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.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
Episode 69: William "Mac" Evans, Canadian Space Pioneer
November 29, 2018 12:52 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBMy special guest this week is William “Mac" Evans. Mac, as most people refer to him, is a thirty plus year veteran of the Canadian space program and in 2016 became a member of the order of Canada. He helped create the Canadian Space Agency, negotiated Canada’s participation in the International Space Station Program and was the longest serving president of the Canadian Space Agency.Today we’ll be talking about some of the history of Canada’s space program to better understand how we got to wh...
Episode 68: Elizabeth Howell, Freelance Reporter
November 22, 2018 17:29 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBMy guest today is freelance reporter Elizabeth Howell. Elizabeth is a contributor to SpaceQ along with writing for several other publications. She’s also a journalism instructor at Carleton University, the University of Ottawa, Algonquin College and La Cite collégiale. Elizabeth will be heading to the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan next week to cover the launch of Expedition 58 to the International Space Station. Onboard will be Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques who will be on a six ...
Episode 67: Chris Blackerby, COO of Astroscale on Commercial Space Debris Removal
November 16, 2018 16:15 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBSpace debris is an issue that's not going away. In fact, it will get worse before it might get better. For Astroscale, an Asian startup based in Singapore and Japan, that spells business opportunity while doing humanity a favour.Astroscale has raised $102M US to date for its business case which is to help in the removal of orbital debris through the provision of End of Life and Active Debris Removal services.The company isn’t going to clean all of the debris that plagues us today, but it is t...
Episode 66: The Canadian Space Industry Power Panel
November 08, 2018 17:37 - 44 minutes - 41 MBToday’s podcast is a panel discussion from the recent Canadian Global Affairs Institute Ready for Launch, Preparing Canada for a Future in Space conference held in Ottawa.Officially the panel was called the Canadian Space Industry Leaders, but I’m calling it the Power Panel, as it featured David O’Connor of Magellan Aerospace, Mike Greenley of MDA, Marina Mississian of Honeywell and Dan Goldberg of Telesat. Indeed, a power panel representative of Canada’s largest space companies. Moderated by...
Episode 65: Chris Herd, University of Alberta on Canada's 10 Year Space Exploration Plan
November 01, 2018 13:01 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is the SpaceQ podcast. My guest this week is Professor Chris Herd from the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta. We’re going to be talking about the Canadian Space Agency Space Exploration Workshop held in late 2016 and the subsequent lengthy report which was recently released.The report forms the basis of what Canada is likely to do in the next 10 years in space exploration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
Episode 64: Kenneth Hodgkins, U.S. State Department on the New Space Age
October 25, 2018 13:39 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is a special episode of the SpaceQ podcast.This recording is from the Canadian Global Affairs Institute's Ready for Launch - Preparing Canada for a Future in Space conference, which was held in Ottawa on October 16, 2018.In this recording, a Fireside Chat: The New Space Age, the CBC’s Bob McDonald interviews Kenneth Hodgkins, the Director for the Office of space and Advanced Technology of the U.S. Department of State.In it, the discussion centers on the commercia...
Short Take 6: Adam Trumpour on the Canada Rocket Innovation Challenge
October 25, 2018 11:38 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher of SpaceQ and this is an episode of Short Takes. Short Takes are short interviews or short speeches with leaders in the space sector.This recording is from Friday, October 19, 2018 at the Montreal Space Symposium. In it Adam Trumpour announces the newly created Canada Rocket Innovation Challenge.Listen in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Short Take 5: Minister Marc Garneau on Canada's Space Program
October 23, 2018 16:24 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher of SpaceQ and this is an episode of Short Takes. Short Takes are short interviews or short speeches with leaders in the space sector.Last week the Canadian Global Affairs Institute hosted a one day conference, Ready for Launch - Preparing Canada for a Future in Space.The title is ironic when you consider that Minister of Transportation Marc Garneau, a former astronaut and president of the Canadian Space Agency, openly stated that Canada has been a serious space player unt...
Episode 63: Zaid Rana and Chantelle Dubois of the Space Generation Advisory Council
October 18, 2018 11:19 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBThe Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is a global network for students and young professionals looking to have a greater presence in Canada.Leading the charge are Zaid Rana, a systems engineer at Concordia University, and Chantelle Dubois, an engineering student at the University of Manitoba.In this weeks SpaceQ podcast we’ll be discussing what the SGAC is, what it does for students and young professionals globally, and what the organization is planning in Canada.Listen in.Link: https:...
