The Astro Ben Podcast (Ben Gamble)

Dan Klopp works for ILC Dover, the company that has manufactured every EVA spacesuit for NASA the last 50+ years (making them the only company in the world to have protected humans on the moon). In addition to designing and manufacturing spacesuits for NASA (and by extension ESA, JAXA, and CSA), they also design and manufacture landing systems for spacecraft (there are currently 4 sets of landing airbags sitting on the surface of Mars designed and manufactured by engineers at ILC Dover), and they design prototype inflatable space habitats (for use in low Earth orbit, Deep Space Gateway, and on the lunar surface).

00:17 introduction to Dan Klopp

01:22 bringing on Dan (not in a space suit)

02:36 Dan introduces ILC Dover and doesn’t take offence to the fact Ben hasn’t heard of them

04:30 Why was ILC NASA’s best kept secret?

06:40 Space is becoming commercial.

07:05 What makes a space suit? Virgin Galactic suits

08:10 SpaceX suits

10:34 What is a EVA spacewalk?

12:30 what are the 5 things we need in a spacesuit to keep humans alive?

18:55 Ben asks ‘if you had a crack in a spacesuit helmet, could you fix it with gaffer tape.

21:15 How EVA spacesuits have been adapted over the years to be more bespoke to different astronauts of different genders/body types.

23:18 small gap in audio

29:15 How will the spacesuits change as we go back to the Moon and on Mars?

31:43 ILC are aiming to protect the first Martian!

32:43 Any other applications for spacesuits?

34:45 robotic application within the suits?

37:15 watch spacewalks!

41:34 Ben wraps up

43:34 ILC Dover’s social media

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John Kraus “snap”, is a photographer based on Florida's Space Coast working to capture rocket launches and other spaceflight activities in Cape Canaveral and around the world. Outside of that work, he serves as the Content Director of the Polaris Program and has worked with and has his images used by space entities such as NASA, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, the European Space Agency, Inspiration4, the Polaris Program, and more!

In this episode, Ben and John discuss how John got his big break capturing the Inspiration4 mission, pushing the envelope when it comes to Space photography and what it was like covering Inspiration4 and the upcoming Polaris missions!

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:20 Please rate/subscribe/share/do something to promote the podcast!

01:00 John Kraus

02:02 What pic does John use on his desktop?

03:18 Pushing the envelope in space photography

05:00 Rookie mistakes?

07:40 Favourite pictures

13:20 How John started as a photographer

15:09 How John got selected to cover Inspiration4

20:30 Fate works in mysterious ways!

22:07 Being young - an advantage?

26:00 Being an “extra astronaut”

30:02 Does John train astronauts to take pictures?

31:44 Would John go to space?

36:12 How is John going to capture Polaris Dawn launch?

Follow John Kraus

Website: https://www.johnkrausphotos.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnkrausphotos

Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnkrausphotos/

Some of John’s work

FH/USSF-67 images: https://www.johnkrausphotos.com/Galleries/Launches/Falcon-Heavy-USSF-67

All launches John's shot: https://www.johnkrausphotos.com/Galleries/Launches

Polaris Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/polarisprogramphotos/

Recent Polaris Dawn / NASA JSC Chamber photo essay: https://polarisprogram.com/polaris-dawn-crew-participates-in-a-decompression-sickness-study-at-nasas-johnson-space-center/

Inspiration4 Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/inspiration4photos

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In Episode 44, Ben chats to Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Space Perspective, Jane Poynter. Setting a new bar in out-of-this-world thrilling experiences, as soon as late 2024 Space Perspective plans to take Space Explorers to space inside Spaceship Neptune’s pressurised capsule propelled by a high-performance SpaceBalloon; without using rocket fuel or high G forces. Space Explorers see the world anew through its vast windows, 450 miles in any direction. The ultra-comfortable, accessible and gentle six-hour journey redefines space travel.

Ben and Jane discuss how they are ensuring safety is a priority, the importance of sustainability in Space tourism and what guests will be able to do on the 6 hour journey to Space!

01:05 Intro to Jane Poynter

01:24 What is Space Perspective?

02:36 Is it safer than rockets?

05:25 Personal parachutes required?

06:30 Smoothness of experience

08:35 The bar!

09:50 Flight preparation

12:20 Biosphere 2

14:08 experience effect

16:08 Worlds only carbon neutral spacecraft!

17:32 First crewed mission

20:00 Predicting landing zone

21:58 Why land at sea?

23:00 Long term aspirations for Space Perspective

24:40 Equitable opportunities for all to go to Space

26:20 Jane’s experience pre Space Perspective

27:15 World Record Jump - Alan Eustace

29:06 Would Jane ‘quality test’?

30:05 The big question - a toilet on board?

30:58 Tickets available here 

32:00 Wrap Up and socials

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Website: https://spaceperspective.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpacePerspectiv

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/space-perspective/

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In this episode, Ben sits down with John Conafay, a US Air Force Veteran and the CEO & Co-Founder of Integrate, a company that’s revolutionising space mission management through cutting-edge software solutions. With a wealth of experience from his time at Spire, Astranis, SpaceFlight, and ABL Space Systems, John shares insights into the challenges and opportunities of the new space economy. They delve into the innovations driving the industry forward, including transforming space mission planning from 2D to 3D logistics, and how software can solve critical issues like launch capacity management. They also discuss the broader implications of these advancements for the future of space exploration and the ethical considerations involved. Tune in for a deep dive into the world of space tech and the exciting future it holds.

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:00 Intro to episode

01:18 Integrate

06:51 Optimising systems

08:57 2D to 3D - what does it mean?

10:12 Previous pain points at previous companies

13:26 Growth into other sectors

15:45 Spaceforce & Firefly

17:45 “Nice to have” digital tools

20:40 Adoption of software

22:34 Other tech in space industry

22:52 Future of Integrate

25:30 Pain of entrepreneurship

28:00 Advice to aspiring space being a space tech entrepreneur 

30:13 What sparked your interest in space?

32:04 Wrap up and socials

Connect with John Conafay:

Website: https://integrate.space/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/conafay/

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Luke Fischer, Co-Founder and CEO of SkyFi, has a strong background in aviation, technology, and military industries. His leadership has driven the success of his latest innovative satellite imagery startup SkyFi. 

In this episode, Ben and Luke discuss what happens when clouds get in the way of arial pictures, the diverse utility of democratising arial surveillance and the importance of networking!

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Sophia Gad-Nasr is a PhD candidate in cosmology and astro particle physics at the University of California in Irvine. Her work focuses on figuring out how the Universe came to be what it is today, primarily via studying dark matter and galaxy evolution. Sophia is also an avid science communicator who loves to share mind-blowing facts about the mysteries of the Universe with the world.

In this episode, Ben and Sophia discuss wormholes, time travel and the importance of making sure science fiction movies and TV are kept in check by real science (sometimes).

00:49 Intro to Sophia

01:20 What is the universe?

02:48 Where is the Earth in the Milky Way?

04:40 James Webb Telescope

06:44 Sophia’s career focus - dark matter

08:26 Self interacting dark matter

10:22 How do you study dark matter?

14:50 University of California

17:00 Neutrino’s

19:00 Science on social media - science communication 

20:45  Science consulting with film & TV companies (Sophia’s experience with 12 monkeys)

24:25 Balancing science with science fiction

26:34 The future of humanity

30:00 Sophia’s future plans

32:38  Sophia’s recommendations for area’s of interest for future studies

Social’s:

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In episode 102, chats to Roman Chiporukha, founder of SpaceVIP and co-founder of the luxury lifestyle management firm Roman & Erica. They dive deep into the burgeoning world of private space exploration, discussing the fascinating journey of introducing the final passenger to Axiom’s Ax-1 mission—a $50 million ticket to the first all-private space mission to the International Space Station.

Roman shares his insights on making space exploration more accessible to the private sector, the exciting future of Michelin-starred meals in space, and how celebrities and billionaires are shaping the next frontier.

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:14 Introduction to Episode

00:50 Origin story or not!

03:00 Axiom1 and selling a $50m ticket!

05:58 Space VIP https://www.spacevip.com/

07:24 Experience in luxury lifestyle management

09:05 Michelin-starred meals in Space

13:44 Space Perspective https://spaceperspective.com/

16:30 The Space Prize Foundation https://www.spaceprize.org/

21:10 SpaceVIP Products/Experiences in the pipeline

26:30 Risks with these experiences

32:40 Celebs in Space

40:00 Final thought - WHY SPACE

41:50 Wrap Up and socials

Connect with Roman Chiporukha

Website: https://www.spacevip.com/

X: https://twitter.com/getmaxspace

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spacevip/

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In episode 99, we had the privilege of hearing the remarkable journey of Dr. Eiman Jahangir, Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University and aspiring astronaut. From being a finalist for NASA's Astronaut Candidate program to winning a ticket to space through a raffle with MoonDAO, Dr. Jahangir's story is a testament to the power of persistence and the limitless possibilities of space exploration. Winning a ticket to space from over 2,200 participants, his journey serves as an inspiring reminder that dreams can indeed take flight. Tune in to hear more about his extraordinary adventures and the exciting future that lies ahead.

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:00 Introduction to

00:49 Lucky Numbers!

01:40 MoonDao and how it will get Eiman to Space

06:50 How Eiman entered the raffle

08:40 Navigating Crypto

11:10 Applying for NASA

15:24 Space Tourism - health barriers

18:33 Phycological impact on Space Tourism

22:10 Analogue astronaut experiences

23:44 Blue Origin timeline and launch prep

25:50 Personal aspirations for the experience

29:52 Wrap Up and Socials

Connect with Dr Eiman Jahangir:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrEJahangir

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drejahangir

X: https://twitter.com/DrEJahangir

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In the 13th episode of the Astro Ben Podcast, Ben chats to Tom DeLonge about how he went from fronting Blink 182 for 15 years, to starting Angels & Airwaves and specifically, his huge obsession with UFO’s. Ben and Tom discuss Tom’s “To The Stars Academy of Arts And Science” and their mission to empower new scientific discoveries and communicate forward thinking ideas. In this episode, Ben and Tom discussed the possibility of alien life, touching on subjects like “does Tom believe Bob Lazar?”, to what Tom thinks the US government really know about UFO’s.

00:17 Welcome to Episode 13 – Tom DeLonge

01:03 Toms lifelong obsession with UFO’s

01:24 Bringing on Tom – where does Tom live?

02:23 Mutual obsession with space

03:14 Was there a moment where Tom first questioned are we alone in the universe?

04:24 How did Tom first get into rock music?

07:15 Was your passion for UFO’s part of the reason for leaving Blink 182?

14:24 New album for Angels & Airwaves – about UFO’s? https://www.angelsandairwaves.com/

18:20 STEAM not STEM

19:27 Where are the UFO’s? Upcoming Pentagon announcement speculation!

23:30 To The Stars Academy https://home.tothestarsacademy.com/

25:50 How did Tom build his team for To The Stars?

29:15 Removing the stigma for UFO’s?

30:15 Bob Lazar

35:00 Evidence for UFO’s

39:00 The power of storytelling – are we being observed here on Earth by an extra-terrestrial civilisation?

42:00 Into The Stars – analysing mysterious material

45:38 Angels & Airwaves album launch in Space! (Via www.sentintospace.com)

47:52 Inspiring people to live and work in Space!

48:50 Would Tom ever go to Space?

52:22 Bens wrap up

53:06 Angels & Airwaves album coming out

Social Media

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Nika Chinchaladze is a space entrepreneur, CEO and Co-Founder of Altair Enterprises - a space education company with the goal of accelerating the growth of the new space economy by providing globally accessible on-demand learning, fostering international cooperation, and supplying the industry with the next generation workforce - organisers of the International Space Convention - one of the biggest annual space industry business conferences - & the authors of “Space Business 101: 7 Steps to Position Yourself in the Next Trillion Dollar Industry.”

In this episode, Ben and Nicholas discuss the aims of the ISC, the challenges of being a space entrepreneur and how to position yourself in the next trillion dollar industry.

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OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:18 Shout out to our sponsors – Spaced Ventures

01:10 This week’s guest Nika Chinchaladze

02:28 Altair Enterprises

03:15 How Nika met his business partner Martynas

03:57 Passion for space industry?

05:08 The International Space Convention (ISC), how it began?

09:12 Physical vs virtual events

11:34 ISC themes 2023

14:30 Curating speakers

16:00 Challenges for space industry entrepreneurs 

18:10 aims for conference 

20:20 The next trillion dollar industry - accessibility? 

22:40 Co founder relationships 

24:50 Altair Academy 

27:30 Would Nika go to space?

28:30 Aspirations for Altair? 

29:50 Advice for ‘wannabe’ space entrepreneurs 

33:00 Wrap up and socials (note Ben means *ISC 2023* - sorry)

Follow Altaire: 

www.altairenterprises.com and www.altairenterprises.store

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When registering use this discount link: https://bit.ly/ASTROBEN

About International Space Convention 2022:

ISC 2022 is a hybrid event where you can attend in-person or online and get an exclusive 3-day access to over 95 lectures from over 100 world-renowned space industry speakers and experts, ranging from government space agencies to private space companies discussing everything from new rising trends to advances and concepts in space industry, including: Earth and Deep Space Observation, SatCom and Data Analysis, Human Space Missions, Space Law and Regulations, Commercial Space Travel, Financial Outlook of the Space Industry, Funding Opportunities for the Emerging Space Start-Ups and many more great topics.

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In this milestone episode, we had the honour of speaking with Nicole Stott, a retired NASA astronaut, artist, and author. Nicole shared her inspiring journey, including her space missions on ISS Expedition 20 and 21, and STS-128 and STS-133. We explored her unique experiences, such as participating in the first live tweet-up from space and painting with watercolour in microgravity. Nicole also discussed her post-NASA work, including her book "Back To Earth" and her co-founding of the Space for Art Foundation. Her story is a testament to the power of persistence and the importance of inspiring the next generation of space enthusiasts.

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:14 Intro to Nicole Stott

01:00 Episode 100/how Ben and Nicole met

02:35 Impact of astronauts

05:27 Females in space

10:00 Favourite mission?

13:32 Painting in space

16:50 Role of art and creativity in space

19:40 Polaris Dawn & SpaceX/Public Private Partnerships

24:00 Artemis

27:20 Bringing benefits of space

28:05 “Back to Earth” https://www.npsdiscovery.com/book-back-to-earth

31:44 Seeing Earth from space

35:40 Sharing Experiences

37:10 Blue Origin’s vision for the future

38:48 Cosmic perspective

41:37 Final thought from Nicole - “Stay curious!”

44:54 Wrap up and socials

Connect with Nicole Stott:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astro_nicole & https://www.instagram.com/spaceforartfoundation/

Website: https://www.npsdiscovery.com/

X: https://x.com/Astro_Nicole

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Dr Jason Forshaw is the Head of Future Business at Astroscale UK/Europe all aspects of future business including BD, bid and support to sales and strategy. 

In this episode, Ben and Jason discuss how much of the publics ‘day to day life' goes through satellites and how disastrous it would be if the Space Junk issue is not taken seriously. 

