The Space Economy
235 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWith the space economy generating close to a third of a trillion dollars globally each year and headed to being a trillion dollar economy, it's clear more focus needs to be put on what's driving the economy. We'll explore all aspects of the space economy including the trends, opportunities and challenges.
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An IAC 2019 Special Podcast – Searching for Life on Europa
November 13, 2019 19:51 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBJupiter's moon Europa appears to have a salt water ocean. This excites scientists at it opens up the possibility there may be life. The Europa Clipper mission will try to gather more evidence to substantiate the theory.Europa has fascinated us since Galileo discovered it in 1610. In popular science fiction, Sir Arthur C. Clarke made it the centre piece of his novel 2010: Odyssey Two which was published in 1982. Odyssey Two was a follow-up to the original and classic 1968 movie, 2001: A Space ...
An IAC 2019 Special Podcast – Heads of Emerging Agencies
November 05, 2019 16:21 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is the SpaceQ podcast. We have a special podcast from the recent International Astronautical Congress in Washington, the Heads of Emerging Agencies plenary.This a new plenary session at the IAC. And while we’re accustomed to a plenary featuring the heads of legacy national space agencies from the US, Russia, Japan, India, Europe, China and Canada, it’s only in the past few years that the voices of emerging space nations are starting to reach a global audience.Thi...
An IAC 2019 Special: Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space
October 29, 2019 17:48 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBThis week we have a special podcast from the International Astronautical Congress in Washington that discusses a very important topic: The Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space: Advancing the Space Economy and Sustaining Space Industry Through Solutions to Space Security Issue.The panel is moderated by Fatih Ozmen, Owner and CEO, Sierra Nevada Corporation.The panelists include:- Jean-Loïc Galle, President and CEO, Thales Alenia Space,- Daniel S. Goldberg, President and CEO, Telesat- Etienne...
Updates from the Montreal Space Symposium
October 22, 2019 18:09 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is the SpaceQ podcast. This weeks podcast has two segments. The first is an interview with Launch Canada’s Adam Trumpour who provides an update on the Launch Canada Challenge. Of note, and subsequent to this interview, Adam told SpaceQ that the November event had to be postponed as not all the approvals could be done in time.In the second segment I speak with Lawrence Reeves the founder and leader of the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge which engages students ...
Podcast Schedule Change - We're Moving to Tuesday's
October 17, 2019 20:45 - 1 minute - 1.22 MBHi everyone. Now that SpaceQ is publishing two podcasts, Terranauts and the original SpaceQ podcast, we’re going to change our scheduling starting this week. We just released episode 2 of Terranauts today with host Iain Christie talking with Canadian space pioneer Mac Evans. Terranauts will now published every other Thursday, for now. The original SpaceQ podcast is moving to Tuesday’s with the next episode dropping on Tuesday, October 22. As with SpaceQ, Terranauts is available on Apple Podca...
Election Town Hall and a New Research Institute at Western University
October 10, 2019 11:00 - 22 minutes - 20.1 MBThis weeks podcast has two segments. The first is my short interview with Conservative Party MP Erin O’Toole from the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada’s Election 2019 All Candidates Town Hall in Toronto that was held on October 3rd. As you’ll hear, Mr. O’Toole was forthcoming in discussing key issues of interest to the space community. Comments from other candidates are in my story on our website. A link to the story will be in the show notes.The second segment of today’s podcast wa...
Meet Terranaut Stephane Germain
October 03, 2019 11:43 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBTerranauts is a new podcast from SpaceQ. This week we're launching the first episode on the SpaceQ channel however you can now find Terranauts on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play Music, Soundcloud and your favourite podcast app. Ian Christie is the host of Terranauts. When most people think about space they think of astronauts, names like Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Chris Hadfield are familiar to an awful lot of people. But for every astronaut that makes it to space there are legions of smar...
Canada Election 2019 - The Space Sector Opportunity with Aram Kerkonian
September 26, 2019 19:16 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBMy guest today is Aram Daniel Kerkonian, a lawyer with Ardaker Space Consultants and the co-author of the government mandated 2017 independent review of the Remote Sensing Space Systems Act.Today we’re going to be talking about the opportunity a federal election presents for the space community in seeking changes to existing regulations and what new regulations, and possibly even new legislation, could come from the next government.You might think is dry stuff, on the contrary. For anyone wor...