Short Take 4: Jim Quick, President and CEO, AIAC on Vision 2025
October 12, 2018 16:07 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher of SpaceQ and this is an episode of Short Takes. Short Takes are short interviews with leaders in the space sector.Earlier this week the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada announced a new initiative called Vision 2025: Beyond our Imagination. It is, in their words "an industry-led initiative to start a new dialogue between industry, government, the public, and other stakeholders that will chart a course for Canada’s future in the international aerospace sector.” ...
Episode 62: Stephane Germain, CEO of GHGSat on Monitoring Global Emissions from Space
October 11, 2018 17:09 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBGHGSat is on a roll having raised more funds and looks to pad its lead in the commercial monitoring of global emissions from small satellites.Recently GHGSat announced it had raised US$10M in a Series A2 financing. The funds bring to $20M GHGSat has raised to date, including funds from the Alberta and federal governments.It’s also been over two years now that GHGSat’s first satellite, Claire, was launched. In that time a lot has changed politically, especially when talking about carbon taxes....
Episode 61: Gordon Osinski, Western University, Talks About Water on Mars
October 04, 2018 13:19 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBMy guest this week is Professor Gordon Osinski, Director of the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration at Western University. Today we’ll be talking about water on Mars and the history of water discoveries on the Red Planet. As well, is there liquid water on Mars today? It’s a question that we haven’t decided with any certainty even though we’ve found evidence that suggest water flowed in the past on Mars. As well the Martian polar caps contain water ice. However unlike Earths polar c...
Episode 60: Andy Bowyer, CEO of Kleos Space
September 27, 2018 13:39 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBKleos Space is looking to build a satellite constellation that will collect radio transmissions data that is currently hidden from detection for commercial and government civil and defence clients.The company has signed GomSpace to build the constellation of 20 satellites, with the first set of up to three nanosatellites ready for launch by mid-2019. Last week the company announced that Rocket Labs had been contracted as their launch provider.Kleos a fascinating startup. It's founders are Bri...
Episode 59: Sarah Gallagher - Canada's New Science Advisor the Canadian Space Agency
September 20, 2018 11:37 - 24 minutes - 22 MBMy guest today is Professor Sarah Gallagher, Canada’s new Science Advisor to the president of the Canadian Space Agency. In this interview Sarah provides more detail on her new position as well as sharing her thoughts on Canada’s space program and the news that a Japanese private citizen has purchased all the seats on a SpaceX spacecraft to go to the moon and back. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 58: Astronaut David Saint-Jacques on his 1st Space Station Mission
September 13, 2018 17:07 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBToday we’re going to hear from Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques. At 48, Saint-Jacques will start his first and possibly only mission to the International Space Station in late December. Saint-Jacques is the rare astronaut that is qualified in four disciplines. He has an engineering physics degree and PhD in Astrophysics, is a licensed doctor and has a commercial pilot license. That last skill will come in handy when on December 19 (Eastern time), already December 20 in Kaza...
Episode 57: Alex MacDonald on the Space Economy and the Long Space Age
September 06, 2018 00:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBMy guest today is Alex MacDonald, Senior Economic Advisor in the Office of the Administrator at NASA Headquarters in Washington. I’ll note that Alex is appearing in a personal capacity and not representing NASA in this interview.Alex is recognized as an expert on the economic history of American space exploration and contemporary private sector space activities. He was previously the founding program executive of NASA's Emerging Space Office and is the author and editor of a number of NASA re...
Summer Series Episode 3: Elon Musk on Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species
August 30, 2018 10:30 - 1 hour - 60 MBLast week part two of our our three part podcast Summer Series was on the Future of Nuclear Powered Space Exploration which will one day increase our ability to explore the solar system. This week In episode 3, the topic is Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species.Our Summer Series features recent important talks on topics we think you’ll find interesting. Our regular interviews will resume the first week in September.The speaker this week is SpaceX founder Elon Musk. In this talk at the Intern...