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Dockside Vaults: www.docksidevaults.com We are proud to have Dockside Vaults as a sponsor for our podcast. Their support will enable us to continue bringing you insightful conversations with leading experts in the space industry. We share their commitment to promoting the space industry, and we look forward to collaborating with them on future events. If you're looking for a stunning venue for your next event, be sure to check out Dockside Vaults. Thank you, Dockside Vaults, for your support!

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:44 Introducing Dr Jason Forshaw - Astroscale’s mission

03:58 How has space sustainability changed in last 10 years

07:06 Problem of Space Junk (and size matters)

09:32 Do new satellites have an “end of life” plan? (Introduce the Docking Plate!)

13:08 Uses of Docking Plate 

15:45 International effort - Japan/UK/US/Israel - why those local 

18:34 What is plan for Astroscale in Europe?

21:48 Space Debris Leadership

23:58 Is there a planetary defence strategy for space junk?

27:45 Personal vision for the future

29:39 Final thought about sustainability in space

31:45 Wrap up and socials

Follow ASTROSCALE:

X: https://twitter.com/astroscale_HQ

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Astroscale/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/astroscale/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astroscale/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Astroscale

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In today's episode, Erin takes us on a journey from her childhood in Florida, where shuttle launches ignited her passion for space. From sewing Halloween costumes to studying mechanical engineering, Erin's diverse path led her to NASA and MIT. She shares the thrill of contributing to the Benefits for Humanity initiative, bridging the gap between science and the public. And, amidst her love for sewing, Erin weaves stories that bring scientists and their breakthroughs to life. Join us as we explore the cosmic tapestry of Erin's fascinating career and the unique threads that connect her love for space and storytelling.

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:00 Intro to Episode - Erin Winick Anthony

00:58 Where Erin got her passion for space from

01:32 Shuttles going up, when you’re growing up!

02:39 Effects of seeing a launch

03:07 Journey to space

04:04 Working at NASA

05:50 Science Communication Officer for the ISS

07:20 Benefits of the ISS for humanity

12:01 Sewing

14:30 STEAM Power Media

15:30 Upcoming mission (breaking news!)

19:00 Going alone - challenges/most enjoyed moments!

21:00 Yep… she’s a Pinball Wizard

23:20 Other spacey idea’s

24:30 Attention to Artermis Program

27:10 Quick Fire Questions

31:15 Wrap Up & Socials

Follow Erin Anthony

X: https://twitter.com/erinwinick

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/erinwinick

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@erinwinick

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erinwinick/

Medium: https://medium.com/@erinwinick

Website: https://www.steampowermedia.com/

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The mission of Janet and Janet's Planet is to encourage young people to stand in their awesomeness and inspire future generations to use their innate intelligence and creativity to create a better future in Space. 

In this episode, Ben has his own "Janet's Planet" experience and learns about Janet's strategies to connect with kids, the importance of science communication, and what it would mean to have a kid in space!

00:25 Introducing Janet Ivy

01:10 Origin of Janet’s Planet

04:52 Importance of female science communication

07:48 Importance of STEAM or STREAM

11:20 Creativity and Empathy in robotics

16:34 Is Space becoming a more realistic career path for kids?

22:25 Strategies for engaging with kids

26:30 Message to teachers

27:20 Explore Mars

28:50 A child in space?

32:38 What Janet has learnt about herself

36:44 Wrap up and socials

You can follow Janet here: https://www.janetsplanet.com/

You can attend the "Human to Mars" summit here: https://www.exploremars.org/

Social Media

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janetsplanetofficial/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JanetsPlanet

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/janet-s-planet/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/JanetsPlanetOfficial

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Harry Cliff is a particle physicist and former stand-up comedian specialising in making science accessible and fun. Harry is a research physicist working at the cutting-edge of science at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. His latest book (Space Oddities) explores a number of exciting anomalies, and asks whether they suggest a revolutionary new scientific age, or if we might be so desperate to see something new that we risk seeing effects where there are none…

In this episode Ben and Harry bond discuss his new book (and anomalies like the Hubble Tension), the synergies between stand up comedy and science communication and what is Early Dark Energy?

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

01:05 Intro to Dr Harry Cliff/Christmas vibes

01:58 Upcoming Trip - Work/Play

03:03  Upcoming book:

05:04 The Hubble Tension

08:24 Dark Energy/Matter/Early Dark Energy?

11:50 Researcher at CERN

17:16 Underfunded physicists?

21:15 Stand Up comedian experience

27:30 Quick Fire Question

32:37 Wrap Up’s and Socials

Follow Dr Harry Cliff

Website: https://www.harrycliff.co.uk/

X: https://twitter.com/harryvcliff

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbgme1XF_U51KPbwCrL-XQQ

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In this episode, Ben sits down (again) with Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica and author of the upcoming book 'Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age'

They discuss the Polaris Dawn mission, the state of the space industry, NASA's Crew-9 launch delay, and the latest breaking stories in the space industry. Eric shares his thoughts on Elon Musk's current focus and vision at SpaceX, as well as the critical role billionaires are playing in space exploration. 

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:00 Intro to Episode 103

00:40 Eric back for more!

01:20 Interviewing NASA administrator

02:08 Starliner date pushed back

03:51 Polaris Dawn

05:22 Why is it significant?

07:20 Billionaires in Space

08:50 NEW BOOK: “Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age”

12:10 The Technical Challenges of SpaceX 2008-2020

15:10 Importance of Gwynne Shotwell

17:00 Significance of Falcon Heavy

19:00 The emotion of launches

21:10 Artemis

24:02 China

24:50 New Glenn

26:06 First mover advantage for reusable rocket companies?

28:15 Stoke Space

28:30 SpaceX

29:32 Vision of SpaceX

31:40 Elon and politics

33:55 Elon’s Musks Plans too ambitious?

36:20 Wrap Up and socials

Pre-order Eric’s new book Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Reentry-SpaceX-Reusable-Rockets-Launched/dp/1637745273

Penguin: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/759707/reentry-by-eric-berger/

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In Episode 97, join us as we journey into the world of astrobiology and space exploration with Dr. Michaela Musilova. Michaela has been the Commander of over 30 simulated missions to the Moon and Mars, in collaboration with NASA and many international organizations. She is currently Global Faculty at the International Space University, Ambassador for Space ScAvengers and the Head of Research of NEEDRONIX. As an astrobiologist and analog astronaut from Slovakia, Dr. Musilova shares insights into her groundbreaking research and the importance of diversity within teams. Discover her visionary project, Astro Seven Summits, and how she's breaking barriers in space exploration right here on Earth!

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:52 Into to Michaela Musilova

01:10 The Eclipse

03:25 Astro Seven Summits Project

06:18 Hi Seas

13:44 How would we ACTUALLY live on Mars?

22:02 Selecting teams

26:42 Lessons learnt

34:35 Science communication

35:10 Michaela’s story

40:30 Where are the Aliens?

43:46 Wrap Up & Socials

Connect with Dr. Michaela Musilová:

Website: https://michaelamusilova.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astro_michaela

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astroMichaela/

X: https://twitter.com/astro_Michaela

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-michaela-musilova/

Support Astro Seven Summits: https://chuffed.org/project/astrosevensummits

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Christina Korp is the former manager of the Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin. In recent years she has been COO & CMO of Aldrin Family Foundation. A veteran of the mainstream entertainment and media industry, she used her experience to develop and execute global marketing campaigns, brands and activations. She co-produced the Emmy-nominated and Webby-winning "Buzz Aldrin's Cycling Pathways to Mars" VR Experience with 8i and TIME LIFE VR.

Christina now works with other astronauts to keep the space inspiration going. These include former NASA astronauts Apollo 16 Moon Walker Charlie Duke, ISS astronaut Nicole Stott and Shuttle Commander Greg Johnson. In this episode we hear what it was like to be the "fly on the wall" in Buzz's life and how Christina is committed to bringing the Apollo-era perspective to generation Artemis!

00:17 Intro to episode – who is Christina Korp?

02:45 Bringing on Christina

03:44 How Christina found herself in a room with Buzz Aldrin and Barack Obama.

06:06 Ben meeting Buzz

07:48 What was it like working for Buzz?

11:40 What does Buzz think about private companies accessing space?

16:13 How has Christina’s view of space changed?

20:44 Challenges with raising profile of Artemis

25:30 Making rockstars around astronauts

28:35 What would Christina change about the US educational system?

33:26 What Christina learnt from Buzz

37:32 Interested in Zero G flights? check out www.allforabetterworld.com

38:28 Outro/Socials

Social Media

@Xtina_Korp

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In Episode 47, Ben chats to space industry legend and Chief Revenue Officer at Voyager Space - Clay Mowry. Clay has previously held leadership positions at Blue Origin and Arianespace. In this episode, they discuss the significance of Artemis, the privatisation of the space industry, how he got offered a job at Blue Origin and what he hopes to achieve as incoming President at the International Astronautical Federation.

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(Note from Ben - due to having record in a different location for this episode, Bens sound quality was not great at times - back to normal next episode (sorry)!)

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:18 Sponsor on board: Spaced Ventures

01:28 Introducing Clay Mowry

02:20 Artemis

04:04 Launch significance of Artemis 1

05:20 Risk of launch

07:17 Why is Clay a good leader?

11:00 Experience at Arian-Space & early privatisation of space

15:23 How Clay got approached by Blue Origin

18:15 Blue Origin’s Mission

22:05 New role as Chief Revenue Officer at Voyager

26:00 Nanoracks

27:40 Starlab

31:00 Science park business model

31:55 incoming President Elect IAF 

37:08 Wrap up and socials

Follow Clay Mowry:

Website: https://voyagerspace.com/ & https://www.iafastro.org/biographie/clayton-mowry.html

Twitter: https://twitter.com/voyagersh & https://twitter.com/ClayMowry

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From a Communications Specialist at an oil and gas company to founding her own creative agency Réaliste (with sub-brand Re.gravity), Ksenia has always had a real passion for personal branding. 

She’s worked with organisations as UNOOSA, SpaceWatch.Global, SPACEBIT, and SGAC and has recently launched her own space-related personal branding course that helps people navigate through the jungles of social media marketing and unlock their space influencer-self. 

00:27 Introducing Ksenia Ozkok

01:17 Ksenia’s company

02:48 Importance of personal branding

04:46 Tech leaders social media presence

05:18 Ksenia’s preferred social’s

09:00 Personal side of branding

10:45 Ksenia’s first course

14:38 Imposter syndrome and motivation to be a science communicator

20:00 Motivation and accountability in a course

21:22 From course to practical application - success stories

25:52 Ksenia’s background

32:06 Wrap up and social’s

Social’s:

Ksenia’s Website: https://spacexenia.com/crashcourse

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spacexenia/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spacexenia/?hl=en

For mentoring, marketing consulting, workshops, speaker or other enquiries: x@spacexenia.com

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Dr. Doug Plata is a physician and public health specialist with a background in biophysics. He is interested in space exploration and is developing a cost-effective transportation method to the Moon using lunar polar ice for propellant. He founded the Space Development Network and created a proposed, fully inflatable base for the initial permanent crew on the Moon and Mars called the InstaBase. He is also organising the Space Fair, a space-themed science fair event aimed at promoting space development concepts and recruiting members for the Space Development Network. Dr. Plata's Plan for Sustainable Space Development covers various aspects of space development, including in-space transportation, infrastructure, habitats, and settlement motivations.

In this episode, Ben and Doug discuss why an Instabase  accommodate couples, young peoples interest in the cosmos and the full scale Instabase habitat that is going to be available for people visit Starship's first orbital launch (hopefully) in April 2023 in Boca Chica, Texas.

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Astronauts return from space with a new understanding of life on Earth - from the environment to politics to humanitarian issues. Rachel Lyons believes this perspective is essential to addressing the challenges we face on our planet and creating a prosperous future for humanity. As a major proponent of advancing space technology and exploration, Rachel is committed to empowering people from diverse backgrounds to broaden their perspectives - both for the future of humanity and for our world today.

In Episode 21, learn more about Space for Humanity's mission to democratize access to space by offering travel at their own expense - where anyone, from any background, can apply for the opportunity to experience the Overview Effect: the cognitive shift in consciousness that occurs when a person looks down on Earth from space.

00:18 introduction to ep21 - Space for Humanity

01:44 introducing Rachel Lyons

02:18 Rachel’s involvement with SGAC

03:18 What is S4H and Rachel’s personal story

06:25 what is the overview effect?

09:50 would ‘civilians’ experience it?

13:25 What is S4H doing? ‘To Space for Earth’

15:30 Omaze competition with Virgin Galactic - what was the motivation?

17:30 Zero G flights

19:18 Ben’s flight idea

21:00 How do you decide who go’s to space?

23:38 What are Rachel’s biggest concerns about humanity?

27:23 Long term aims of S4H?

31:00 Effect of celebrities

31:50 How to follow and support S4H

34:30 Wrap up

Social Media

Website: www.spaceforhumanity.org

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpaceHumanity

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spacehumanity/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceHumanity/

Rachels Twitter: https://twitter.com/space_rach

Rachels's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/space_rach/?hl=en

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In episode 105, Ben welcomes Adriano V. Autino, the visionary behind Space Renaissance International, an organisation dedicated to advancing civilian space development and the space economy. Adriano shares his insights on how humanity can expand beyond Earth, the importance of developing low-cost access to space, and the role of space in the U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals and why "Space" should be the 18th SDG! They also explore the Space Renaissance Manifesto and discuss the exciting possibilities of space tourism, geo-lunar industrialisation, and more. 

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:00 Intro to episode

01:00 bringing on Adriano Autino. What is the Space Renaissance International? (SRI)

07:00 Mission of the SRI manifesto

13:40 SDG’s - why a new “Space” one?

20:22 Not going to space isn’t an option

21:35 Why 2025 is an important year for the Space/UN agenda

27:05 Responsibility for space faring civilisations to advance space for the world

32:12 Supporting

33:53 Wrap Up and Socials

Connect with Adriano V. Autino:

Websites: Space Renaissance International Space Renaissance Academy
Personal website: Adriano V. Autino 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AVAutinoSpaceRenaissancePhilosophyLinkedin: LinkedIn profile

>> Sign the #Space18SDG pledge to add an 18th SDG to the UN 2030 Agenda (on Change.org)
>> Add your organization to the #Space18SDG proposers

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In this episode, we had the privilege of exploring the profound insights of Frank White regarding the overview effect—a cognitive shift experienced by astronauts when viewing Earth from space. Frank shared with us his journey into the realm of space exploration and his research into this remarkable phenomenon. We delved into the core characteristics of the overview effect, including the sense of awe, interconnectedness, and profound appreciation for our planet that astronauts report experiencing. Frank highlighted the transformative nature of this experience and its potential implications for humanity's future, from space exploration to environmental conservation efforts.