Grant Bonin of Rocket Lab
September 19, 2019 15:02 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is the SpaceQ podcast. My guest today is Grant Bonin, Chief Engineer, Space Systems at Rocket Lab. Grant is making his second appearance on the SpaceQ podcast. The last time was in the spring of 2018 when he was the Chief Technology Officer at Deep Space Industries.In today’s podcast we find out more about Grant's departure from Deep Space Industries and his current activities at Rocket Lab including their new Photon small satellite initiative.Listen in. Hosted...
The Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit Habitats - Part 2
September 12, 2019 10:22 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is the SpaceQ podcast.Today is the second part of our two part series focusing on the commercialization of Low Earth Orbit with a focus on the International Space Station and other potential commercial habitats. My guest as in the first episode last week is Adrian Mangiuca, the Commerce Director at NanoRacks. NanoRacks describes themselves as both the largest commercial user and private investor on the International Space Station with customers from over 30 natio...
The Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit Habitats - Part 1
September 05, 2019 17:00 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is the first episode of season 3 of the SpaceQ podcast. We’ve got an exciting season planned where we’ll interview the people pushing the boundaries of the space economy, making discoveries in space science, observing the Earth to better understanding our planet and manage our resources, and so much more.Later this month we’re also be launching our new pop-up podcast Terranauts hosted by Iain Christie. Iain’s first interview will be with Stephane Germain, the CEO...
Direct Fusion Drive for Rapid Deep Space Propulsion - 2019 Summer Series
August 29, 2019 13:11 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBThis week we have the final episode in this years Summer Series podcast where we feature three compelling talks from other creators.Hi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is the SpaceQ podcast. In this weeks Summer Series podcast we hear from Stephanie Thomas who will speak on "Direct Fusion Drive for Rapid Deep Space Propulsion." Thomas is Vice President of Princeton Satellite Systems.This talk was featured on the May 29 Future In-Space Operations weekly teleconference. The slides are available with ...
The Human System for Deep Space Exploration - 2019 Summer Series
August 22, 2019 17:51 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is the SpaceQ podcast. Welcome to the second episode in this years Summer Series where we feature three compelling talks from other creators.In this weeks episode we hear from Jennifer Fogarty who will speak on "The Human System: Protecting Human Health and Performance to Enable Deep Space Exploration.” Dr. Fogarty is NASA's Human Research Program Chief Scientist.This talk was featured on the August 14 Future In-Space Operations weekly teleconference. The slides ...
Mining the Moon for Fun and Profit - 2019 Summer Series
August 15, 2019 16:22 - 49 minutes - 45 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is the SpaceQ podcast. Welcome to first episode in this years Summer Series where we feature three compelling talks from other creators.In this weeks episode we hear from George Sowers who will speak on "Mining the Moon for Fun and Profit.” Dr. Sowers is a Professor of Practice at the Colorado School of Mines who works on the world’s first and only graduate program in Space Resources.This talk was featured in the mid-June Future In-Space Operations weekly telecon...
Introducing Terranauts - A New SpaceQ Podcast With Iain Christie
August 08, 2019 17:58 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is the SpaceQ podcast. What happens when you bring Iain Christie and Marc Boucher together? Well, naturally they’re both going to want to talk, a lot.One of the outcomes of that June meeting was the idea to start a new podcast. That podcast idea is now Terranauts, which will join the SpaceQ family in September.Ok, so what is Terranauts going to be about? Well…How do you inspire the next generation of workers in the space sector? One way is to tell the compelling ...
Sarah Gallagher on Leveraging Science for Innovation
August 01, 2019 15:40 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBThis week we have our final special recording from the recent Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute ASTRO 2019 conference in Laval, Quebec. In this podcast you’ll hear from Dr. Sarah Gallagher who splits her time between Western University where she’s professor studying black holes and the Canadian Space Agency where she became the first Science Advisor to the President.In this after dinner talk, Dr. Gallagher spoke on the topic of leveraging science for innovation. Today’s recording inclu...