An OSIRIS-REx Mission Special Update
August 27, 2018 10:30 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is a SpaceQ podcast special. On Friday, August 24th NASA hosted a media teleconference on the OSIRIS-REx mission which will return an asteroid sample to Earth. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is now preparing to conduct approach maneuvers as it heads for a December 3rd rendezvous with asteroid Bennu.Canada is participating in the mission by providing the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter or OLA as its called. The OLA instrument will create a critical 3-D map of asteroid Bennu...
Summer Series Episode 2: The Future of Nuclear Powered Space Exploration
August 23, 2018 13:47 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBLast week we began our our three part podcast Summer Series with a talk on the Parker Solar Probe which is on its way to touch the sun, a first for humanity. In episode 2, the topic is the Future of Nuclear Powered Space Travel and the the Kilopower Project.Our Podcast Summer Series features recent important talks on topics we think you’ll find interesting. Our regular interviews will resume the first week in September.The speaker this week is Patrick McClure of the Los Alamos National Labora...
Summer Series Episode 1: Parker Solar Probe to Touch the Sun
August 16, 2018 13:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBIn the first of a three part Podcast Summer Series we’ll be bringing you recent talks on topics we think are important and that you’ll find interesting. Our regular interviews will resume in September.This week, and only days after the launch, we have a talk from earlier this year from the South by Southwest Music Festival. The topic, NASA's Parker Solar Probe. The speakers are Project Scientist Nicola Fox and Lead Thermal Protection System Engineer Elizabeth Congdon, both from the Johns Hopk...
Episode 56: David Haight, Chief Economist at the Canadian Space Agency
August 09, 2018 13:55 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBMy guest this week is David Haight, Chief Economist at the Canadian Space Agency.Before starting at the Canadian Space Agency in November of 2015, David worked at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, or ISED, first as a Senior Policy Analyst, Policy and Sector Services Branch, and then as Manager in the Analytics and Sector Intelligence, Automotive and Transportation Industries Branch.Today we’ll be talking about the recently released Patents in Space report from the Canadian ...
Episode 55: Tory Bruno, CEO of United Launch Alliance
July 26, 2018 16:32 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is the SpaceQ podcast. If you like what we do, please support us on Patreon at https://patreon.com/spaceq. We need your support to make this weekly show. My guest this week is Tory Bruno the president and CEO of United Launch Alliance or as it’s commonly called ULA. Tory joined ULA from Lockheed Martin in August 2014 with a mission to evolve the company in an increasingly competitive market where competitor SpaceX was nipping at their heels to garner a portion of...
Episode 54: The Rebirth of the Australia Space Agency
July 19, 2018 15:57 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBOn July 1st Australia’s Space Agency started operations. It’s an important milestone for the country as they look to space to help drive economic growth with an eye to tripling their share of the global space market by 2030.My guests on this weeks SpaceQ podcast are today are Kirby Ikin and Bill Barrett of Sydney based Asia Pacific Aerospace Consultants. Kirby is the Managing Director of APAC while Bill is Senior Vice President. Both have extensive experience working in the industry and have ...
Episode 53: Jeffrey Osborne of Kepler Communications on Their Satellite Constellation
July 12, 2018 16:09 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBThis week our guest is Jeffrey Osborne, Co-founder & Vice President of Business Development at Toronto based Kepler Communications.Kepler is developing next-generation satellite communication technologies for the Machine to Machine and Internet of Things satellite market with the goal of launching a constellation of 140 satellites for that developing marketplace. To date they’ve launched one of three demonstration satellites. Another will launch this summer followed by another in mid-2019.Tod...
Episode 52: Astrophysicists Rob Thacker on Canadian Astronomy Missions
July 05, 2018 15:53 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBThis week my guest is astrophysicist Rob Thacker, a Professor at Saint Mary’s University. Rob is also the new president of the Canadian Astronomical Society, a society of professional astronomers. He also co-hosts the CBC Nova Scotia radio show, the Sound of Science, is also a guest on News 1310’s Ottawa Today show and a guest on Science Ship on Rogers TV. Our topic this week is Canadian astronomy missions and a recent independent report that offered mix results on the Canadian Space Agency’...
Episode 51: Space Mining and the Governments Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan
June 21, 2018 15:41 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBOur topic this week is Canada’s long term planning in the mining sector, specifically the ongoing consultation for the Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan which recently included a consultation session on space mining.I have two guests to discuss this topic. In the first segment I speak with Glenn Mason, Assistant Deputy Minister, Lands and Minerals Sector from the Department of Natural Resources.In the second segment I spoke Michelle Ash, Chief Innovation Officer at traditional mining giant, B...