Throughout the conversation, we explored the cultural and individual variations in the experience of the overview effect, as well as its intersection with spirituality, and philosophy. We discussed the role of technology, such as virtual reality simulations, in simulating aspects of the overview effect for those of us bound to Earth. Frank also shared captivating anecdotes from his interviews with astronauts, providing fascinating insights into their perspectives and the enduring impact of the overview effect on their lives and actions upon returning to Earth. This episode served as a thought-provoking exploration of the overview effect, leaving us with a deeper appreciation for the fragility and interconnectedness of our planet and a renewed sense of wonder about the vastness of the cosmos.

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:00 Introduction to Episode

00:40 What is the overview effect?

03:00 Astronauts Experiences

08:02 Different cultures/backgrounds effecting experience

13:23 The Outerview Effect: Dr Chris Boshuizen

17:26 Using Technology to bring the Overview Effect to the masses

19:55 Psychological Processes behind Overview Effect

24:00 Migration to where? The Future!

27:49 Frank’s Overview Effect

33:23 Can anyone get cosmic perspective? Discussed:

The Overview Effect: https://www.amazon.com/Overview-Effect-Exploration-Evolution-Library/dp/162410262X

Down To Earth: https://plus.nasa.gov/series/down-to-earth/

The Human Space Program: https://www.humanspaceprogram.org/

37:48 Wrap Up and Socials

Connect with Frank White on Socials Media:

Website: https://frankwhiteauthor.com/

Franks Book: https://www.amazon.com/Overview-Effect-Exploration-Evolution-Library/dp/162410262X

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whitelight2

X: https://twitter.com/fwhite66

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fwhite161/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqnb7Og7vYP9MHE2qAhHjQ

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SPACE HERO is a global casting show searching for the next generation of space explorers. The winning candidate of Space Hero will be launched into Earth's orbit and live aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for up to 10 days on a Private Astronaut Mission. It will be the biggest prize ever to be given away on a TV show – a $55m ticket to the ISS!

In Episode 11, we hear from co-founder of Space Hero, Deborah Sass, who admits to not knowing what the ISS was a few years ago, to now building a global company to get a 'normal' person there in 2023! 

00:17 Intro to episode/summary of last weeks episode

01:31 What is Space Hero?

02:14 Introducing Deborah

02:46 Why Deborah lives on Ibiza

04:10 How Deborah got from traditional media to Space Hero

06:00 Ben cries about having his phone stolen

06:40 How Deborah meet CO-founder Thomas?

07:57 What is the ISS?

10:42 Ben is slightly jealous of Space Hero’s concept

11:05 So what is Space Hero?

11:43 What will the competition involve?

13:06 Is Space Hero like X-Factor? Do people vote?

14:06 Deborah's analogy - chubby guy from Carphone Warehouse that wants to be an opera singer

15:15 Is diversity and inclusion a factor in the competition?

19:00 What if all the extremely well qualified people apply?

21:40 What is Space Hero really and where is it going to be streamed?

23:23 Why is Space Hero head quarters in London?

23:51 What is going to be the biggest challenge in getting Space Hero going?

26:34 Compared to Inspiration 4 and how big could ‘space based’ reality shows be?

28:30 How high are the barriers and what are Space Hero Insiders?

30:34 Anything new to announce?

31:50 Thanks Deborah!

32:13 Wrap Up

Social Media

Website: https://www.spacehero.org/

Twitter: https://www.spacehero.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spacehero/?viewAsMember=true

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceheromedia/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/space_hero_media/

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Jeff Foust is a senior staff writer for SpaceNews, joining the publication in 2014. He covers civil and commercial space topics, ranging from NASA programs to developments in the entrepreneurial NewSpace field. He has more than a decade of experience writing about space policy, commercial space, and related topics. In 2003, he started The Space Review, a weekly publication of longform articles and commentary on a wide range of space topics that continues to operate to this day. 

He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1999 and a B.S. with honors in geophysics and planetary science from the California Institute of Technology in 1993.  He received the Press Award from the National Space Club and Foundation in 2018.

In this episode Ben chats to Jeff about his career, Space News, journalism and what the headline might be when humanity gets back to the moon!

00:18 Episode 30: Jeff Foust

02:07 What is Space News?

02:40 Focus of Space News

04:01 Demographic of readers

05:00 Future of printed media

06:31 How do stories get picked?

07:57 Overlap of stories ie Starlink

09:40 Handling of good and bad news

12:50 Anything Jeff wouldn’t publish?  

15:00 Academic background enhance journalism?

15:55 Jeff’s passion for space

17:22 Space Tourism

20:21 Keeping public engaged

22:50 What has Jeff learned about Space industry over his career

25:10 Jeff's moon landing headline?

26:50 Space Review

28:38 Productivity

29:34 What’s going on in news?

31:28  Wrap Up and Social Media’s

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www.spacenews.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jeff_Foust

@jeff_foust

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Pulsar Fusion strives to be the preeminent force in the European nuclear fusion technology sector, by leveraging scientific advances into commercial innovations across aerospace and energy. The wider societal shifts towards renewable energy and deep space exploration favour the application of nuclear fusion. 

Pulsar Fusion intends to capitalise upon these changes by building the infrastructure and systems to enable them. In this episode Ben speaks to the Richard Dinan (the founder of Pulsar) about fusion technology and what he is looking to do in space and why!

00:19 Introduction to episode 31 - Pulsar Fusion and founder Richard Dinan

01:21 Bringing on Richard - was he “Made in Chelsea”?

02:10 Live from the rocket factory!

03:35 Pulsar Fusion origin https://pulsarfusion.com/

06:30 Richard explains fusion 

11:45 Propulsion 

15:35 Start-up mentality and investment?

18:33 Importance of patents

19:54 ITER https://www.iter.org/ (building a star)

23:07 Made in Chelsea - why Richard got involved

26:14 Key takeaways from Made in Chelsea

27:50 Reality TV stars turn to science?

28:55 Bens reality TV idea

29:07 Timeline for Pulsar

32:03 Pulsars eureka moment?

39:06 Would Richard go to space?

41:04 Outro and socials

Social Media

Twitter: https://twitter.com/richarddinan?lang=en

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richarddinan/?hl=en

LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-dinan-808a835a/?originalSubdomain=uk

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Jeremy Schiel is the Co-Founder and Chief Development Officer at Orbit Fab and a leading entrepreneur in the growing in-space economy. Spacecraft are no longer restricted to the fuel they are launched with. Orbit Fab delivers the fuel and other materials that are required, where and when they are needed, to enable business models never before thought possible.

In this episode, Ben and Jeremy discuss getting to orbit in year 1, the challenges of “building an empire” and why we should hope for a Mc Donalds in space! 

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OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:19 Spaced Ventures

00:40 Jeremy Schiel is the Co-Founder and Chief Development Officer at Orbit Fab

01:20 Where does the name “Orbit Fab” come from?

02:00 How Jeremy met his co-founder Daniel Faber and started Orbit Fab

02:52 Space conference

03:50 Gas Stations in Space!

04:39 Types of refuelling

05:50 Getting to Orbit

08:19 RAFTI (Rapid Attachable Fluid Transfer Interface)

12:08 Launch Provider 

13:13 Minimising Spacejunk

15:20 Technical challenges of Orbit Fab

16:58 Fundraising

20:55 Partnership with Astroscale

22:10 Why Orbit Fab UK?

24:00 Orbit Fab 2023 - what to expect?

27:30 CONFERS

29:10 Opportunities for innovation

33:34 Advice to entrepreneur’s 

35:40 Long term aspirations for Orbit Fab

36:47

Follow Orbit Fab

Website: https://www.orbitfab.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/OrbitFab

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OrbitFab/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/orbitfab/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orbitfab/

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In this weeks episode, Ben chats to Meredith Garofalo, a regional Murrow award-winning Broadcast Meteorologist and space correspondent, whose journey into meteorology was ignited by her mother's survival of a tornado outbreak. In this episode, they delve into Meredith's dynamic career, from covering rocket launches to advocating for women in STEM. Join us as we explore her insights on the intersection of space and climate change, the weather on Mars and whether humans or AI will ever be able to control the weather!

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:00 Intro to Meredith Garofalo

00:31 Is Merediths job like the movie “Twister”?

02:38 Space and Meteorology interest

06:16 Weather on Mars

09:30 AI impact on the weather

12:15 Controlling the weather

14:52 Sci Fi becomes reality

15:04 Climate Change

20:00 Satellite Conference

23:03 Global Collaboration

25:12 Space Weather Careers

28:39 The Open Note Book

31:00 Wrap Up and Socials

Connect with Meredith Garofalo:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GarofaloWX/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/garofalowx/

X: https://twitter.com/garofalowx

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredithgarofalo/

Event Meredith is MC'ing: 

https://dallasinnovates.com/nasa-is-inviting-you-to-watch-the-april-8-total-solar-eclipse-at-the-cotton-bowl-in-dallas/ 

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In episode 32 Ben chats to Dr Paul Bate, the CEO of the UK Space Agency who leads a team of more than 250 people, who provide technical advice on the UK government’s space strategy, and guide the UK space sector to deliver the government’s vision. They discuss the National Space Strategy, the UK's future launch capabilities and the importance of championing space and it’s benefits in our every day lives.

For episode 7 of The Astro Ben Podcast: Diversity in the Space Industry, we welcome Professor Chris Welch. Chris is Professor of Astronautics and Space Engineering at the International Space University in Strasbourg, France, where he is Head of the Space Payloads Laboratory and Director of Masters Programs. Although technically a physicist-turned-engineer, Chris sees himself more as a ‘spaceist’, interested in all aspects of space.  Take a listen to hear about Chris’s career from being one of the final twenty candidates for the 1991 UK-USSR Juno mission to the Mir space station, to getting a poem on the International Space Station!

0:18 Intro

1:05 Last week on The Astro Ben Podcast

1:50 Broader podcast aims

3.18 Background to Chris Welch

4.23 Welcoming Chris

5.21 Chris blames Neil Armstrong for passion for space

10.38 Chris’s poem on the International Space Station

14.05 How Diversity has been a focal point on space societies and federations over the years.

21.38 How much of a factor is diversity in making space exploration successful?

27.00 Take for granted the ability to study STEM.

28.08 The quota question – international space university.

29.53 Magic wand for space industry – what would you do?

32.34 Would Chris go to space?

33.40 Thanks Chris!

34.00 Outro/wrap up – Chris’s socials!

Social Media

Twitter + Instagram: @ProfChrisWelch

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrChrisWelch

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-chris-welch-6855121/

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Dr. Shawna Pandya is a Canadian physician, scientist-astronaut candidate program graduate with the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS) and  Project PoSSUM, aquanaut, speaker, martial artist, advanced diver, skydiver, pilot-in-training, VP Immersive Medicine with Luxsonic Technologies and Fellow of the Explorers’ Club. She is also Director of the IIAS/PoSSUM Space Medicine Group, Chief Instructor of the IIAS/PoSSUM Operational Space Medicine course, Director of Medical Research at Orbital Assembly Corporation.

In this episode, Ben chats to Dr Shawna about her journey to get to the stars, the importance of psychological resilience and why she is a fan of doing things “same, same but different”!

00:18 Episode 29: Dr Shawna Pandya - Ben more than impressed with her CV (won’t be the last time he mentions it)

01:43 Ben brings on Dr Shawna

02:00 What is a citizen astronaut candidate?

04:07 Why is Dr Shawna considering the alternative route to space?

06:46 Favourite astronaut training activity?

11:50 What did Dr Shawna learn about herself?

15:27 Rural emergency medicine

16:18 Ben attempts to talk about learnings from Covid in respect to space. Dr Shawna’s thoughts on covid response.

20:12 Does Mars simulation experience help with covid?

22:52 Strategy to become astronaut

22:40 Game-plan to get to space?

26:34 What research would Dr Shawna do in LEO?

28:12 What is Orbital and what is the timeline? https://orbitalassembly.com/

29:44 What advice for young women entering the STEM world?

30:20 Dr Shawna’s love of Taekwondo

33:04 Outro and wrap up

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Freya Blekman is the lead scientist at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY and professor in elementary particle physics at the University of Hamburg. Freya’s research interests include the search for signs of “new physics” using the large hadron collider at CERN and future colliders.

In this episode, Ben and Freya discuss how she went from being cast as a “crazy scientist” in a school play to sitting in the control room of the largest particle collider in the world!

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

0:17 Please rate, subscribe and review the podcast! 

01:12 Freya Blekman

02:18 Passion for physics

03:46 CERN CMS https://home.cern/science/experiments/cms

07:07 Location of CERN

08:27 What particles does CERN smash together?

09:47 Discovery of the Higgs Particle

11:08 LHC closed for 3 years 

13:40 Aim of LHC

16:21 Quarks

18:38 Control room 

20:45 Space and particle physics

23:00 Safety at LHC

26:24 Future discoveries at CERN

28:40 Future colliders 

30:26 Advice to next generation of scientists/physicists

33:40 DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron) and Professor at Hamberg

34:41 Wrap up and socials

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Bailey is an experienced system engineer with a history of working in mechanical engineering in the space industry. Bailey does a lot of STEM outreach and is also an accomplished “analogue astronaut” with plans to do more missions next year. Bailey is a Rubik's Cube ambassador and has solved a Rubik's cube with ZeroG!

In this episode, Ben and Bailey discuss trusting in yourself and your equipment, why we are all Jedi force wielders and why are Rubik’s cubes so cool in space!

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OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

01:03 Spaced Ventures 

01:26 Introducing Bailey ‘ninjaneergirl’

02:30 How Bailey got into space?

04:04 Paragon

04:31 Axiom

05:30 Space suits for space tourists?

06:19 Making space suits suitable for all

07:34 Analogue Astronauts - hi seas  https://www.hi-seas.org/

10:19 Main function of analogues 

12:25 What makes hi seas so good 

13:20 No phone in analogue!

14:25 Analogue at sea!

16:20 Scuba Diving Vs Spacewalks 

18:25 Rubik’s cube 

20:31 Why is Rubik’s so cool in space?

23:00 Inspiring the next generation

24:50 SpaceKind http://www.spacekind.org/

29:25 Jedi force wielders!

31:39 Overview Effect

33:35 Bailey’s aspirations for the future

36:25 Wrap up and socials

Follow Bailey Burns:

Website - www.aspacestory.com

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ninjaneergirl/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/ninjaneergirl

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Meagan is a leading voice in the entrepreneurial space industry and an experienced startup executive and founder, with multiple exits under her belt. She is the host of the Mission Eve podcast that aims to increase the number of women in the space industry and is frequently featured as a thought leader on the industry’s development and investment potential. 

Meagan is a strong believer in the power of free enterprise as the driving force that will lift humanity permanently off-world. She is managing partner of SpaceFund, a venture capital firm investing in space startups and sits on the board of directors of over a dozen organizations, including both space startups and nonprofits. She holds an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Rice University.

In 2009, Meagan co-founded the NewSpace Business Plan Competition, a program focused on educating both entrepreneurs and investors, and catalyzing deal flow and is the world’s longest-running space focused BPC.  As a manager, coach, and judge for the last decade, she has read over 1,000 space business executive summaries, has coached hundreds of selected teams, and helped award cash prizes to dozens of NewSpace startups.

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:14 Please rate/subscribe to podcast!