Scaling Up Your Space Business at CASI 2019
July 26, 2019 14:52 - 1 hour - 63 MBThis week we have another special recording from the recent Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute ASTRO 2019 conference in Laval, Quebec. In this podcast you’ll hear from start-ups and veterans on how to scale up your space business. The panel was moderated by Christine Tovee of CATx Technology who is also a member of the Canadian government appointed Space Advisory Board. The panelists included startups QEYNet and its CEO Cordell Grant, Reaction Dynamics CEO Bachar Elzein, GHGSat’s CEO St...
Perspectives on the Apollo Program with Historian Roger Launius
July 18, 2019 16:24 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBThis week we’re featuring a Future in Space Operations teleconference with former NASA historian Roger Launius who spoke about his new book "Apollo's Legacy: Perspectives on the Moon Landings.”A we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission it’s important to look back at the time of the Apollo program in the 60’s and early 70’s to better understand the motivations of the Apollo program and what was happening in the world at that time. Launius provides that unique view. Listen in....
A Commercial Lunar Exploration Panel Discussion at CASI 2019
July 11, 2019 15:02 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is the SpaceQ podcast. This week we have another special recording from the recent Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute ASTRO 2019 conference in Laval, Quebec. In this podcast, the topic is Commercial Lunar Exploration. The panel was divided into two sections, presentations by each panelist followed by a moderated question and answer session. We will post the video of the presentations when it's available, but the focus for this podcast is the excellent Q&A d...
Brigadier-General Kevin Whale on Delivering the Space Objectives of Canada’s Defence Policy
July 04, 2019 17:23 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is the SpaceQ podcast. This week we have another special recording from the recent Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute ASTRO 2019 conference in Laval, Quebec. In this podcast we hear from BGen Kevin Whale, Director General and Joint Force Component Commander for Space, RCAF who talked about Delivering The Space Objectives of Canada’s Defence Policy. Some of the interesting points you’ll hear include that Canada should consider creating a National Space C...
Canadian Space Agency President Sylvain Laporte at CASI ASTRO 2019
June 28, 2019 16:28 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is the SpaceQ podcast. This past week we were at the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute ASTRO 2019 conference in Laval, Quebec. The theme was “Space for Business”.One of the plenary sessions we recorded and present here is the speech of Canadian Space Agency president Sylvain Laporte. It is a very different speech from what he said a year ago at this conference when the government had yet again rejected the space plan as proposed. While the listener wil...
Daniel Faber Discusses Orbit Fab's Gas Stations in Space
June 20, 2019 11:50 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBIf you're a serial entrepreneur and you want to start a New Space company, what type of business should you start? Well, how about Gas Stations in Space?In this weeks SpaceQ podcast we're featuring a Future in Space Operations weekly teleconference from earlier this year with Daniel Faber, CEO of startup Orbit Fab.Daniel, an Australian who become a Canadian citizen, was most recently the CEO of Deep Space Industries which he helped build, and which reached $10 million in revenues before he le...
Australian Rocket Entrepreneur - A Conversation With Adam Gilmour
June 13, 2019 15:24 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBMy guest today is Adam Gilmour the founder and CEO of Gilmour Space Technologies, an Australian startup building launch vehicles, starting with a small satellite launcher. Adam’s career as a managing director at CITI Bank was going just fine until Elon Musk came along with his ideas on how to lower the cost of sending payloads to space. Musk inspired Adam so much so that he left his nice job at CITI Bank to start his own rocket company. Now the company is about to launch its first suborbital...
15 Years in the Making: The RADARSAT Constellation Mission
June 06, 2019 15:48 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBMy guest today is Steve Iris, the RADARSAT Constellation Mission Manager at the Canadian Space Agency. Today we’ll be discussing the RADARSAT Constellation Mission, its primary uses and benefits to Canadians and the international community. RCM is a $1.2B mission follow-on to the very successful RADARSAT-1 and RADARSAT-2 satellites.The RADARSAT Constellation Mission is a trio of synthetic aperture radar satellites that will be used for maritime surveillance, disaster management and ecosystem ...
The Future of Astronaut Healthcare in Deep Space with Dr. Robert Thirsk
May 30, 2019 15:20 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBMy guest today on the SpaceQ podcast is former Canadian astronaut Dr. Robert Thirsk who was recently hired back by the CSA on a contract basis to help with their efforts in defining Canada’s potential role in healthcare in deep space.Canadian Healthcare in Deep Space: Advancing our country’s leadership in autonomous care in space and on Earth report. Credit: Canadian Space Agency.Dr. Thirsk went on two missions in space, including a long duration stay on the International Space Station in 200...