Episode 50: Phil Ferguson, University of Manitoba on Building a Small Satellite Innovation Hub
June 14, 2018 15:43 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is the SpaceQ podcast. This is a special podcast in that it is our 50th, and marks one year since I started the show.I want to thank our growing audience who have contributed to having our podcasts played 20,000 times so far.To keep this show going we need your continued support. For those who are not yet supporting us through our crowdfunding site on Patreon, I would ask that you consider supporting us now. The address is https://www.patreon.com/spaceqMy guest t...
Episode 49: Sylvain Laporte, President, Canadian Space agency and the Elephant in the Room
June 07, 2018 17:39 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBCanadian Space Agency (CSA) president Sylvain Laporte surprised the audience at the CASI ASTRO 18 conference with his talk. Expecting an update on CSA activities, the audience listened attentively when Laporte addressed "the elephant in the room."That elephant is the budget where the Liberals didn't address a new space strategy or address the budgetary problems in a meaningful way.Listen to Mr. Laporte's full speech in this weeks podcast and read our story here:http://spaceq.ca/the-message-th...
Episode 48: Jacques Giroux of ABB on the Big company you Probably Haven't Heard of
May 31, 2018 16:23 - 50 minutes - 46 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is a special edition of the SpaceQ podcast. In this podcast recorded at the CASI ASTRO 18 conference in Quebec City, you’ll hear from Jacques Giroux, Business Development Manager, Space & Defence Systems at ABB. Jacques is also the incoming president of CASI, the organizers of the conference.ABB is large Swiss multinational company with 135,000 employee and revenues of $34.3B in 2017. ABB has about 4,000 employees in Canada but less than 5% of those work in its s...
Space Advisory Board Chair Lucy Stojak - A CASI ASTRO 18 Special Podcast
May 28, 2018 14:19 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is a special edition of the SpaceQ podcast. In this podcast from the CASI ASTRO 18 conference in Quebec City, you’ll hear from Dr. Lucy Stojak, Chair of the government appointed Space Advisory Board. Dr. Stojak was the CASI 2018 Turnbull Lecturer and provided a review of the activities of the Space Advisory Board to date along with their planned future activities.For more podcasts and stories from CASI ASTRO 18, go to http://spaceq.ca/tag/astro-2018. Hosted on ...
The Future of Canada’s Space Sector - A CASI ASTRO 18 Special Podcast
May 25, 2018 16:12 - 1 hour - 77.4 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is a special edition of the SpaceQ podcast. In this podcast from the CASI ASTRO 18 conference in Quebec City, you’ll hear from stakeholders on their Perspective of the Future of Canada’s Space Sector. The moderator for this discussion is Jacques Giroux of ABB who is also the incoming president of CASI. The panelists in order of who you’ll her from are; Sylvain Laporte, president of the Canadian Space Agency, Mike Greenley, president of MDA, Ewan Reid, president a...
Canadian Forces Director General Space Panel - A CASI ASTRO 18 Special Podcast
May 25, 2018 15:15 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is a special edition of the SpaceQ podcast. In this podcast from the CASI ASTRO 18 conference in Quebec City, you’ll hear an in-depth discussion of Canada’s current military space component, its capabilities and what the future holds. The moderator for this discussion is Jacques Giroux of ABB who is also the incoming president of CASI. The panelists in order of who you’ll here from, are; Brigadier-General Kevin G. Whale, Lieutenant Colonel Catherine Marchetti and...
Episode 47: Brigadier-General Kevin G. Whale on Canada's Military Space Component
May 24, 2018 17:46 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is a special edition of the SpaceQ podcast. In this podcast recorded at the CASI ASTRO 18 conference in Quebec City, you’ll hear from Brigadier-General Kevin G. Whale, Director General & Component Commander - Space.Canada’s military space component is set to grow significantly going forward both in terms of personnel and capability. General Whale provide a status update on the space component he leads, and tell explain how our defence forces are preparing for the...