00:56 Meagan Crawford

01:38 What is Space Fund

03:00 Journey to launch Space Fund

05:45 Selection Process for Investments

08:01 Current Portfolio

09:58 Difference between a normal VC and a Space VC

12:34 Space Forge

14:36 SEN

14:57 Push and Pull Strategy

17:23 New Space Business Plan

19:24 The Misson Eve Podcast 

21:15 Learnings from the Podcast

22:36 The World’s First Trillionaire

24:43 Equity of Opportunity 

26:30 Government rules and regs

28:58 Future Partnerships/Pace of Investment

30:30 Outside of work

31:46 Wrap Up & Social

Follow Meagan Crawford

Recent Blog: https://spacefund.com/blog/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MeaganMCrawford

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spacefundgodess/

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In this episode, we dive into the fascinating journey of Susie Martínez, from nail art to space influencer. As a twin sister and daughter of a mechanic, Susie's path to NASA's doors was filled with unique twists and turns. We explore her transition from being one of the only girls studying mechanical engineering at a large university, to finding her niche in the space industry. Susie shares insights into her experience as a NASA intern, navigating the fashion side of space, and the empowering message of embracing individuality. Join us as we uncover Susie's inspiring story and celebrate the power of being true to oneself.

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:00 Intro to Susie Martinez

00:43 Space Industry Career - Origin Story

04:40 What is a Payload Engineer?

10:27 Motivation for Sci Comm & STEM outreach

16:18 The Space Gala

17:50 The Galactic Gal - Why Space?

19:00 Tailoring content

20:20 Wearing red lipstick

23:20 Losing Individuality

26:58 The Artemis Program

31:10 Twin Study

32:20 Final thoughts on getting women into STEM

34:40 Wrap Ups and Socials

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adastrasu/

X: https://twitter.com/susealcyone

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For episode 9 of the Astro Ben Podcast, we welcome Kevin J. DeBruin. Kevin is a former NASA Rocket Scientist , presenter, TEDx speaker, author, and educates about space at events around the globe.

Kevin is also known as "Fit Rocket Scientist" as he is an American Ninja Warrior, certified personal trainer and former bodybuilder. Hear Kevin 's fascinating insights into education and why he believes it should be mandatory in school to learn about our place in the cosmos!

0:17 Intro

0:26 Last week on The Astro Ben Podcast – Moriba

01:06 Bens doing ‘alright’ (no more information given)

01:16 SGAC

02:08 SGx – TEDx style event information coming soon

02:19 Introduction to Kevin

03:36 Bringing on Kevin – opening question about Lego!

05:00 Background to Kevin – road to Nasa and Beyond…

07:46 Theme of resilience to achieve your goals

09:34 How iconic space films can help give you cosmic perspective.

10:14 Space Education!

12:34 Space Camps – capturing that curiosity

16:50 Diversity in space industry – impact space camps?

18:00 Takeover Tuesday – what/why and how?

24:24 SpaceX making space flight routine again

24:45 Fit Rocket Scientist – American Ninja Warrior

27:24 Kevin’s hopes and predictions for future of space industry (and timeline)

32:30 A national elementary space curriculum

35:26 Ben wraps up until next time – Ad Astra!

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In the 10th episode of the Astro Ben Podcast, we hear from Mike Mongo, author of The Astronaut Instruction Manual, host of Mike Mongo's Astronaut Adventures, and director of The Humannaires Initiative, a partnership with United Launch Alliance. As Mike Mongo, Astronaut Teacher, he fosters enthusiasm and supports the training of students for tomorrow's jobs in space. "Tomorrow's jobs are in space," says Mr Mongo.

"Giving students today permission to imagine themselves living, working, and playing in space tomorrow is essential. We solve all the challenges we face on earth–health, energy, sustainability, equity, even the illusion of scarcity–by solving for space." In the summer of 2021, he is staging Mike Mongo's Astronaut Job Camp virtual summer camp at Shetland Space Centre, the UK's first vertical launch facility, in Unst, Scotland.

(Apologies for slight technical problems - improvements coming!)

0:18 Intro

01:06 Last week on The Astro Ben Podcast – Kevin J De Bruin

02:41 Introducing Mike Mongo

03:50 Mike comes on

05:51 Why are Mikes glasses on upside down?

10:54 What Mike does for a living? Educator/Author?

11:50 Inspiration 4 – Dr. Sian Proctor

14:48 Loretta Whiteside’s Space Kind

16:40 Alyssa Carlson – future youngest astronaut in space?

18:40 Mike Mongo's Astronaut Job Camp virtual summer camp at Shetland Space Centre, the UK's first vertical launch facility, in Unst, Scotland.

22:57 UK Space Agency

23:30 How to attend Mike Mongo’s job camp https://www.astronautjobcamp.com/

25:37 Artemis Generation

31:00 Why Mike would trade the moon?

35:00 Cosmic perspective

36:10 Would Mike go to space?

37:40 Thanks to Mike for coming on the podcast

39:00 Mikes socials

Social Media

Twitter: @MikeMongo

Instagram: @mikemongoastronautteacher

Facebook/Youtube: @MikeMongoAstronautTeacher

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Hayley Arceneaux is a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital physician assistant, a career she committed to at age ten, after surviving pediatric bone cancer. She is also now a member of the SpaceX medical team, where she helps medically train commercial astronauts. She joined SpaceX's first private spaceflight, Inspiration4, on September 15, 2021, and successfully water-landed three days later. At age twenty-nine, she became the youngest American to orbit the earth, the first pediatric cancer survivor in space, and the first astronaut with a prosthetic body part.

In this episode, Ben and Hayley discuss how Hayley had to keep the fact she was going to space a secret, the overview effect, how she never got claustrophobic on Crew Dragon and her new memoir, WILD RIDE: A Memoir of I.V. Drips and Rocket Ships.

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OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:00 Episode 50

00:49 This weeks sponsor - Spaced Ventures

01:40 Hayley Arceneaux

02:30 How Hayley found out she was going to space

04:15 Keeping the secret

05:00 Reaction to space news

05:34 Hayley’s journey through fighting cancer

09:00 Does Hayley feel the pressure being an inspiration?

10:34 Thoughts around free health care

12:42 The overview effect - reaction to seeing the

15:10 What was it actually like on Crew Dragon?

17:15 How was sleeping on board?

19:15 Responsibilities on board

20:55 Inspiring the next generation

22:36 Landing at sea

25:06 Hayley’s Motivation for writing her book  

27:26 What Hayley learnt about herself

29:00 Hayley’s plans for the future

30:00 Audio book

31:37 Wrap up and socials

Buy “WILD RIDE” on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Ride-Memoir-Drips-Rocket-ebook/dp/B09S3J4DJT

Buy “Wild Ride” on Penguin: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712670/wild-ride-by-hayley-arceneaux/?pdivflag#

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Spaced Ventures is passionate about entrepreneurship, finance and all things space related and is dedicated to making the industry accessible to businesses and investors of all sizes. Spaced Ventures aims to be the world's largest community of startup investors in the space industry.

In Episode 22, Ben talks to Aaron Burnett, the founder and CEO of Spaced Ventures about how he co-founded the company 16 months ago and why he made the leap into the space industry!

00:18 Introduction to Spaced Ventures 

01:45 Aaron Burnett joins.

03:15 Crowd funding vs equity crowd funding

05:26 Are space companies more risky to invest in? 

10:10 How do you decide what to invest in?

15:20 How do you vet startups?

22:08 Does Aaron have the best job in the world? 

25:30 How important is a video in a crowd funding video? 

27:09 transformation of space industry 

31:12 Aaron’s career and how did he make the move into the Space industry? 

36:25 Wrap up and social media’s 

Social Media

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaced.ventures

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Aaron's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aarontburnett

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Camille is an aerospace engineer turned business strategist in the space industry, developing cutting edge technologies for the future of space. She is also an avid science communicator and public speaker working to make space accessible to all.

In this week's episode, I hear from 'The Galactic Gal' about what it takes to be a space influencer!

00:17 Intro to this weeks episode - The Galactic Gal

02:01 bringing on Camille

02:40 Inception of Galactic Gal (GG)

04:10 Lockheed Martin - starting a job remotely

06:10 how did you make decision to start GG?

08:02 Space influencer roles, how many are there?

11:16 how would you start a career as a space influencer?

13:36 What is the long term aims of GG?

16:10 How can kids be encouraged to study STEM subjects?

22:00 Zero Gravity corporation - what is it?

27:17 what is space VIP

33:32 final word from the GG - has to mention Venue

35:00 Ben’s wrap up and GG’s socials

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In Episode 19, Ben sits down with CEO and founder of Kubos, a cloud-based mission control platform for satellite operations. Kubos' software enables operators to work smoothly using the same tools and processes during both development and operations. From mission design and onboard software to hardware testing and mission operations in the cloud, the system is designed to take care of every aspect of a satellite’s flight software.

Hear how Kubos’ platform is changing and constantly improving space satellites, what it’s like being the leader of a successful space industry start-up and hear Tylers predictions for the future of satellite and space tech.

00:18 Welcome back – introduction to Kubos

01:01 Tyler Browder welcome to the Astro Ben Podcast

02:02 Ben asks for a geography lesson on American states

03:24 Texas becoming new space centre?

05:15 What is Kubos and why Portland?

07:18 Kubos explained in lamens terms

08:35 Apollo 13

09:31 Has remote working made Kubos’ journey to market easier?

11:31 Who are Kubos’ clients?

14:10 Major Tom

15:15 How has Kubos effected how satellites talk to each other?

17:15 Using data to predict satellites future movements

18:03 Kubos team

18:55 Entrepreneur’s journey – highs and lows?

20:48 Reaction from investors – was it difficult?

23:30 The future is in the cloud? Where is Kubos going?

25:30 How important is security?

26:56 Where does Tyler see the space industry going?

29:22 Final word – Tyler

30:00 Quick wrap and Kubos

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Dr Beth Healey is an Emergency Medicine doctor who has worked for several years in the NHS and oversea's. As part of medical and logistical support teams she has worked in a number of extreme and remote environments including Svalbard, Siberia, Greenland and the North Pole.

As research MD for the European Space Agency she overwintered in Antarctica at spaceflight analogue 'Concordia', otherwise know as 'White Mars'. There, she researched the effects of isolation and extreme environment on the physiology and psychology of the crew.

00:20 introduction to episode 23: Dr Beth Healey.

01:14 Welcoming Bath  

01:42 Where has Beth been the past week? Spoiler alert - astronaut application.

03:30 Beths thoughts on civilian space flight

07:40 Beths career to date

11:22 What is extreme environment physiology

13:33 Ben brings up Covid - but in a relevant way.  

14:40 Beths experience on Concordia in Antarctica.

16:40 similarities between Concordia and long space missions.

18:12 Effect on mental health during long isolation missions.

23:40 Artemis Generation

25:00 Being part of the journey!

28:15 Ben mentions ‘first man’, but means "Ad Astra".

28:40 Private space companies. Collaborating or competing?

29:45 Beths Hobbies

31:51 Wrap Up

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Dr. Chris Boshuizen is an Australian scientist, explorer, entrepreneur, investor, educator, musician and astronaut. Currently a Partner at DCVC, a deep tech investment company in San Francisco where he focuses on funding cutting edge space companies. Boshuizen completed his PhD in physics at The University of Sydney before accepting a position at the NASA Ames Research Center in California. After leaving NASA he co-founded Planet Labs, which operates the largest fleet of Earth-observing satellites and maps the entire surface of the Earth daily, enabling key insights into our changing world that were previously unobtainable. Dr Boshuizen also flew to space as a passenger on Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-18 mission on October 13 2021. 

00:20 Bio for Dr Chris Boshuizen

02:24 Introducing Chris

02:50 Music and Space 

03:25 Chris’s experience on Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-18 mission on October 13 2021

05:08 William Shatner as crew mate - what was it like?

05:30 Pre flight training - what’s involved?

08:13 Zero G flight

09:40 What was Chris’s thoughts on the launchpad?

11:30 Shatner's experience/reaction compared to Chris’s

14:40 Exploration and time line for truly accessible access to space

18:00 Planet Labs - how did it come about?

22:15 From Planet to DCVC, investing in companies like Rocket Lab

23:00 Entrepreneurial takeaways - a technologist approach to business

25:30 Chris’s advice for new space entrepreneurs starting out

29:15 Chris’s projections for space industry

31:40 Dr Chrispy!

35:30 Ben’s theory about sending Will-I-am or Kanye West to space

36:20 Chris’s biggest bit of advice to space entrepreneurs  

39:15 Ben asks the most obvious question

40:05 Planet go’s public and Chris’s socials

Social Media

Follow Chris’s journey to space at https://drchrispy.com     

Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/drchrispymusic    

Twitter: https://twitter.com/cboshuizen & https://twitter.com/drchrispymusic  

Dr Chrispy Music: https://drchrispy.com/spotify   

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Astralytical is a space consulting firm focusing on space science, space industry, and space policy analysis. Their specialty is high-quality big-picture outlook and multidisciplinary space trends in the aerospace sector, particularly the emerging space economy. 

In this episode, Ben chats to Laura (the founder of Astralytical) about her career, how she has carved out a niche for herself, overcome challenges and discriminations in the workplace and her new book “Becoming Off-Worldly”.

00:18 intro to episode 28 - Laura Forczyk

01:22 Space Twitter - importance of connection with community 

03:00 Laura’s background and career to date

07:24 How did Astralytical come about?

11:31 Who are the startups that come to Laura and why

14:51 Importance of data

16:02 “Becoming Off-Worldly” out now! Order here 

22:02 Space tourism experiences differ - i.e Chris Boshuizen

23:08 “To the Moon?’ 

24:36 Being a feminist in the Space industry 

29:39 What can men do to speak up against sexism in the space industry?

32:46 Brooke Owens Fellowship 

36:45 Hardest part of starting Astralytical?

39:18 Bens wrap up

40:28 Social Media’s

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Website: https://www.astralytical.com/

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“The Galaxis Gal”, Inara Tabir, is a science communicator and aerospace connector. She is the president of the Multiplanetary Society and the Executive Director of Gaaays in Spaaace. Her work focuses on bridging the public and the industry to secure our future in space.  Her show, Coffee on the Moon, focuses on making space accessible to everyone and talking to people who found unique ways into the industry. She is a former foster child and a trans woman, with a fascinating view of the Space industry.

In this episode, Ben and Inara discuss “The 8th Continent” (aka The Moon), how to shift the focus of the public to bring Space closer to Earth and why the Multiplantary Society will end!

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:00 Intro to the Episode (Please rate, review and share the Podcast!)

00:58 Introduction to Inara Tabir

01:56 The Galaxis Gal https://www.galaxisgal.space/

02:36 Making Humanity Multiplanetary

04:26 How do we do it?

