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On this weeks episode of the Space Economy I'm taking to Tahir Merali, COO of the startup 4pi Lab who are planning to build a constellation of small satellites in Low Earth Orbit to detect small wildfires. It's a fascinating idea. Once operational, the service is designed to give communities and governments who want access to the data, as early a heads-up as possible so the decision maker can decide what to do about the wildfires. But before they begin building satellites, the company is working on developing its optical sensor.4pi Labhttp://site.4pilab.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this weeks episode of the Space Economy I interview Robert Jacobson, an investor in the space economy and the author of the recently published book, Space is Open for Business. After listening to the podcast, you can check out Robert's book and added features he has on https://www.spaceisopenforbusiness.com/Also, we have a new Twitter account for the podcast. Check it out at: https://twitter.com/TheEconomySpace See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this weeks episode of the Space Economy we speak with Chad Anderson, a Managing Partner at Space Capital an early stage venture capital firm who invest in the space economy. Space Capital recently published their Q3 2020 Space Quarterly Report and today Chad and I will discuss some key points from the report touching on changes to the methodology, COVID-19, Special Purpose Acquisition Companies or SPAC's and China.- Our sponsor this week is MDA.https://mda.space- You can download the Space Investment Quarterly report from the Space Capital website.https://www.spacecapital.com/- Read daily news on these websites:https://spaceq.ca/http://spaceref.com/http://nasawatch.com/http://astrobiology.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to season 4 of the podcast. And what a season have we got planned for you. To start, each episode will centre around the space economy. So naturally we’re changing the name of the podcast to The Space Economy.The other big change we’re making, at least from what you the listener will notice right away, is that the podcasts are getting shorter. Each podcast will be no longer than 35 minutes. And since we’re going to have shorter podcasts, starting November we’re going to have more of them. We’re going back to our weekly format but instead of publishing on Thursday’s, you’ll be able to tune every Monday morning.We’ll have more announcements coming up, but let’s get today’s guest. Our first guest for season 4 is NASA’s Chief Economist, Alex MacDonald.Listen in. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is the fourth and last episode of the SpaceQ Summer Series. In two weeks we begin our 4th season and we’re excited to bring you some great content including our interviews with today’s and future leaders from the space community.Today we have a teleconference from this past Monday where NASA discussed its early Artemis exploration plans after releasing its Lunar Exploration Program Overview earlier in the day.On the call are NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine along with; - Kathy Lueders, associate administrator for NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate- James Reuter, associate administrator for NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate- Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission DirectorateAfter short introductory statements the teleconference was opened up to questions from journalists. It is those questions and the answer which are well worth listening to, to gain insights into NASA’s lunar exploration plans.Listen in. See acast.com/privacy for privacy

Hi, I’m Marc Boucher, welcome to the SpaceQ podcast.This is the third episode of the SpaceQ Summer Series which today features NASA’s Raymond Clinton Jr., Associate Director of the Science & Technology Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center.The topic is In-Space Manufacturing and Lunar Construction Technology Development at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.Dr. Clinton takes takes us on a brief journey of what's been done by NASA to date and then discusses what NASA is doing now and what the future of in-space and lunar manufacturing might be.Listen in. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hi, I’m Marc Boucher and welcome to the second episode of the SpaceQ Summer Series which today features cosmologist and science communicator Katie Mack.In June she published the book The End of Everything (Astrophyically Speaking). Today we’ll hear from @AstroKatie on the topic of the end of the universe from a May 6th webcast from the Perimeter Institute. While the topic might be tough to follow for those who aren’t astrophysists, Mack is a consummate science communicator and brings the topic alive so everyone can understand it.Mack is currently a Simons Emmy Noether Fellow at the Perimeter Institute and an Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University.Listen in.The End of Everything (Astrophyically Speaking):https://amzn.to/3lox43B See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Last night Erin O’Toole was elected leader of the Federal Conservative Party. We’ve got an article online available to subscribers that outlines what you might expect from O’Toole and the Conservatives should they win the next election. And that election could come as early as this fall if the Liberal’s don’t win the confidence of Parliament after the Throne speech on September 23rd.As a bonus for SpaceQ podcast listeners, we have the following interview I did with O’Toole last October 3rd leading up to the 2019 Federal election.Ok, Listen in to my interview with new Conservative party leader Erin O’Toole. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Satellite servicing is going from the realm of, I wish we could do this, to becoming a reality. That reality includes creating satellite servicing standards.There are several legacy companies looking to garner a share of the satellite servicing market along with a slew of startups. There are many issues facing all those interested in satellite servicing. To work towards technical and safety standards DARPA funded a new organization with that goal.Today, Brian Weeden, the Executive Director of the Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations, known as (CONFERS), provides an in-depth look at what their organization is doing and the challenges ahead. His talk was part of the Future-in-space Operations weekly teleconference series recorded on July 29. I should note that Brian is also the Director of Program Planning for the Secure World Foundation.Listen in. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is the SpaceQ podcast.My guest today is Adam Keith. Adam is an independent advisor and business consultant focused on the space sector. In his 20 years in the space sector he has advised a wide range of clients including government organizations, investors and commercial actors along the value chain. He is also an Affiliate Principal Advisor at Euroconsult with specialization in Earth Observation and disruptive technologies.Today Adam and I are going to talk about the state of Earth Observation including what’s happening in Canada. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Comet NEOWISE took astronomers somewhat by surprise. You see, comets can be very finicky with respect to how bright they get. And because the Comet became bright enough for the public to see, well, it’s a rare treat. Comet NEOWISE was discovered earlier this year on March 27. Yesterday NASA held two events to discuss the Comet. The first was geared towards a general audience and was hosted by the NASA Science Live team. So the first part of the podcast, a little over 6 minutes, is going to provide you with the basic background and information you need to enjoy viewing the Comet. Unfortunately, the Comet is only visible to those in the northern hemisphere.The second part of the podcast is a media teleconference where the media get to ask the experts their questions. You would be surprised at some of the questions and answers. The NASA experts included Lindley Johnson, planetary defense officer and program executive of NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, NASA Headquarters, Emily Kramer, co-investigato