The Canadian Space Agency Directors General - A CASI ASTRO 18 Special Podcast
May 23, 2018 17:36 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBHi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is a special edition of the SpaceQ podcast. In this podcast from the CASI ASTRO 18 conference in Quebec City, you’ll hear an update from four Canadian Space Agency Director Generals including and in order of their speaking, Jean-Claude Piedboeuf, Director General Space Science and Technology, Eric Laliberte, Director General Space Utilization, Gilles Leclerc, Director General Space Exploration and Mary Preville, Director General, Policy.The presentation used for ...
Episode 46: Joe Cassady, Explore Mars on the 2018 Humans to Mars Report
May 17, 2018 10:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBMy guest this week is Joe Cassady and today we’re going to talk about the 2018 Humans to Mars Report which was released last week at the Humans to Mars Summit. The report reinforces a notional date of 2033 for the first Humans to Mars mission. There also seems to be a convergence happening within the Mars community, both within government and the commercial sector, that the pieces needed to make a mission happen by 2033 can be ready.Joe is the Executive Vice President and a Director at Explor...
Episode 45: Rafael Jorda Siquier, CEO of Open Cosmos on Inexpensive Space Missions and Startups
May 10, 2018 14:26 - 55 minutes - 51 MBMy guest this week is Rafael Jorda Siquier, CEO of Open Cosmos.Rafael and some of his colleagues had an idea 10 years ago to make space more accessible. To bring that idea to fruition took many years of schooling and then working in the industry. The result was the creation of Open Cosmos, a company dedicated to providing inexpensive space missions using small satellites in low earth orbit an eventually beyond low earth orbit. Not content to just build satellites, they offer an end-to-end ser...
Episode 44: David Kendall, Chair of the UN COPUOS on Canadian and Global Space Policy and Law
May 03, 2018 15:22 - 58 minutes - 54 MBMy guest this week is David Kendall, the Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.David is a faculty member of the International Space University and was a Senior Executive at the Canadian Space Agency during his long career. While trained as a scientist, David has become an important leading expert on global space policy and law. Today we’re going to first discuss the current state of space policy in Canada followed by the global perspective. Hosted on Acas...
Episode 43: Kate Howells From the Planetary Society on Space Advocacy in Canada
April 26, 2018 12:06 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBMy guest this week is Kate Howells. Kate works at the Planetary Society as their Global Community Outreach Manager. In her role as Outreach Manager she has built up and manages a global network of volunteers who do educational outreach in their communities and develops volunteer activities that support the Planetary Society's goals and strategic vision.She is also a member of the government of Canada’s Space Advisory Board. In this interview we talk about the Planetary Society and its growth ...
Episode 42: Mike Greenley, MDA's new President, Canada's largest space company
April 19, 2018 13:26 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBThree months into his new job as the Group President of MDA in Canada and Mike Greenley is very busy shaping the 49 year old company to the realities of today, including ways to spur growth in a tough domestic market.MDA, once the parent company of several business units in the U.S., is now one of four business units in the larger U.S. based Maxar Technologies which it created. The other business units are SSL, DigitalGlobe and Radiant Solutions.Being a player in the the defence and space sec...
Episode 41: Dr. Dave Williams on Missions Beyond Earth Orbit
April 12, 2018 12:56 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBThis week we’re doing something a little different and unplanned. On Friday, April 6 Western University in London, Ontario held its 4th annual Space Day.Western University is one of the leading planetary sciences universities in Canada, if not the best. The keynote speaker was former Canadian astronaut, Dr. Dave Williams.Williams first flew on two space shuttle missions, STS-90 in April of 1998 and then again on STS-118 in August 2007. He holds the Canadian cumulative long duration record for...
Episode 40: Lucy Stojak, Chair of the Space Advisory Board
April 05, 2018 12:00 - 58 minutes - 53.1 MBMy guest this week is Lucy Stojak who is the Director of the School on Management of Creativity and Innovation at HEC Montréal. Lucy is also the Chair of the Space Advisory Board.It was just about a year ago that ISED Minister Bains announced the then 10 member Space Advisory Board. Last summer an additional member was added, Kate Howells, to represent the advocacy segment. I will note that that Board members are not employees of the government, serve on a voluntary basis and are not paid. Al...
Episode 39: AlbertaSat, a University of Alberta Student Project
March 29, 2018 13:14 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBMy guests this week are two members of the AlbertSat team, Callie Lissinna and Logan Fairgrieve-Park.AlbertaSat is a student group started in 2010 made up of about 50 undergraduate and graduate students. The group was started as a result of the creation of the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge. The Canada wide competition encourages university students from different study areas to form a team to develop and build a nanosatellite, or CubeSat. It’s not just for science and technology student...