Mike Gold on Helping NASA Commercialize Space
May 23, 2019 16:08 - 32 minutes - 30 MBMy guest today is Mike Gold, Vice President, Regulatory and Policy at Maxar Technologies. For this podcast we’re going to talk to Mike about his other role. That of Chair of NASA’s Advisory Council Regulatory and Policy Issues Committee.The committee was created in the summer of 2018 to look at how NASA could further commercialize its activities. Mike is one of 15 members, mostly from industry, that meet several times a year including with NASA’s other Advisory Council committees.Committee m...
NASA Discusses its Moon 2024 Budget Amendment and Announces the Artemis Program
May 16, 2019 16:19 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBOn Monday, May 13, NASA contacted the media on short notice late in the afternoon saying a teleconference was being scheduled for the early evening. Scheduling a teleconference in the evening is not something NASA normally does. Whatever the substance of the call, it must be important. As it turns out the call with media was to outline a budget amendment for the Fiscal Year 2020 to provide additional funds to the Trump administration newly mandated plan for NASA to land U.S. astronauts on the...
An Update on NASA's Moon Exploration Plans
May 09, 2019 15:57 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBToday we’re featuring a Future In-Space Operation teleconference with Steve Clarke from the NASA headquarters where he is the Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. Steve spoke about NASA’s Exploration Campaign Overview providing an update on the program and where it’s headed. The teleconference was held on April 17th after the Trump administration had mandated that NASA put Americans on the moon within 5 years.The presentation mentioned in the p...
A Panel Discussion on Space Resources
May 02, 2019 14:52 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBOn April 12 Western University held its annual Space Day. One of the more interesting events was a panel discussion on Space Resources: The Next Frontier in Exploration.The discussion was moderated by Mellisa Battler, a Western grad and current Chief Science Officer at Mission Control Space Services. The panelists were a diverse group including;-Michael Winter, a lawyer and a Market Conduct Investigator, London Life Insurance Company - Holly Johnson, President’s Business Manager, MDA- Mike Vi...
Inspiring Future Women in Science
April 25, 2019 11:59 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBToday we’re featuring a panel discussion recorded at the Perimeter Institute on March 8th for International Women’s Day. The Inspiring Future Women in Science panelists included:- Moderator Kelly Foyle, Perimeter Outreach Scientist- Kona Williams, a Forensic Pathologist and Coroner- Shirley Tang, Nanotechnology Scientist- Camille Mitchell, Architect- Daniela Roeper, Mechanical Engineer.Listen in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The First Aircraft to Fly on Another Planet Will be a Mars Helicopter
April 18, 2019 16:55 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBWhen NASA's Mars 2020 spacecraft launches it will include a helicopter designed to fly only on Mars and will be the first time ever an aircraft will fly on another planetary body.In today's SpaceQ podcast were featuring a Future in Space Operation teleconference with Håvard Grip from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Håvard spoke about the NASA Mars 2020 mission which will includes both a rover and helicopter.The Mars 2020 rover is similar to the Curiosity rover whose mission is ongoing, ...
Canada’s New Space Strategy Does Little to Reform Regulations
April 11, 2019 16:39 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBMy guest this week is Aram Daniel Kerkonian. Aram is an expert in space law and policy, a licensed Ontario lawyer and the Chief Legal Consultant of Ardaker Space Consultants. Aram is currently pursuing his doctorate in space law at McGill University's Institute of Air and Space Law, focusing on Canada's regulatory framework related to space.Today we’re going to discuss Canada’s new Space Strategy focusing in part on regulatory frameworks and how updating them will help Canada’s space sector, ...
The New Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator
April 04, 2019 18:18 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBMy guests this week are Matt Kozlov, a Managing Director at Techstars and Van Espahbodi, co-founder and managing partner at Starburst. Together they are leading a new Los Angeles based accelerator, the Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator. Applications are now being accepted with a deadline of April 7 for the first cohort.The accelerator is notable in that its partners include NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin, Maxar Technologies, Science Applications Inte...