Rick Tumlinson has always had a vision for space exploration and space development which is why he co-founded the Space Frontier Foundation in 1988.Over the years Tumlinson has worked towards making that vision a reality, and through his various endeavours has helped many a startup. In 2018 he decided to take another step by creating SpaceFund, a traditional venture capital fund, but with a modern day twist.In this weeks SpaceQ podcast, Rick Tumlinson is our guest. We’re going to be talking about Venture Capital and startups. Tumlinson is also the founder of the EarthLight Foundation and in 2012 co-founded Deep Space Industries.Today, we’ll revisit some of Tumlinson's history but focus primarily on the. SpaceFund. To use Tumlinson's words, the SpaceFund "enables the development of space by bringing Visionary investors together with brilliant entrepreneurs."The SpaceFund currently has two funds. A $1 million traditional VC fund and a more ambitious $50-$70 million fund using security tokens. See acast.com/priv

Today we’re going to discuss India’s space exploration program with regards to the Moon and the Artemis program, as well as India’s space startup scene.My guest is Dr. Chaitanya Giri from Gateway House, Indian Council on Global Relations. I recently discovered Dr. Giri's work at Gateway House when I came across a paper he wrote on the Artemis Accords and India’s space ambitions. Dr. Giri was trained as a planetary and astromaterials scientist, and has been a Visiting Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, a Fellow at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, did a postdoctoral at the Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research, just a few of his past experience. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With the recent announcement by NASA of the Artemis Accords and the White House Executive Order on space resource utilization, SpaceQ wanted to interview someone from the commercial space sector who has an interested in space resource utilization.EnterJeff Plate, CEO of Interstellar Mining. Mr. Plate is also Vice President, Marketing and Business Development at WGM, an independent Canadian firm of geological and mining consultants. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With the COVID-19 virus becoming a global pandemic I wanted to talk to people within the space community about how their organizations are coping and also get a little personal and talk about, well life at home. So today my guest are Bachar Elzein, CEO and CTO and Neil Woodcock, COO, of Reaction Dynamics, a Montreal based startup that is planning to offer dedicated satellite launch services. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With the COVID-19 virus becoming a global pandemic I wanted to talk to people within the space community about how their organizations are coping, and also get a little personal and talk about life at home. So today my guest is Geoff Languedoc, the Executive Director of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute. CASI as it’s known, is a not-for-profit scientific and technical organization that traces its roots back to 1954. It became the formal organization it is today in 1962 with the merger of the Toronto based Canadian Astronautical Society and the Montreal-based Astronautical Society of Canada. This put the organization squarely at the forefront of the new space age. Today the organization serves a diverse membership across Canada and hosts some important annual conferences that brings the community together.Listen in.The Show- Like the show? Support the show:www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=4270364- Email your thoughts, comments, and questions to:podcast AT spaceq.ca- Follow us on Twitter:twitter.com/canada

If you're opening up New Space markets, albeit in the failing Soviet Union, and then Russia, and different parts of the US government either support you or don't, how do you classify your work? After all, you're being asked to transition a communist state to, in part, a capital state with a new venture.Today on Terranauts you'll hear that story from someone who could have been labelled the "clandestine" Terranaut at the time.The Show- Like the show? Support the show:https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=4270364- Email your thoughts, comments, and questions to: podcast AT spaceq.ca- Follow us on Twitter:https://twitter.com/canadainspace- Subscribe to the SpaceQ Short Cuts Newsletter:http://eepurl.com/cTNNpf See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

COVID-19 is leaving no aspect of our lives untouched including at universities where students and professors have had to adapt to our new reality.To better understand how COVID-19 is affected different parts of the space community SpaceQ has been talking to and interviewing people.Today my guest on the SpaceQ podcast is with someone from the academic world who teaches students and runs a research lab.That professor is Philip Ferguson from the University of Manitoba where he's the NSERC / Magellan Aerospace Industrial Research Chair in Satellite Engineering. Ferguson teaches undergrad and grad courses and manages a satellite engineering lab. He’s also married, has two children, two dogs and lives outside of Winnipeg on a hobby farm.The interview isn't just about the academic life of Ferguson and his students. COVID-19 is affecting every part of our lives. So we get a little personal with our interview. Listen in. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is the 13th episode of Terranauts and it coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission. So naturally Iain provides a unique and insightful look at the mission. He also concludes the Stan Rogers story which was mentioned in the last episode. Oh, and did I mention there's some singing?Listen in. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we have a special guest, he’s the new CEO of MDA. Ok, well the new CEO is none other than Mike Greenley who was the Group President of MDA until yesterday. Why the change in titles? Yesterday Northern Private Capital completed the acquisition of MDA from Maxar Technologies. MDA is now a Canadian owned company after paying Maxar $1 billion Canadian to acquire the 51 year old company.Mike and discuss the deal, what it means for MDA, its future and we also touch on the important topics of today such as COVID-19 and the bankruptcy of OneWeb.Listen in. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.