Episode 38: Dale Boucher, CEO of Deltion on Space Mining
March 22, 2018 15:10 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThis week our guest is Dale Boucher, CEO of Deltion Innovations. Deltion is one of the leading proponents for space mining and has worked with the Canadian Space Agency, NASA and others.Some of the questions Dale answers include:How is Deltion involved in space mining?Will Canada participate on a mission to test mining equipment on the moon or elsewhere?How mature or immature is the technology? Is anyone working on heavy mining machinery needed for the moon?Do we know where to begin mining op...
Episode 37: Grant Bonin of Deep Space Industries, a technology and asteroid mining company
March 15, 2018 15:27 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBMy guest this week is Grant Bonin, Chief Technology Officer of Deep Space Industries.Deep Space Industries is a five year old privately held company spacecraft technology with a long term plan of mining asteroids that has adapted its business for the long game.At the time the company launched, some people wondered if the idea was crazy. It’s not, but it is hard, and It’s a long game. Deep Space industries (DSI) is still here and apparently has adapted its business plan to meet the challenge a...
Episode 36: Hassan Khan on Space Venture Funding, Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrency
March 08, 2018 16:26 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBMy guest this week is Hassan Khan, CEO of Quantius and TodaQ.Is the Canadian venture capitalist landscape light years behind in understanding the space ecosystem in comparison with their U.S. counterparts? Will blockchain technology be as transformative as the Internet has been? These questions are answered in this weeks SpaceQ podcast.If you have a new space company or are staring one, then this podcast is one you won't want to miss. The same is true if you want a better understanding of blo...
Episode 35: Michael Simpson of the Secure World Foundation and the sustainability of space
March 01, 2018 17:08 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBMy guest this week is Michael Simpson, the Executive Director of the Secure Word Foundation, a U.S. based not-for-profit and former President of the International Space University.Michael was the opening keynote speaker at the recent Canadian SmallSat Symposium. His speech was on the sustainability of space. We explore that topic further. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 34: Mike Safyan of Planet on the Largest Satellite Constellation and Problems in Canada
February 22, 2018 17:50 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBMy guest this week is Mike Safyan, Senior Director, Launch and Global Ground Station Networks at Planet. Planet, previously known as Planet Labs, is an Earth Observation company which has launched a fleet over 200 satellites to monitor the Earth. This podcast was recorded at the Canadian SmallSat Symposium which was held last week in Toronto.Planet has become the largest operator of satellites in orbit with 148 active imaging satellites. It should be noted though, unlike the large school bus ...
Episode 33: Adam Trumpour on Developing and Launching a Canadian Rocket
February 15, 2018 12:17 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBMy guest this week is Adam Trumpour. Adam is a concept designer at Pratt & Whitney Canada by day, and a rocket developer by night.He develops liquid propellant rocket engines, occasionally consults on the subject and mentors student rocketry groups. Today we’re going to talk about launch vehicles, with an emphasis on small launch vehicles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 32 Bonus: Elon Musk, SpaceX Falcon Heavy Pre-launch Press Conference
February 06, 2018 13:11 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBOn February 5, 2018, the day before the first attempt by SpaceX to launch the Falcon Heavy on its maiden flight, Elon Musk held a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center to answer questions from reporters. Here is the unedited Q&A.The launch window opens up at 1:30 p.m. EST and extends to 4:30 p.m. Currently the weather is favourable with a 80% probability of good launch conditions. Our listeners can watch the SpaceX webcast on SpaceRef and SpaceQ.Links:- Webcast http://spaceq.ca/spacex-...
Episode 32: Chris Gebhardt, NASA Spaceflight on SpaceX and the Falcon Heavy Launch
February 06, 2018 13:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBMy guest this week is Chris Gebhardt, Assistant Managing Editor of NASASpaceflight.com. Chris and I talked about SpaceX, specifically the upcoming maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.The launch is scheduled for Tuesday, February 6 and this podcast was recorded the Sunday before. The launch window opens up at 1:30 p.m. EST and extends to 4:30 p.m. Currently the weather is favourable with a 80% probability of good launch conditions. Our listeners can watch the SpaceX webcast on Spac...