Marina Mississian of Honeywell Aerospace on Charting a New Course in Canada
March 28, 2019 17:30 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBMy guest this week is Marina Mississian, Senior Director Space Payloads at Honeywell Aerospace. In 2015 Honeywell announced it was acquiring Cambridge, Ontario based COM DEV. It seemed to be a good move on Honeywell’s part at the time, but by 2017 the market that COM DEV served, primarily the GEO Communication satellite market, had imploded with GEO satellite orders down by almost 75%. Honeywell reacted by right-sizing the COM DEV assets, laying off nearly half the staff. Since then the compa...
Space Angels CEO Chad Anderson on Investing in the Space Sector
March 22, 2019 15:17 - 50 minutes - 46 MBInvestment in space startups by angels and the venture community is growing at a rapid rate according to Space Angels, and that bodes well for the future of the commercial space sector.My guest this week on the SpaceQ Podcast is Chad Anderson, CEO of Space Angels.If you’re a startup then chances are you’ve heard of Space Angels. The financial services company was started in 2007 but it wasn’t until around 2014 that the marketplace was ready for the investment community to make some serious fo...
The Moon Race is On
March 14, 2019 16:54 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBToday’s podcast is all about the moon. I’ll first share some of my thoughts on recent developments with respect to the exploration of the moon by the global space community. Then we have an interview with Pierre-Alexis Joumel, a co-founder of the Moon Race.My interview this week is about the Moon Race competition. The competition is a global initiative founded by Airbus and its international partners including Blue Origin, and is aimed demonstration key technologies required for the sustainab...
The Honourable Jean Charest on the Vision 2025 Initiative
March 05, 2019 15:18 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBThis podcast was to have aired last week, however the announcement by the Prime Minister of Canada that his government was committing of over $2 billion that will see Canada participate in the NASA led Lunar Gateway program along with funding for new technologies related to the moon meant that we bumped the podcast a week. In its place we had an interview with Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Minister Bains who oversees the Canadian Space Agency.Now, events are unfolding again ...
Canada is Going to the Moon - A Conversation with Minister Bains
February 28, 2019 18:53 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBThis is a special edition of the SpaceQ podcast. Today the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, committed the country to a path that will see Canadian technology and astronauts go to the moon.Canada will participate in the NASA led Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway program and is also funding a new Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program.Shortly after the announcement was made I spoke with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Bains who shared his thoughts on the announcement....
Episode 78: Mike Greenley, MDA on Growing the Company Which Turns 50 This Month
February 21, 2019 13:15 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBMDA has been in business for 50 years now, which is no small achievement, and it’s not easy to keep a company growing for a long period of time.In today's SpaceQ podcast I speak with Mike Greenley, Group President of MDA.It’s been nearly a year since Mike was last on the show, and today we’ll discuss MDA celebrating its 50th anniversary this month and the changes at MDA and parent company Maxar since Mike joined the company last year.Companies go through quiet periods, and occasionally turbul...
Episode 77: Adam Trumpour, Founder, Launch Canada Challenge
February 14, 2019 14:50 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBMy guest this week is rocket expert Adam Trumpour. By day, Adam is a mild mannered engineer for Pratt & Whitney, by night he works on rockets and helps mentor students interested in rocketry. One of his latest endeavours is student focused Launch Canada Challenge. He’s also involved the $1M dollar Base 11 Space Challenge. Today Adam provides us an update on both projects.Listen in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 76: Sara Spangelo, CEO of Swarm Technologies
February 07, 2019 16:43 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBMy guest this week is Sara Spangelo, co-founder and CEO of Swarm Technologies. The company is noteworthy for its innovation in developing a communication satellite 1/4 the size of a traditional CubeSat, which is 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm. To put it another way, and as my guest put it, the size of a grilled cheese sandwich.The company wants to build and launch 150 of these pico satellites, called SpaceBees, to create a global network to allow Internet of Things devices such as sensors in a farmers...
Episode 75: Philip Berthiaume, CEO of SpaceHorizon
January 31, 2019 20:49 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBThis weeks guest on the SpaceQ podcast is Philip Berthiaume the CEO of SpaceHorizon, a Canadian based launch services company operating out of Ottawa.The company has ambitious plans to become the first orbital launch provider in Canada.Earlier this month, the company announced it was going to resell launch services from other companies while at the same time it moves forward with developing its own fleet of rockets.Having just completed the conceptual design stage, the company’s first launch ...