08:20 Back to the Moon

11:35 Importance of Space

17:09 Where Space begins and why the Multiplantary Society will end

19:54 Gaaays in Spaaace

25:20 Advice to young people in the industry

28:39 Gaaays in Spaaace Tickets conference (tickets available now here) 

32:58 Wrap Up & Socials

Follow Inara & Galaxis Gal

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GalaxisGal

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GalaxisGal/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/GalaxisGal/

Instagram (Gays in Space): https://www.instagram.com/gaaaysinspaaace/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/inaratabir/

LinkedIn (Multi Planetary Society): https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-multiplanetary-society/

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Christopher E. Mason is a professor of Genomics, Physiology, and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine and specialises in research on the long term effects of space flight on the human body! He is also the author of the thought provoking book, “The next 500 years: engineering life to reach new worlds”. In this episode, Ben and Chris discuss Chris’s role as principal investigator for the NASA Twins Study, the possibility of life on other world’s and whether Chris would be interested in a one way trip to Mars

0:00 Intro to Professor Chris Mason

00:38 Lex Friedman Podcast

01:20 The Mason Laboratory

03:20 Origins of The Twin Study

06:00 Twin Study experiment year plan

08:03 Most surprising results of twin study  and is test still going on?

10:30 What are telomeres?

13:07 Working with private companies/individuals in Space

15:38 Safety of individuals on mission to mars

18:33 Mason Lab contracts

19:22 “The next 500 years - engineering life to reach new worlds”

24:50 Where will humanity be (physically) in that time?

25:50 The even further future (billions/trillions of years) 

27:44 Are we alone in the universe?

29:23 Is it inevitable that humans will merge with machines?

30:48 Day in the life of Professor Mason

32:08 Proudest moments

34:07 Advice to young people interested in  ‘humans in Space’

35:51 Professor Mason in Space

37:26 One Way Trip

39:08 Wrap Up and socials

Follow Professor Chris Mason

Website: http://masonlab.net/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mason_lab?lang=en

Buy His Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Next-500-Years-Engineering-Worlds/dp/0262044404

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Charles "Charlie" Camarda is an American engineer and NASA astronaut who flew into space aboard the Space Shuttle mission STS-114. He served as Senior Advisor for Engineering Development at NASA Langley Research Center and was a Senior Advisor for Innovation in the office of Chief Engineer at Johnson Space Center.

In this episode, Charlie talks about the importance of high performing teams to solve complex challenges and we find out if Charlie really is afraid of heights (and enclosed spaces)!

*Unfortunately the audio quality is not as good as we would like on this episode (and we're sorry), we are working on improving it!*

00:20 Intro to episode – it’s astronaut time!

01:40 Welcome Charlie

02:20 How travel restrictions have effected the last year?

03:24 Charlie’s story

06:15 Finding your passions & the power of internships

08:20 Ben waffles on for a bit

09:05 How confident was Charlie in astronaut application

11:30 What did Charlie’s daughter say when daddy said he wanted to be an astronaut?

13:06 Claustrophobia AND afraid of heights?

14:55 What kept Charlie going through hard times

17:00 What was it like on the Shuttle?

19:43 Launch time – what’s actually involved?

24:00 docking with the ISS

25:40 An EVA first

26:41 Did Charlie manage to sleep in space?

27:10 How did going to space change your perspective?

31:15 Importance of diversity in space industry

34:50 Would Charlie go to space again?

36:45 What was the landing really like?

38:50 The power of teams!

39:30 Outro

41:05 The intro music – Shout out to Clauss!

You can download the track here

https://cremeorganization.bandcamp.com/album/transit-creme-12-99

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Twitter @charliecamarda

Instagram @astrocharliecamarda

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Andy Aldrin is the President of the Aldrin Family Foundation, a charity dedicated to harnessing the inspiration of space to ignite a passion for STEAM education in students of all ages and backgrounds.

In this episode, Ben and Andy talk about the Aldrin Family Foundation, why they have teamed up with the University of Sunderland (in the UK), what it was like growing up with Buzz as a father and the future of Space tourism!

Spaced Ventures: https://www.spacedventures.com/ to invest into shares of actual space startups!

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:17 Spaced Ventures www.spacedventures.com

00:41 Andy Aldrin Introduction

01:23 New Years resolution/thoughts

03:15 Artemis 1 & Starship

05:25 Polaris Dawn & Space Tourism

06:20 Launch cost

10:38 Buzz Aldrin as a father

13:00 Aldrin Family Foundation (AFF)

15:09 Space Tourism and access to space

22:04 The night sky

22:36 AFF origin

27:47 Why Sunderland?

28:50 Differences between UK and US students

34:33 Wrap up and socials

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Website: https://aldrinfoundation.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AldrinFamilyFoundation

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AldrinFamilyFdn

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For episode 6 of The Astro Ben Podcast: Diversity in the Space Industry we welcome special guest Dr. Sheila Kanani, British astronomer, Space Comedian and the Education, Outreach and Diversity Officer at the Royal Astronomical Society. Take a listen to hear what Dr. Sheila Kanani has to say about being a woman in the space industry and inspiring young people to pursue careers in space!

0:20 Last week on The Astro Ben Podcast

1:15 Yuri’s Night

2:20 This week’s guest: Dr. Sheila Kanani

3:25 Follow Sheila on Twitter

4:30 Welcome Dr. Sheila Kanari

4:50 Saturn!

6:20 Life as an Education, Outreach and Diversity Officer at the Royal Astronomical Society

8:45 Dr. Kanani’s background

10:25 Diversity work for the R.A.S.

12:10 LGBTQ+ physical sciences center

13:50 Challenges in University as a woman, microaggressions & mansplaining

17:50 How to Be an Astronaut Book & diversity’s influence

23:20 Advice to people who want to have careers in the Space industry

27:00 Astronomy & telescopes & programming

29:45 Cosmic Perspective

30:09 Dr. Sheila Kanani’s predictions for the future of the Space industry

31:38 Space Exploration

32:57 What does it mean to be a Space Comedian?

36:35 Recap of episode 6

38:20 Engage with Astro Ben Podcast on social media

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Twitter: @saturnsheila

Instagram: @royalastrosoc

Mentions

Yuri’s Night

BBC One

STEM Sisters

How to Be an Astronaut

UKSEDS

Space General Advisory Council

Space X

NASA

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Scott “Kidd” Poteet is a retired United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel who served 20 years in various roles that include Commander of the 64th Aggressor Squadron, USAF Thunderbird #4 Demonstration Pilot, USAF Weapons School Graduate, Operational Test & Evaluation Pilot, and Flight Examiner. 

In this episode, Ben chats with Scott about the newly announced Polaris program and how he feels about being selected as the mission pilot for "Polaris Dawn," SpaceX's next step in making humanity a space-faring civilisation.

00:43 Introducing Scott Poteet

01:00 ‘Kidd’

02:02 What is Polaris Dawn?

03:48 Speed of SpaceX’s training

05:50 The role of Mission Pilot

09:12 How did SpaceX set the mission goals for Polaris Dawn?

11:29 The first commercial EVA walk

14:30 How Scott met Jared

16:54 What is Jared really like?

21:50 Astronaut Dreams

29:11 Inspiration and Polaris - measuring success

34:24 Scott’s family reaction to hearing Scott is going to space

37:10 Wrap up and socials

The Polaris Program

Website: https://polarisprogram.com/dawn/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/polarisprogram

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/polarisprogram/

Scott’s Social Media

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kiddpoteet

Instagram: https://instagram.com/kiddpoteet?utm_medium=copy_link

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In Episode 49 Ben speaks to Emily Higgins, the Director of Communications and Special Projects for Uplift Aerospace, documenting and creating the infrastructure for "Next Space" within the aerospace industry using advanced technologies, art, and Web3. Within her role at Uplift, Higgins is also the Director of Space+, the world's first Web3 Space Program. Her role encompasses content production and curation for building brand recognition, and astronaut wrangling.

In this episode, Ben and Emily discuss the importance of making space accessible to all, Starborn Treasure Hunt, the future of crypto in space and the importance of educating and community building for Space+.

Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsor:

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OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

Follow Space+:

00:00 Intro and thanks to our sponsors - Spaced Ventures

00:47 Emily Higgins

01:28 What on Earth is Web3?

03:30 NFT’s in Space

05:50 Uplift Space & Space+

12:33 Power of NFT community and how business model stacks up?

15:44 Open Sea & Launches

17:01 Starborn Treasure Hunt

19:33 Educating Space industry on crypto

21:22 Value of crypto in space in the future

25:18 Future astronaut training

29:19 Community Building

31:01 Digital launch viewing?

31:44 Long term vision for Space+

33:38 To The Moon!

34:38 Wrap ups and socials

Follow Space+

Website: https://www.spaceplus.xyz/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/spaceplusnft

Discord: https://discord.com/invite/spaceplusnft

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceplusnft/

Opensea: https://opensea.io/collection/launch-pass

Starborn Premint: https://www.premint.xyz/starborn-treasure-hunt/

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Dr Becky Smethurst is an astrophysics researcher who is trying to understand the connection between galaxies and their central supermassive black holes in the local Universe. In particular Dr Becky focus’s on the non-merger driven growth of supermassive black holes and the resultant feedback effects on their host galaxies!

In this episode, Ben and Dr Becky discuss the misconceptions about black holes, spaghettification and will humanity ever traverse a black hole?!

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:00 Intro to Dr Becky Smethurst

01:12 Post Conference vibes 

02:08 Dr Becky’s passion for space

05:01 Ability to communicate the science

06:40 Science communication

09:07 A brief history of black holes (out now on paperback https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brief-History-Black-Holes-everything/dp/1529086744/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=)

11:37 Spaghettification 

15:15 Being “Beyond the event horizon”

18:01 The ultimate mystery!

19:02 The James Webb Space Telescope - recent revelations

22:55 Does/could AI effect Dr Becky’s research?

26:22 Could humanity survive a black hole?

28:30 Dr Becky’s hobbies

29:24 Wrap Up and Socials

Follow Dr Becky Smethurst

X: @drbecky_

Instagram: www.instagram.com/drbecky_s

Website: https://rebeccasmethurst.co.uk

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In episode 101, Ben chats to  Kirsten Whittingham, President of Max Space. Kirsten shares insights into her diverse and impressive career in the aerospace industry, from generating significant revenue at Axiom Space to overseeing the development of innovative expandable habitats at Max Space. The conversation delves into the unique technology behind Max Space's scalable habitats, the challenges and milestones ahead, and the future of space habitation. Kirsten also discusses her work with the Cosmic Girls Foundation, aiming to address gender inequality in the space industry and inspire more young girls to pursue STEM careers.

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:14 Intro to

00:48 Introduction to Kirsten Whittingham

01:28 What is Max Space?

04:57 Inflatable

06:21 Mission in 2026

09:00 What is a soft goods?

10:22 Psychology of inflatable structures 

12:20 How big could they be?

13:50 Experience from Axiom

17:35 Raising money for space startups

20:50 Sustainability

23:08 Private/public partnerships

25:55 Uses of Max Space habitat from research, manufacturing, space debris and sport?!

27:50 Cosmic Girls Foundation https://www.cosmicgirls.org/donate

30:45 CGF Initiatives

32:02 Advice to young people

35:10 Vision for the future of the space industry

37:53 Wrap Up and socials

Connect with Max Space:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getmaxspace

Website: https://getmaxspace.com/

X: https://twitter.com/getmaxspace

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/getmaxspace/about/

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Jared Isaacman is an American entrepreneur, pilot, philanthropist, and commercial astronaut. He is the founder, CEO of Draken International and Shift4 Payments. As well as being commander of the iconic inspiration 4 mission last year, Jared will command the Polaris Dawn mission, the first private spaceflight in a series of missions named the Polaris Program which starts early next year.

In this episode, Ben and Jared discuss the upcoming Polaris missions, his entrepreneurial journey and his relationship with SpaceX.

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OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

0:16 Spaced Ventures

00:40 Jared Isaacman

01:22 The importance of reflection

02:52 Shift 4 Payments 

05:22 Where did Jared’s passion for space start?

07:42 Telling board about space dreams

10:18 Hand over business responsibility when in space?

12:08 Inspiration 4 success

15:08 When did SpaceX conversation start?

17:20 Polaris Dawn conception

18:35 Timing for Polaris Dawn

23:34 What to look for in a crew? 

25:15 Upcoming Polaris missions

26:40 Moon & Mars

28:02 Family Life

29:44 Advice to budding space entrepreneurs

34:00 Wrap up and socials

Follow the Polaris Program

Website: https://polarisprogram.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/rookisaacman & https://twitter.com/polarisprogram

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/polarisprogram/

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Anastasia Prosina is a Space Architect, Founder & CEO at Stellar Amenities, a space architecture company with the mission of uplifting space tourist experience and astronaut wellbeing and performance, for a smooth transition to the multi-planetary future.‍

Before founding her practice, Anastasia worked with MIT Media Lab, NASA, Mars Society, and multiple private aerospace companies. As a thought leader on space architecture, she has publicly spoken around the globe, including SXSW, LA Design Week, Brown University, Mars Society Convention, New Worlds Conference, and co-authored papers and publications on the subject matter. She is frequently invited to jury and review the work of others in the fields of Space Architecture, Innovation in Architecture and Sustainability.

In this episode Ben and Anastasia discuss Space architecture, the importance of eating onions in space and how space architecture can benefit Earth! 

0:00 Please subscribe!

00:45 Anastasia Prosina - Stellar Amenities

01:14 What is a Space Architect?

02:18 Architecture vs Interior Design

06:32 Bringing nature into spacecraft

11:11 Finding inspiration for spacecraft design on Earth

14:55 Anastasia’s earlier career

21:28 Being a female CEO in the Space Agency (mentions

27:30 Aspirations for Stellar Amenities

34:37 Wrap up and socials

Mentions:

Space Architects: Galina Balashova and Constance Adams.

Follow Anastasia Prosina:

Website: https://stellar.amenities.life/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/StellaAmenities & https://twitter.com/anaprosina

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stellaramenities

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stellaramenities/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stellaramenities/

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In Episode 98, Ben speaks with Andrew Parris, a space industry veteran who worked at NASA for over a decade. Andrew shares captivating stories from his time with the Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions, including his travels to Moscow and the Baikonur Cosmodrome. He also discusses his transition into commercial spaceflight and space communication, highlighting his work with innovative space organizations like The Inspired 24, Uplift Aerospace's Space+, and Axiom Space. Join the conversation to explore Andrew's fascinating journey through space exploration, mentorship, and his ongoing commitment to democratizing space for everyone.

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:58 Intro to Andrew

01:30 Andrew’s Space Origin Moment

03:08 Working for NASA

08:48 Inspiration 4 and Inspired 24

11:42 The work of Inspired 24

15:30 World View - Andrews Path to Space?

19:00 Importance of building a crew on Earth

20:01 The Overview Effect

23:45 Maximising Overview Effect through Photo’s/video

26:14 Time Management

30:20 Predictions for Space Tourism Industry

32:30 Breaking News

32:35 Wrap Up and Socials

Connect with Andrew Parris:

Website: https://theinspired24.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_inspired_24/

X: https://twitter.com/aparrisx

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In this episode, we have the privilege of diving into the world of Maynard Okereke, better known as the Hip Hop M.D., a dynamic science communicator and STEM advocate. Ben and "Hip Hop" explored Maynard's journey from civil engineering to award-winning SciComm, highlighting his passion for blending humour, education, and creativity. They discussed the importance of representation in the STEM fields and the role of storytelling in inspiring future generations. Maynard shared his unique perspective on bridging the gap between science and entertainment, emphasising the need for inclusivity and empowerment in our pursuit of knowledge. As they wrapped up, Maynard left us with a powerful vision for a future where every child in a classroom has access to the wonders of space, igniting curiosity and fostering a deeper connection to the cosmos.

