‘we appreciate power’ and our chat quickly devolves to AI apocalypse as the logical end to industrial capitalism. Any opinions expressed by me on this podcast are my own and do not represent the views of ...
Episode 18: Space Junk - Space Movies and the Meaning of Everything (with Dr Benjamin Pope) - Part 1
December 15, 2019 10:01 - 46 minutes - 43 MBIn this episode, I bring you part 1 of a relaxed, wide-ranging and delectable conversation with fan-favourite and good friend Dr Benjamin Pope. Ben has a PhD in Astrophysics from Oxford University and is currently a NASA Sagan Fellow at NYU researching exoplanets. In this episode, Ben and I tackle an in-advisably large number and bewilderingly wide range of Space movies. Do either of us have qualifications in film studies? No, but Ben won University Challenge and I took Drama in ye...
Space Junk - Space Movies and the Meaning of Everything (with Dr Benjamin Pope) - Part 1
December 15, 2019 10:01 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBIn this episode, I bring you part 1 of a relaxed, wide-ranging and delectable conversation with fan-favourite and good friend Dr Benjamin Pope. Ben has a PhD in Astrophysics from Oxford University and is currently a NASA Sagan Fellow at NYU researching exoplanets. In this episode, Ben and I tackle an in-advisably large number and bewilderingly wide range of Space movies. Do either of us have qualifications in film studies? No, but Ben won University Challenge and I took Drama in year 11, so...
Space Junk - Space Situational Awareness (with Dr Francis Bennet)
December 08, 2019 12:10 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBIn this episode, we get technical. I catch up with Dr Francis Bennet, a researcher from the Australian National University who works on Lasers, adaptive optics, and quantum electronics and is currently based out of Mt Stromlo. Our conversation ranges from space situational awareness (SSA) and riding bicycles, to making your own chocolate while fixing the kitchen sink, to photon entanglement and encryption. Make yourself a cup of tea and settle in for a good old fashioned chat. Patreon: www...
Episode 17: Space Junk - Space Situational Awareness (with Dr Francis Bennet)
December 08, 2019 12:10 - 30 minutes - 28.6 MBIn this episode, we get technical. I catch up with Dr Francis Bennet, a researcher from the Australian National University who works on Lasers, adaptive optics, and quantum electronics and is currently based out of Mt Stromlo. Our conversation ranges from space situational awareness (SSA) and riding bicycles, to making your own chocolate while fixing the kitchen sink, to photon entanglement and encryption. Make yourself a cup of tea and settle in for a good old fashioned chat. Pa...
Space Junk - Space Mining and Commercial Space Law (with Donna Lawler)
December 01, 2019 05:02 - 37 minutesIn this episode I chat to space lawyer Donna Lawler, the Principal at Azimuth Advisory, a firm which provides advice and assistance to Governments and businesses who are engaged in space activities. Donna is a commercial space lawyer with decades of experience working with Optus Satellite, and other Aussie space companies. We talk about the intricacies of space contracts, current developments in the Australian space industry, and what the Moon Agreement might mean for Australian companies ...
Episode 16: Space Junk - Space Mining And Commercial Space Law (with Donna Lawler)
December 01, 2019 05:02 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBIn this episode I chat to space lawyer Donna Lawler, the Principal at Azimuth Advisory, a firm which provides advice and assistance to Governments and businesses who are engaged in space activities. Donna is a commercial space lawyer with decades of experience working with Optus Satellite, and other Aussie space companies. We talk about the intricacies of space contracts, current developments in the Australian space industry, and what the Moon Agreement might mean for Australian...
Space Junk - Space Mining And Commercial Space Law (with Donna Lawler)
December 01, 2019 05:02 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBIn this episode I chat to space lawyer Donna Lawler, the Principal at Azimuth Advisory, a firm which provides advice and assistance to Governments and businesses who are engaged in space activities. Donna is a commercial space lawyer with decades of experience working with Optus Satellite, and other Aussie space companies. We talk about the intricacies of space contracts, current developments in the Australian space industry, and what the Moon Agreement might mean for Australian companies ...
Space Junk - Space Espionage (with Dr Vince Houghton) - part 2
November 24, 2019 04:07 - 36 minutesIn part 2 of my conversation with Dr Vince Houghton, the chief historian and curator at the international spy museum in Washington DC, we continue to delve into the intersections between technology, espionage, and society. If you haven't heard part 1, listen to that one first! http://spaceaustralia.com/opinions/space-junk-space-espionage-dr-vince-houghton-part-1 Dr Houghton specializes in military and intelligence history, with specific expertise on late-WWII and early-Cold War eras. He is ...
Space Junk - Space Espionage (with Dr Vince Houghton) - Part 2
November 24, 2019 04:07 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBIn part 2 of my conversation with Dr Vince Houghton, the chief historian and curator at the international spy museum in Washington DC, we continue to delve into the intersections between technology, espionage, and society. If you haven't heard part 1, listen to that one first! http://spaceaustralia.com/opinions/space-junk-space-espionage-dr-vince-houghton-part-1 Dr Houghton specializes in military and intelligence history, with specific expertise on late-WWII and early-Cold War eras. He is ...
Episode 15: Space Junk - Space Espionage (with Dr Vince Houghton) - Part 2
November 24, 2019 04:07 - 36 minutes - 34.1 MBIn part 2 of my conversation with Dr Vince Houghton, the chief historian and curator at the international spy museum in Washington DC, we continue to delve into the intersections between technology, espionage, and society. If you haven't heard part 1, listen to that one first! http://spaceaustralia.com/opinions/space-junk-space-espionage-dr-vince-houghton-part-1 Dr Houghton specializes in military and intelligence history, with specific expertise on late-WWII and early-Cold War er...
Space Junk - Space and Bushfire Management (with Professor John Handmer)
November 17, 2019 09:54 - 26 minutesIn this week’s episode, I interrupt the normal scheduling to bring you a special episode on space and bushfires. It seems that despite the technological advances that space has brought, we are still at the whim of nature when it comes to natural disasters. Or are we? To help me answer this question, I tracked down the best expert I know to tell me about the ongoing bushfire situation in Australia, and how space enabled technologies can assist efforts to predict, manage, and assess the impac...