Episode 74: Vinny Capezzuto, Chief Technology Officer of Aireon
January 24, 2019 14:31 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBMy guest today is Vinny Capezzuto, the Chief Technology Officer of Aireon.Aireon started as a partnership between Iridium and Air Navigation Service Provider NAV Canada. From its founding in 2012 to today the partnership added several other Air Navigation Service Providers including ENAV from Italy, NATS from the UK, Naviair from Denmark and Irelands IAA.Aireon has hosted Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) receivers built into each of the 66 satellites in the Iridium NEXT cons...
Episode 73: Pierre Leblanc on Arctic Security and Space
January 17, 2019 18:10 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBMost Canadians have little concept of how vast the arctic really is, think of an area larger than Europe and you'll start to get an appreciation of the scale of the area Canada needs to protect.My guest for this weeks SpaceQ podcast is Colonel (Retired) Pierre Leblanc, principal at Arctic Security Consultants.Colonel Leblanc has spent over 20 years working on Arctic security issues including commanding Canadian Forces Northern Area for an extended five year period. During that time he had the...
Winter Series Episode 3: Peter Diamandis on Exploring Exponential Technologies
January 10, 2019 17:37 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is the SpaceQ podcast. Welcome to the third and final episode of our three part Winter Series.Anyone familiar with the XPrize, and in particular the ANSARI and Google Lunar XPrize’s, will be familiar with today’s speaker. In this recent Talks at Google recorded on December 11 , 2018, the speaker is Peter Diamandis who discussed Exploring Exponential Technologies. While the talk itself is not targeted specifically at the space community, it does discuss technologi...
Winter Series Episode 2: Deep Space Exploration Robotics on a Cislunar Habitat
January 03, 2019 19:40 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBHappy New Year and welcome to the second episode of our three part Winter Series talks.In this episode we hear from MDA’s Paul Fulford on Canadian Deep Space Exploration Robotics for Improved Capability, Utilization, and Flexibility on a Cislunar Habitat. The talk is introduced by Daniel Rey of the Canadian Space Agency who also provides the conclusion. The talk was part of NASA’s Future in Space Operations weekly teleconference series from mid-2018. NASA has invited Canada to participate in...
Winter Series Episode 1: The Sounds Of Mars
December 27, 2018 15:59 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBIn the first of our three part Podcast Winter Series we’ll be bringing you important news updates and talks on topics we think you’ll find interesting. Our regular interviews will resume on January 17th where we’ll discuss Canada’s Arctic with a focus on security and space.This week we have a news update from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory which features the first ever sounds of Martian winds. The sounds were recorded by NASA’s InSight lander 10 days after it safely landed on the Red plane...
Episode 72: Panel Discussion on How Canada Can Create a Sustainable National Space Infrastructure
December 20, 2018 14:38 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBToday’s SpaceQ podcast is panel discussion from the recent Canadian Science Policy Conference. The panel, titled "How Canada Can Create a Sustainable National Space Infrastructure” was organized by Michelle Mendes of the Space Advisory Board and features members of the Space Advisory Board. Each panel member discussed a specific area for the theme and were very articulate in getting their point across.The panel was moderated by:(2:21) Dr. David Kendall, Past Chair of the United Nations Commit...
Episode 71: The OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft has Arrived at Asteroid Bennu
December 13, 2018 16:42 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MBThe first results are in from the OSIRIS-REx mission and they couldn't please researchers more. Asteroid Bennu is everything they had hoped it would be based on the data obtained so far. It has also provided a few surprises.The topic of today’s SpaceQ podcast is the NASA led OSIRIS-REx mission with its ongoing multi-year mission to rendezvous, examine and sample asteroid Bennu. The acronym OSIRIS-REx stands for the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith E...
Episode 70: Updates from the 2018 Canadian Space Summit
December 06, 2018 16:10 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBThis weeks podcast consists of three short interviews recorded at the Canadian Space Summit in Ottawa on November 28 and 29.Segment 1 (03:47) - In the first segment I spoke with Ryan Anderson, a co-founder of the Satellite Canada Innovation Network, known as SatCan. It was just over a year ago that I last spoke with Ryan in episode 22 about the new SatCan project. Since then, the organization tried unsuccessfully to be a part of the governments Supercluster program. However, the concept has i...