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

01:00 Who is the Hip Hop MD?

02:44 Fascination with the cosmos

05:53 Going to Space/Overview Effect

09:34 Importance of Storytelling

13:42 Challenging stereotypes and ensuring representation in STEM

18:44 Importance of role models

22:50 Impact of Hip Hop Science

26:50 Future of space education/Artemis/vision for future of classroom

34:28 Final thoughts/Upcoming children’s book!

36:40 Wrap Up and socials

Connect with Maynard Okereke, Hip Hop M.D:

#HipHopScience

Website: www.HipHopScienceShow.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/hiphopscienceshow

Facebook: www.facebook.com/HipHopScienceShow

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Dr. Doug Corrigan is a physicist, biochemist, and molecular biologist, and is the author of the book “The Author of Light.” As a Graduate Fellow, he worked with NASA on microgravity experiments that flew aboard the Space Shuttle. Later in his career, Dr. Corrigan launched a biotech company that developed tools to help the pharmaceutical industry discover new antiviral drugs. He is an avid innovator, and has developed award-winning concepts for new medical devices, 3D printing technologies, cellular assays, nanotechnologies, sensors, and new materials.

In this episode Ben and Doug discuss the properties of light, the existence of God and poly molecular health.

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OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:22 This weeks sponsor Spaced Ventures

00:54 Dr Doug Corrigan

01:58 Fascination with the cosmos

03:57 The Author of Light: Did God reveal his identity in the physics of light (You can buy Doug’s book here) https://www.amazon.com/Author-Light-Reveal-Identity-Physics/dp/B08KH97THM/

09:15 The Big Bang 

12:56 Pushback from Academia about God in Science?

15:47 Bio tech company

18:02 Polymolecular Health

25:20 Experience with NASA

34:24 Twitter 

36:14 Wrap up and socials

Follow Dr Doug Corrigan

Website: https://sciencewithdrdoug.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceWDrDoug

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John Bicknell is a national security thought leader and passionate analytics visionary. He has written extensively on national security matters related to information warfare, critical infrastructure defense, and space situational awareness. John leads software and business development efforts for More Cowbell Unlimited. 

More Cowbell Unlimited uses patented process technologies to predict near-term outcomes of commercial and national security interest. In this episode Ben speaks to John (or “The Happy Warrior”) about Space Domain Awareness, what his company do with the United States Space Force and why “freedom is not free.”

0:16 Intro to ep27 and John Bicknell

01:34 Fellow podcast nerves

02:13 Where John lives and why everyone should visit!

04:00 John’s military background and how that effected his love of space.

08:32 Importance of lifelong learning

09:25 What is more cowbell unlimited

11:30 What cowbell are modelling?

19:25 Is SDA one of the USAF top priorities?

21:35 What happens if two satellites collide

26:00 Importance of flight safety flying

28:00 Discuss “ITU’s” International Telecommunication Union that assignments every satellite an orbital slot 

30:45 Work life balance - does it exist?

32:15 The Information Professionals Association (IPA)

33:35 The Cognitive Crucible Podcast

34:33 John’s hope and vision for the Space industry

37:35 Outro and socials

Social media

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnbicknell/

Twitter: @morecowbellultd

Website: www.morewcowbellunlimited.com

More Cowbell Unlimited - the SNL skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVsQLlk-T0s

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For episode 8 of the Astro Ben Podcast, we welcome Moriba Jah. Moriba is a space scientist and space engineer known for his contributions to orbit determination, space attitude awareness, and space traffic monitoring. He is currently an associate professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas.

Hear Moriba's fascinating insights into space environmentalism and how we should accept that "near-Earth" space will never be clean. Ben asks a question Moriba has never been asked (but has another technical problem too!). Thought provoking discussion about the difference between diversity and inclusivity and how we shouldn't worship astronauts!

0:17 Intro

0:57 Last week on The Astro Ben Podcast

02:14 Background to Moriba Jah and Ben attempts to explain space junk (badly)

04:50 Moriba joins Ben

05:12 The importance of running (on Earth)

06:16 What is a normal week for Moriba

07:28 Space environmentalism

09:38 Did the Apollo program consider the future of space junk?

10:25 Similarities to ocean plastic – is it too late?

11:48 Ben has technical issue! (Embarrassing – blame Sky internet)

12:28 Attention to traditional ecological knowledge.

15:00 What happened with Chinese rocket crash?

17:33 Where Moriba got his passion for public speaking for?

19:20 Diversity in space industry

22:08 Hopes and dreams for space industry (great answer!)

24:10 Thanks Moriba!

24:44 Ben attempts to summarize.

25:30 Outro/wrap up – Moriba’s socials!

26:50 Thanks again Moriba – see you next time!

27:08 Next weeks guest

Social Media

Twitter + Instagram: @moribajah

Mentions

Space Diversity Education Satellites Astronomy London Student Candidate space exploration Payloads running rockets space junk debris spacejunk LEO china Chinese rocket dynamics NASA career interplanetary air force Mars Earth Ecological Alaska Environment SpaceX Starlink Flash Gordon Science Fiction Near-Earth Rockets Science Education Public speaking Haiti Diversity Inclusivity TedX Talk Inspire

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Professor Sara Seager is an astrophysicist and a Professor of Physics, Professor of Planetary Science, and a Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she holds the Class of 1941 Professor Chair.  She has been a pioneer in the vast and unknown world of exoplanets, planets that orbit stars other than the sun. Her ground-breaking research ranges from the detection of exoplanet atmospheres to innovative theories about life on other worlds to development of novel space mission concepts.

In space missions for planetary discovery and exploration, she was the Deputy Science Director of the MIT-led NASA Explorer-class mission TESS; she was PI of the JPL-MIT CubeSat ASTERIA; is a lead of the Starshade Rendezvous Mission (a space-based direct imaging exoplanet discovery concept under technology development) to find a true Earth analog orbiting a Sun-like star; and most recently has directed a mission concept study to find signs of life or life itself in the Venus atmosphere and is PI of a small mission to Venus targeted for launch in 2023.

Her research earned her a MacArthur “genius” grant and other accolades including: membership in the US National Academy of Sciences; the Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences, the Magellanic Premium Medal; and has been awarded one of Canada’s highest civilian honors, appointment as an Officer of the Order of Canada. Professor Seager is the author of, “The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir”.

00:00 Introduction to Episode 40

00:47 Introduction to Sara Seager (Ben impressed by a blackboard)

03:20 Starshade (here)

06:04 What is an exoplanet?

07:28 When was the first exoplanet detected?

08:15 How many exoplanets are there?

08:57 When did Sara start her career chasing exoplanets?

09:57 Scepticism around exoplanets

12:27 How many planets in the universe could support human life?

13:17 Science behind interstellar

14:44 Do we have to send humans/robots to exoplanets?

15:36 Solar gravitational telescope (hypothetical)

16:37 Proxima Centuri 

17:38 How long would it take to get there?

18:06 Starshot and challenges

19:30 How do people to react to committing to finding another Earth? 

21:06 How do you plan your work?

22:48 Asteria

24:44 Is there life on Venus?

27:03 World reaction to finding life on Venus

29:06 Are we alone in the universe?

30:51 The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir.

31:48 Optimism

32:44 Advice to young people

Follow Professor Sara Seager

Website: https://www.saraseager.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profseagerexoplanets

Twitter: https://twitter.com/profsaraseager

You can buy Sara's book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Smallest-Lights-Universe-Memoir/dp/0525576258

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Mo Islam is the co-founder and CEO of Payload, a space media company that covers the business and politics of space. Prior to Payload, Mo Islam was a senior member of Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan's institutional asset platform, where he raised over $250 million in strategic capital for growth-stage technology companies.

Payload has received a seed round of $650,000, primarily from Winklevoss Capital, the venture firm led by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, as well as Andy Weissman and Sam McIngvale. In this episode, Ben and Mo talk about the parallels between crypto and a space startup, and how the space industry is growing faster than ever.

00:18 Welcome to episode 26 - Mo Islam & Payload

01:20 Bringing on Mo

02:00 What’s been going on for Mo

02:52 What is Payload?

04:25 Who is the target market for Payload?

07:34 How did Mo meet Ari?

09:50 Synergies between Crypto and a Space Start up?

13:10 Payloads investor group

16:15 How Payload plan on growing?

19:40 Payload website strategy

22:34 Types of media - where does Payload sit?

28:00 Where do’s Mo see Payload going in 5-7 years?

30:38 What Mo does in his spare time

33:00 Wrap Up/Outro

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Buckle up, cosmic adventurers! In this episode, we soared through parallel universes with the brilliant Paul Halpern, professor of physics at Saint Joseph’s University. From Rick & Morty vibes to bouncing universes, we unravel the mysteries of the multiverse. Explore BRAIN Worlds, bubble universes, and join the cosmic conversation on the future of multiverse research. Also we discussed Paul's book "The Allure Of The Multiverse" which you should buy in this and any other universe!

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00: Intro to Paul

00:45 The Multiverse - like Rick & Morty?

04:10 The Allure of the Multiverse and Paul’s origin story

06:50 How many dimensions are there?

13:10 Humanities handle on fundamental forces

15:40 Bouncing Universes

20:30 Can we visit a parallel universe? BRAIN Worlds!

25:22 Bubble Universes

29:55 Future of multiverse research

35:11 Wrap Up and socials

Follow Paul Halpern

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Julia Brodsky is a STEM education researcher at the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, a former NASA astronaut instructor, independent school teacher, math education book author, educational consultant for gifted students, and homeschooling mom of three, including a special needs child.  Julia's academic training is in astrophysics and science education. As the founder of the Art of Inquiry, an interactive online science program for curious pre-teens, Julia introduces students to space exploration, astrobiology, and AI to develop their scientific reasoning, systems thinking, and questioning skills. Julia is also a co-founder of Earthlings Hub, a non-profit educational initiative helping refugee children in Ukraine. 

In this episode, Ben and Julia discuss Julia’s journey through space, from love of sci fi as a child, to studying astrophysics around the time of the discovery of the first exoplanet, to becoming an astronaut instructor and in more recent times helping children in the Ukraine.

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OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:00 Introduction to Julia Brodsky

01:16 Julia’s background in the space industry

06:15 Becoming an astronaut instructor 

08:00 What is involve in guidance navigation and control systems?

10:48 Hardest part of astronaut training

13:13 The ISS - importance of international cooperation 

14:33 What Julia did next

17:25 Mathematical Circles 

19:24 The Art of Enquiry

23:16 Butterfly/rocket/airplane/sailboat - what’s the odd one out?

26:40 The Earthlings Hub

40:21 Ben’s final thought

41:18 Julia’s final thought

43:33 Wrap Up & Socials

Follow Julia Brodsky

Founder,  Earthlings Hub, an educational non-profit for refugee kids

Founder, Art of Inquiry, STEM classes and outreach

Research Scientist, Blue Marble Institute of Science

Contributing Writer, Forbes and Medium 

Astrobiology: https://juliabrodsky.medium.com/educating-the-citizens-of-the-universe-a8130a61c359

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Spaceport Cornwall is a launch site for satellites and spaceplanes in the United Kingdom, located at Cornwall Airport Newquay. The project is a partnership between the Cornwall Council and Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit, with the goal of offering low-cost and flexible access to space for small satellite launch providers. Spaceport Cornwall aims to support the growing demand for space-based services and to establish Cornwall as a hub for space-related innovation and technology.

In this episode, Ben and Melissa discuss the plans for Spaceport Cornwall, the ambition to become the first carbon neutral spaceport and what is a Cornish Chough?!

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

In this episode, Ben learn’s about the dynamic career and current ventures of Dylan Taylor, chairman and CEO of Voyager Space Holdings. They delve into Voyager's acquisitions, discussed the impact of Space For Humanity, and gained insights into Taylor's vision for the future of commercial space. The conversation concluded with a call to arms, inspired by Dylan’s trailblazing spirit, inviting listeners to embark on their own daring ventures in the ever-expanding realm of space exploration.

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:44 Introducing Dylan

01:10 Voyager Space Holdings

06:06 Investment Philosophy

07:50 Altius & Exus Markets

09:17 Trends in the industry

12:00 Space Investments benefitting Earth

13:40 Space For Humanity

17:25 “Business babies”

20:02 The effect of spaceflight

22:07 Space Tourism

26:00 Public Private Partnerships

27:55 1’s and 0’s

30:10 Dylan’s legacy

32:37 Wrap Up’s and Socials

Follow Dylan Taylor

Website: https://dylantaylor.org/

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Braided was created to solve a seemingly unsolvable problem - how can astronauts on future deep space missions communicate effectively with Earth, despite the distance induced latency?  With the creation of Braided Communications, Rob Brougham has been able to blend his experience in technology and communications with his passion for healthcare and astrophysics.

In this episode Rob try's (not for the first time) to explain to Ben how Space Braiding works and why it is so important for the future of Space exploration. 

00:00 Intro to Episode 39: Rob Brougham

00:57 Bringing on Rob/Small talk

01:34 London Space Network

02:28 Rob tries again to explain to Ben how Space Braiding works

04:39 Typed Communication

07:22 Deep space communication

11:24 How far could Space Braiding work?

15:18 UK Space Agency

19:21 Radiation effects Space Braiding?

22:01 Space testing

23:26 Braided meetings

28:05 Benefits of business partners in entrepreneurship 

32:00 Origin of name Space Braiding

34:00 Wrap up and social media’s

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In this episode, we had the privilege of diving into the world of analog space missions with Emily Apollonio, CEO and founder of Interstellar Performance Labs. Emily shared insights into her dynamic leadership journey, her commitment to optimising safety and performance in critical missions, and her dedication to empowering aspiring astronauts. We explored the innovative programs offered by Interstellar Performance Labs, such as the Stellar Training for Astronaut Readiness (STAR) program, which prepares individuals and crews for future missions through a comprehensive curriculum covering physical and mental performance, team dynamics, and human factors. Emily's passion for space exploration and her unwavering dedication to breaking barriers left us inspired and eager to embrace the future of space exploration.

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:44 Intro to Episode

01:14 Interstellar Performance Labs

02:30 Emily’s Origin Story

05:20 What is an Analogue Mission

07:08 Key Challenges of Missions

11:35 Could you live without a smart phone?

12:27 Space Tourism Preparation

18:30 Stellar Training for Astronaut Readiness (STAR) program

22:30 Corporate Analogue Missions

25:24 Picking a team

28:51 Challenges in building a business

32:58 Worlds Largest Analogues Mission

35:35 Should anyone do a mission?

37:22 Wrap Up and Socials

Connect with IPLabs:

Website: https://www.iplabs.space/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iplabs.space/

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In this episode of 'The Astro Ben Podcast,' we embark on a fascinating journey with Chris Sembroski, a civilian astronaut who challenges the notion that space is reserved for the elite. From being a 'normal' individual to training for space like one would train for a 5K, Chris shares his extraordinary experiences, both with SpaceX's Inspiration4 and his recent transition to Blue Origin as an avionics engineer.

Join us as we explore the intersection of everyday life and space exploration, delving into the importance of embracing one's love for space without reservations. Chris's story is a testament to the idea that anyone, with passion and determination, can find themselves among the stars. So, prepare for an inspiring and down-to-earth conversation that reminds us all that the journey to space starts with the courage to dream. Tune in now and discover the extraordinary in the ordinary.

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

01:10How on Earth Chris got to space!

05:50 How many entries?

06:35 Learn about yourself

09:20 Being uncomfortable

10:36 Inspiration4 Crew

11:46 Polaris Dawn

12:47 Relatable

15:43 What the daughters thought

18:00 Turning point

21:00 Overview Effect

23:50 Why billionaires should go to space

25:12 Going to Blue Origin

29:00 Mixing day job with space experience

31:05 Advice for “normal people” looking for a path to space

33:35 Wrap Up & Socials

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Julie McEnery is the Project Scientist for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. In this role, she is the scientific lead of a NASA Astrophysics flagship mission that will study the expansion history of the Universe, the evolution of cosmic structure and perform a statistical census of planets around other stars. Her scientific research focuses on the study of extreme high energy transients and the development of the ground and space based observatories needed to pursue this.  She is the senior scientist for high energy astrophysics at Goddard Space Flight Center, and co-director of the Joint Space Sciences Center between Goddard and the University of Maryland.

In this episode, Ben and Julie discuss the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, it's timeline and how it compares to the JWST  ‘Instead of seeing deep, seeing wide’.

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OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

Lawrence Krauss is an internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling author, as well as being an acclaimed lecturer. He is currently President of The Origins Project Foundation, and host of The Origins Podcast, His wide research interests have focused on the interface between elementary particle physics and cosmology, including the origin and evolution of the Universe and the fundamental structure of matter. 

In this episode, Ben and Lawrence discuss the “known unknowns” of the universe, the Origin’s Project and is there comfort in not knowing the answers to life's big questions?

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OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:00 Intro and Spaced Ventures

00:57 Lawrence Krauss

02:29 What we should be asking about the universe in 2022? “The Known Unknowns” preorder here 

07:14 Cosmogony - “how the universe started” buy “A Universe from Nothing” here 

10:22 A universe from nothing 

12:30 Lawrence’s background - did it shape his current views?

13:48 The Origin’s Project

16:30 Big Questions

17:38 Kip Thorne 

18:54 Private companies involvement with Space

23:10 Big Experiments with unlimited budget

25:28 UAP’s

27:00 Likelihood’s of “anything”

28:30 The Physics of Star Trek 

30:08 Where did Lawrence’s passion for space come from?

31:25 Wrap up and socials

Follow Lawrence Krauss

Website - https://www.lawrencemkrauss.com/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/LawrenceMKrauss/

Twitter -  https://twitter.com/LKrauss1

Substack - https://lawrencekrauss.substack.com/

Origins Project - https://originsproject.org/events/

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Bill Nye (otherwise known as “Bill Nye the Science Guy”) is an American mechanical engineer, science communicator, and television presenter. He is best known as the host of the hit shows Bill Nye the Science Guy and the Netflix show Bill Nye Saves the World. Bill is also the CEO of The Planetary Society and his new series, The End is Nye, premieres August 25, 2022 on Peacock.

In this episode, Ben and Bill discuss the importance of space, how science communication has evolved and what to do if an asteroid is heading for Earth!

00:00 Intro to Bill Nye (who needs no introduction)

00:50 What it is like to be Bill Nye The Science guy 

03:07 How has science communication changed over years? 

06:34 Are people more interested in science now (2022)?

07:40 The importance of critical thinking

09:06 The Planetary Society & The Planetary Academy

10:42 How Bill Nye got into science

13:40 What does space “represent” to Bill

16:33 Bills new series: The End is Nye 

17:47 Asteroid heading to Earth - what do we do?

19:57 Can and who would save us?

21:00 Elon Musk & SpaceX

22:30 Has Bill Nye been to space?

23:42 Is there life out there in the universe?

26:00 Cosmic perspective and climate change

27:21 What does Bill think is the meaning of life?

31:14 Participate!

32:14 Wrap up & Socials

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"The End is Nye" coming to Peacock August 25th 

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In this episode, we journey through the vast cosmos with Professor Chris Lintott, a distinguished astrophysicist and presenter of the BBC's 'Sky at Night.' Our discussion revolved around his latest book, "Our Accidental Universe," where Chris eloquently unraveled the accidental nature of astronomical discoveries. From the diverse worlds in our Solar System to the outer reaches of the observable universe, he shared captivating stories and insights. We delved into the charm of lazy astronomy, the profound connection to the cosmos, the allure of a dark night sky, and even the mysteries behind why Uranus and Neptune share the same colour.

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:40 Introducing Chris

00:57 Weather effecting stargazing!

01:45 Dogstars Podcast (will come back to this later in episode!)

02:26 Cosmic perspective

04:30 The Moon

06:27 Accessibility of astronomy and Jupiter

08:44 Fascination with Space

10:28 Uranus and Neptune are the same colour!

17:45 Keeping an open mind to astronomy

19:00 Vera Rubin Observatory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_C._Rubin_Observatory

20:28 SETI

21:56 Chris’s predictions for the future

24:20 Oumuamua - what was it?

27:40 Sky At Night

28:30 Challenges/Joy’s of presenting Sky At Night/Science Communication

30:53 Our Accidental Universe Pre-Order Now: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Our-Accidental-Universe-Discovery-Asteroids/dp/1911709186

31:25 Dog Stars Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dog-stars/id1663196276

33:22 Wrap Up and Socials

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Book Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Our-Accidental-Universe-Discovery-Asteroids/dp/1911709186

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00:41 Introducing Izzy House

01:00 What is Izzy’s book “Space Marketing” and how did it come about?

09:33 Izzy’s target demographic?

10:46 Importance of marketing

13:52 Social Media challenges

18:15 How new is Space Marketing?

20:38 Big Data

22:48 What metrics are useful in Space Marketing?

27:53 Marketing Examples (SpaceX/Virgin Galactic)

32:04 Future books?

34:38 Wrap up and details on how to get Izzy’s book

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In this episode, we explore the transformative vision of Pablo, co-founder of MoonDAO, as he shares how decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) can reshape space exploration, fostering accessibility and collective governance. From his departure from BigTech to pioneering decentralised solutions, Pablo envisions a future where space is truly for everyone.

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:00 Intro to Episode - Pablo Moncada-Larrotiz

01:13 What is a Dao?

02:48 Similar to Bitcoin

03:47 Why the Moon?

07:07 How does it work and who does it serve?

10:00 Sending people to actual space!

10:52 How people can be in with a shot!

11.15 Internet instituions 

15:27 Fixed supply of Moon Dao?

17:41 How do decisions get made?

19:25 Quadratic voting

20:37 Using Dao system in space?

22:30 Pablo’s background

25:18 Founder conflicts

28:10 The challenges in educating people on crypto

32:44 The Moon Dao fitting into the wider space industry

34:35 Wrap Up & Socials

Follow Pablo & Moon DAO

Website: https://www.moondao.com/

Discord: https://discord.com/invite/XFCD6WmQmk

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Moon DAO app: https://app.moondao.com/

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Frances "Poppy" Northcutt is an American engineer and attorney who began her career as a "computer", and was later a member of the technical staff of NASA's Apollo program during the Space Race. During the Apollo 8 mission, she became the first female engineer to work in NASA's Mission Control.

In this episode, Ben and Poppy discuss the Apollo Era, where there were more "whooping cranes" than female engineers in the 1960's and reveals her famous life coach.

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OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:00 Intro 

00:54 Being a trailblazer in the space industry

04:15 Apollo 8 - Poppy’s responsibility 

08:08 Importance/difficulty of Apollo 8 and Apollo 13

10:40 Importance of teamwork and big challenges

12:35 Something unknown about the Apollo Program 

(Please excuse Poppy’s alarms going off)

14:35 Private/Public company

17:40 Inclusivity for women

21:18 Would Poppy go to space

23:27 Who has impacted Poppy over the years

25:24 Initial plans on how to get to Mars

28:22 The global effect of getting to Mars

29:58 The Artemis Program

34:24 Advice to women in the space industry

35:57 Wrap Up and socials

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In this episode, we have the privilege of chatting with Jeffrey Hill, the Executive Chairman of the renowned SATELLITE 2024 Conference. Jeff shared fascinating insights into the intricacies of running one of the world's largest satellite tech events, highlighting his experiences interviewing space luminaries like Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Elon Musk. Find out how Jeffrey is the most cropped-out person in history and what to expect with this years SATELLITE conference in 4 weeks time!

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:39 The countdown! (to the show)

02:15 SATELLITE 2024 Conference

04:20 Memorable interview moments - Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos

13:53 Ben’s question to Richard (not a good question but Ben was excited to ask) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJym7TP5XCQ

14:30 Importance of “Big Names” to get people interested in Space Conferences

18:12 Managing stakeholders interests

22:58 Didn’t want to mention it but - Covid?

28:22 The Public’s understand of Satellites

34:51 Hopes for SATELLITE 2024 Conference and the future of Satellites

42:10 Rachel Jewett - On Orbit Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/on-orbit/id1463422073

42:54 Wrap Up and Socials

Connect with the SATELLITE SHOW!

Website: https://www.satshow.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/satellite-conference-exhibition/

X: https://twitter.com/SATELLITEDC

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SatelliteToday

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/viasatellitemagazine/

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"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth." These words, spoken by President John F. Kennedy in May 1961, changed the lives of twelve Americans who walked on the moon. The Wonder of it All focuses on the Apollo astronauts; Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, John Young, Charles Duke, Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt, as they reflect on the training, the tragedies, being on the moon and the impact of space travel. They became heroes to a nation, fulfilled their dream of setting foot on another world, and forever changed the way we see ourselves.

In this episode of Astro Ben Podcast, Ben sits down with film director Jeffrey Roth. Jeff makes TV shows like "How I Met Your Mother," but is currently re-releasing his hit documentary "The Wonder of It All," which focuses on the rarely-told human side of the men behind the Apollo missions through thoughtful and candid accounts from seven moonwalkers.

00:17 Seconds – Introduction to Jeffrey Roth

00:49 The Wonder of it All documentary

02:34 introducing Jeffrey Roth

02:51 Spacefest

04:57 Space is changing – celebrating original moonwalkers

05:34 What is the Wonder of it All? How did you decide to do it?

10:35 Were the Apollo 11 astronauts disproportionately focused on?

14:41 How did you decide who to interview?

16:38 Favorite part about the process of filming

19:00 Similarities between Apollo astronauts

23:28 Which moonwalker did Jeff found the most interesting?

25:12 Any regrets on what you could have asked them?

29:50 What space documentary would do next?

31:41 President in Waiting documentary

33:50 Jeff's hopes for re-releasing The Wonder of it All?

36:00 Jeff’s final thoughts on Space

37:00 Bens wrap up

37:50 How to view the documentary?

39:00 Competition to win a copy of the documentary

Social Media

https://www.thewonderofitallfilm.com/

In the US, the film can be streamed on the following platforms....iTunes, Google Play, Microsoft, Fandango and Vudu. Check website for any new updates. 

The remastered DVD and Blu-ray is available for purchase through the website which can be shipped worldwide.

The DVD has the exclusive bonus features including a voice over commentary track with Apollo 16's John Young & Charlie Duke, plus a voice over track with Apollo 14's Edgar Mitchell

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"Space Prize” seeks to promote universal space literacy and inspire the next generation of private astronauts by connecting private citizens with a thrilling range of astronaut, earthanaut and aquanaut experiences.

In this episode, Ben and Kim discuss where the Space Prize is going next, the importance of mentorship and the role of science communication in inspiring the next generation of young women in Space!

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:16 Please rate and review the podcast!

01:06 Kim Macharia

01:46 Space Prize

04:54 The Pipeline Problem

06:10 Space Literacy

08:13 Space Education

08:50 Telescope in every school in the world

09:52 What are the Space Prize’s?

12:04 importance of Mentorship

13:33 Different Judges/Mentors depending on location

14:00 The Application 

16:00 Funding

17:30 Locations 

19:15 Next Space Prize in May: Brazil

19:37 Challenges of new locations

21:28 Science Communication

22:36 Space Frontier Foundation

25:40 Private companies democratising access to space

27:40 Future in space

28:15 What advice to young people

30:40 Would Kim go to Space?

32:38 Socials and Wrap Up

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In episode 48 Ben speaks to Dallas Campbell, a British television presenter, television and stage actor, best known as a presenter on the Channel 5 series The Gadget Show in 2008 and BBC One science series Bang Goes the Theory from 2009 to 2012. He’s a well known science communicator who has just back from filming a new series on Hydrogen (coming soon to Youtube).

In this episode, Ben and Dallas discuss science communication, space documentaries, private space companies, the significance of Artemis and the excitement about the UK having a  "Space launch" capability.

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OUTLINE:

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00:18 Spaced Ventures Sponsor 

00:48 Introducing Dallas Campbell

01:24 Current series on Hydrogen and Dallas’s career to date (The Gadget Show/Bang Goes the Theory)

07:00 Contact with former presenters

08:30 Space shows 

10:20 Science communication

12:08 Artemis era (compared to Apollo)

15:38 Privatisation of Space industry (SpaceX/Blue Origin)

18:34 UK Launch Space Launch capability (Space Port Cornwall)

20:23 Ad Astra - Illustrated Space 

21:47 Space documentaries 

24:24 Supersized Earth: 10 years on - projects like Neom, is it time for a second series? 

27:00 Hyperloop

27:25 Dallas Campbells podcast Patented History of Inventions: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/welcome-to-patented-history-of-inventions/id1612089556?i=1000552466585)

30:11 Space Bar with Astro Agency

31:21 Dallas’s new series on Hydrogen (coming soon to YouTube) 

33:26  Wrap up and socials

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In partnership with Future Space Leaders Foundation (FSLF) and SATELLITE 2021, SGAC will host its sixth SGx on September 7th, 2021. These lightning talks are designed to harness the Power of Connection and create an environment where young professionals, industry experts, and government leaders can gather to share their insights and experiences with each other. In Episode 20, Ben chats with co-manager of SGx Anna Wieger, who is also a consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton. Anna also shares her not so secret love of pottery!

00:18 Intro to episode

01:38 Anna Wieger comes on

03:21 How Anna’s career started

04:11 What is Space policy?

07:50 Anna’s Day Job - Booz Allen Hamilton

09:40 Ben try’s to work out what Booz Allen Hamilton do – finally gets it thanks to Anna

11:10 Involvement with NASA

13:40 What is SGx?

22:07 Where else would Anna like to work one day?

27:30 Anna’s secret superpower (spoiler alert it’s pottery!)

32:35 SGx Tickets/social media

Social Media

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Anna’s Esty shop is called AzureClay and items can ship anywhere in the U.S. https://www.etsy.com/shop/AzureClay

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Avi Loeb is an Israeli-American theoretical physicist who works on astrophysics and cosmology and is a Professor of Science at Harvard University. He had been the longest serving chair of Harvard's Department of Astronomy, founding director of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative and director of the Institute for Theory and Computation (within the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics). In July 2021, Avi became head of The Galileo Project. The project was inspired by the detection of ʻOumuamua' and by release of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP).

In this episode, Ben and Avi discuss how Oumuamua (the first interstellar object detected to pass through the solar system) could be space junk or it could be a message in a bottle from an extra terrestrial civilisation. They discuss the importance of interstellar archeology and why we should be looking further for evidence that we are not the only sentient beings in the universe!

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OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:00 Introduction to episode with Avi Loeb and the incredible podcast sponsor – Spaced Ventures

01:00 Who is Avi Loeb?

01:54 How Ben heard about Avi over Covid

02:57 What is Oumuamua (or what it isn’t!)

09:45 Project Galileo https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/galileo/home

10:28 What Avi thinks Oumuamua is and where is it going?

14:00 How did it escape the suns gravity? 

16:30 US government 2019 announcement - UAPS?

19:00 New telescope in Chilli - like a dating app!

20:58 Where to look first?

22:42 NASA’s Dart Mission - planetary defence - job done?

26:15 Project Lyra (chase Oumuamua) is it possible?

29:00 What scientific discoveries does Avi want to live long enough to witness?

33:15 Physics is a dialogue with nature 

35:00 Wrap up and socials 

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Eric Ingram is the Founder and CEO of SCOUT Space Inc., a US-based company developing orbital products and services to enable a new era of space safety and transparency. He is also a Board Member at the Space Frontier Foundation, and is an Organizing Team Member & Ambassador for Mission: AstroAccess.

In this episode, Ben and Eric discuss how to train satellites to become “Space Domain Awareness Data Collectors”, why it’s important to “just try things” and the crucial work of Astro Access shaping an all inclusive future for humanity in Space.

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Leslie and Stephen Shaw both have a lifelong love affair with the subject of ufology and both consider themselves to be armchair ufologists. They’ve both been UFO witnesses and are authors of 'Who They Are And What They're Up To' and in this episode they tell Ben their theory about Who and What the UFO’s are!

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:40 Intro to episode

02:10 Stephen’s and families story

08:15 Why would UFO’s visit us?

09:49 Do UFO’s walk amongst us? Or under?

10:43 Who they are? Evidence?

12:00 Nano diamonds and extinction events

15:26 Underground Cities - and evidence?

19:20 Why stay underground?

21:17 Legends and stories

27:20 UAP Hearing in the US

29:50 Keeping secrets

33:35 We don’t know what we don’t know

37:15 Book Recommendation: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Forbidden-Archeology-Hidden-History-Human/dp/0892132949

38:55 Wrap Ups and socials

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Sarah Gillis is an SpaceX engineer who is scheduled to fly on Polaris Dawn, the inaugural mission of the Polaris Program. If the trip goes ahead as planned in 2023, she will become the youngest American to reach orbit. 

In this episode, Ben and Sarah discuss how she and the crew are preparing for the first commercial EVA mentally and physically, will Sarah be taking her violin to Space and why she and the crew will be putting in contact lenses when they get to Space!

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OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:00 Intro to Episode 72: Sarah Gillis

00:56 Please rate, review and subscribe!

01:34 Welcoming Sarah - is she busy currently?

02:00 Recent training

02:50 The EVA

04:20 Mentally preparing for the EVA

06:51 Confidence in team

08:39 Role of Mission Specialist 

10:20 How Sarah found out about Polaris Dawn

14:32 Will Sarah take her violin to Space?

15:34 Launch Date

16:18 Experiments on Polaris Dawn

19:47 Youngest American to reach orbit (no pressure!)

21:26 Importance of mentors 

23:40 The Inspiration of Inspiration 4!

25:18 How has Crew Dragon changed?

28:05 Mood within SpaceX

30:00 Camera’s within the capsule?

30:30 Expected high’s

32:21 Wrap up and socials

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Kalpana Pot is an actor, writer, host, and science communicator. She’s appeared in numerous national commercials and TV shows like Grey’s Anatomy, Hot in Cleveland, and Days of Our Lives to name a few, runs popular space-based social media pages, and is a published author. Her latest book, Spaced Out: A Casual Approach to the Cosmos is a general overview of all things space-related mixed with a sense of humour. Her ultimate goal in Hollywood is to help mitigate the recent rise in anti-science by bridging her two loves of storytelling and science. 

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:43 Into to Kalpana Pot

04:00 Things getting sweary and definitly not conspiratorial!

05:28 Debunking conspiracies

10:10 “Truth” on Social Media

11:33 Spaced Out: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spaced-Out-Casual-Approach-Cosmos/dp/B0CPCKJ4PX?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

14:20 Hollywood telling Space Stories on Forgotten Women in STEM

18:00 How accurate is film making in explaining relativity?

20:45 The James Web Space Telescope - Importance of Imagery

23:42 Taxpayer Value

24:24 Big Bang age

27:00 The Screenplay!

31:50 Wrap Up and Socials

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In Episode 45, Ben chats to Scott Kelly, former military fighter pilot and test pilot, engineer, astronaut, and retired U.S. Navy captain. A veteran of four space flights, Scott commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on three expeditions and was a member of the yearlong mission to the ISS. In October 2015, he set the record for the total accumulated number of days spent in space, the single longest space mission by an American astronaut.

Ben and Scott discuss life on the ISS, the twin study, private companies in Space and cooperation with Russia on the ISS.

00:00 Intro and reviews!

01:10 Introducing Scott Kelly

01:50 Can Scott remember being on the ISS

04:04 Kjell Lindgren 

04:18 Calling the ISS

06:34 Best day on the ISS

08:52 Worst day in Space

09:41 Covid similarities with isolation on ISS

13:13 Most surprising results from twin study

17:00 Unexpected guest 

18:30 What’s sort of person do you want on long trip to Mars?

21:05 SpaceX and Blue Origin visions of the future

25:00 Axiom. Return to ISS?

26:44 Russians leaving ISS?

29:14 Interest in Art

30:51 Bucketlist

31:55 Inspiring the next genera

32:42 Wrap up and thanks

33:13 Socials

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Aurora is a research scientist at the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at IPAC/Caltech and also works as a scientist on the NASA Exoplanet Archive.  Aurora is primarily an observational astronomer and her research interests include exoplanets atmospheres and brown dwarfs.  

In this episode Ben and Aurora discuss nervous launch moments, the difference between a red and a brown dwarf and what it means to get “JWST time”!

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OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:19 Spaced Ventures - Invest in companies like Princeton Satellite Systems, Inc

01:22 Introduction to Aurora Kesseli

2:02 Artemis 1

04:00 NASA Exoplanet Archive

04:48 The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

08:24 NASA Exoplanet Archive secrecy?

09:49 What are Brown Dwarfs?

12:28 Day in the life of Aurora

14:12 Space telescopes!

15:45 Where to point JWST?

18:40 How does JWST work?

20:32 Earth 2.0

26:08 Outreach 

28:58 Favourite Sci-Fi and predicting the future

33:34 Wrap up and socials

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In this episode, we delved into Dr. Greg Hodgin's groundbreaking work at ZC Institute, where the fusion startup is exploring the possibilities of quantum spacetime distortion for micro-scale fusion and, eventually, faster-than-light warp drives. The "quantum hack" approach, collaboration with research institutions, and the ambitious timeline outlined by Dr. Hodgin shed light on the potential future of space travel!

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:35 Introduction to Greg Hodgin

00:56 ZC Institute

03:10 Experimental

03:30 What Greg is describing/showing - click here (slide 4-10) https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/197sfzxkAXvi7GjrS72qLPoiQ4UzmCwWE/edit?exids=71471483,71471477#slide=id.p6

09:05 FTL (Faster Than Light)

14:11 Technical overview

21:10 Quantum Hack

27:47 Limitless Power

31:30 Could this be scaled with billionaire backing?

37:30 Dare Mighty Things (and smaller things)

40:10 Wrap Up and Socials

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ZC Concept: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/197sfzxkAXvi7GjrS72qLPoiQ4UzmCwWE/edit?exids=71471483,71471477#slide=id.p6

Website: https://zcinstitute.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-hodgin/

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Bianca Cefalo is the Co-founder & CEO of Space DOTS, and Director of International Business Development at Carbice Corp. In this episode, Ben and Bianca discuss what is Space DOTS mission, the humbling lessons on space entrepreneurship, the challenges of being a female space CEO and what can you launch on something the same size as your iPhone!

00:00 Intro to Bianca & Space DOTS

00:41 May 4th be with you

02:24 Female Space Entrepreneurship 

06:10 What is Space DOTS? (Dimensionally Optimized Technology Satellites)

12:26 Limitations of Pico sats?

17:13 Space Junk - concern to Space DOTS?

19:17 The UK Space Agency

22:41 Lessons of entrepreneurship 

26:55 Process of launching a prototype (literally)

30:54 Vision for Space DOTS

33:46 Wrap up & socials

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Stephen Bassett is a political activist, Disclosure advocate and the executive director of Paradigm Research Group (PRG) founded in 1996 to end a government imposed embargo on the truth behind extraterrestrial related phenomena. He has spoken to audiences around the world about the implications of "Disclosure" - the  formal confirmation by heads of state of an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race.

In this episode, Ben and Stephen discuss how Stephen’s lobbying contributed to Hilary Clinton using the term “UAP” instead of “UFO” in the Presidential race 2016 and are we heading towards “Disclosure”?!

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OUTLINE:

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00:41 Introduction to Stephen Bassett

01:28 What does the US government know about extra terrestrials?

07:00 Who knows what?!

11:30 Why a truth embargo?

20:53 UFO’s vs UAP's

27:32 Paradigm Research Group - how it has evolved

33:16 Pentagon Announcement

37:17 When will “Disclosure” happen?

43:18 Print Media Archive https://paradigmresearchgroup.org/media-archive/

46:34 Wrap up and socials

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveBassett

Discussed  pending bill in the U.S. Congress: sections 703, 704 and 705 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4503/text

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In this episode, Ben chats to Dr. Mark Wagner, CEO of ARES Learning and a leading figure in space education, to discuss his journey from high school English teacher to space education advocate. With a background in educational technology and a lifelong passion for space exploration, Dr. Wagner shares insights from his book "Space Education: Preparing Students for Humanity's Multi-Planet Future" and highlights the importance of inspiring the next generation of space explorers.

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:33 Intro to episode

01:23 Space Educator

03:41 Technology in Space Education

07:40 SLOOH https://www.slooh.com/

11:50 Aldrin Family Foundation https://aldrinfoundation.org/

19:50 Space Education for Space Exploration

23:10 Corporates “getting in” on space

26:19 Space Curriculum & Mark’s Book: https://www.amazon.com/Space-Education-Preparing-Humanitys-Multi-Planet/dp/B0B7QDGYWB/

29:30 Space Education Legacy

33:23 Wrap Up and Socials

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Instagram: instagram.com/markwagner/  

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In this captivating episode, Sharon Hagle, the CEO and Founder of SpaceKids Global, takes us on a journey beyond our atmosphere. We delve into Sharon's recent spaceflight experience on Blue Origin's NS-20, where she and her husband, Marc Hagle, made history as the first married couple to venture into space together on a commercial vehicle.

The conversation explores the profound impact of the overview effect, providing a visceral sense of the change in the air upon returning to Earth. Sharon shares the unique perspective and inspiration gained from witnessing our planet from space, emphasising the transformative power of the experience.

Highlighting their addiction to spaceflight, Sharon and Marc express their enthusiasm for returning to space with Blue Origin on a future flight. What sets this upcoming journey apart is their commitment to bringing the magic of space to the next generation. The couple plans to take a group of eight kids along for the launch, embodying the mantra "if you can see it, you can be it." This mission aligns with SpaceKids Global's core mission of inspiring students in STEAM+ Environment education and ensuring equal representation for girls in the space industry.

Towards the end of the episode, Marc makes a special appearance, adding his perspective and enthusiasm for the upcoming space adventure. The episode paints a vivid picture of Sharon and Marc's dedication to space exploration, education, and the belief that exposing children to such experiences can ignite a passion for STEM fields and the boundless possibilities of the universe.

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:08 Intro to Episode

00:25 Sharon Hagle

01:16 Models and love of space

02:05 Blue Origin - when it actually happened!

03:22 Unexpected (and comfy) delays

05:21 First married couple on commercial vehicle!

06:33 The ascent

08:11 The overview effect

10:32 Space Kids Global

13:34 Keeping Kids interested in STEM

16:22 Girl Scouts USA

17:30 New initiatives

19:10 Artemis Generation

20:18 Origin Story

23:04 Virgin Galactic

24:15 Capturing Imaginations

25:58 Advice to young people

27:00 Highlight of Space Kids Global

28:26 Welcoming Mark!

29:20 Mark’s Experience 

30:55 Space Travel

31:50 SpaceX and the impact of private space companies

36:10 How has been married effected their marriage?

38:20 8 Kids plus parents can see a Blue launch!

39:41 Wrap Ups and Socials

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Tara Foster is an eager adventurer, a risk-taker, and an advocate of STEM. Tara has no problem talking to strangers on a bus, hiking through mosquito infested jungles, or driving eleven hours for a rocket launch. She's an Australian-American TV producer and social media reporter in Space!

In Episode 12, we hear how Tara got into the space industry and why she loves it so much! Tara has covered some of the biggest Space industry events over the years including: #Sentinel2Go, #CYGNSS, #OrbitalATK, #ULA, #SpaceX, #ExoMARS, #SpaceUpIE, #SpaceUpISU #Sentinel5P, #SSP17 and #IAC2017. A true connector, with a genuine obsession with Space!

00:17 Introduction to episode 12

02:19 This week’s guest – Tara Foster

03:56 Bringing on Tara

04:29 Ben & Tara met at the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide Australia

05:49 How Tara got involved in the space industry (by chance)

06:48 Taraaustralis – what is it? (and how do you say it)

07:45 What has Tara been up to?

09:07 Space documentaries

13:31 NASA Space social

16:16 What a launch is really like

18:09 What is the ‘sci comm subculture’?

22:00 Tara’s background – what would be the dream gig?

26:23 Tara’s love of travel – where would your ideal trip be? (Expect a cheesy answer)

30:43 Hopes and aspirations for the space industry

33:53 Wrap up and Tara’s social media – follow her!

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In semi-retirement, Ladwig is the chief of To Orbit Productions, an independent company that provides consulting services and lectures on space issues, as well the creation of folk art based on space themes. He also serves on the Board of Directors of STAR HARBOR, a R&D, spaceflight training, and education startup company. 

In 2019 Ladwig published See You in Orbit? Our Dream of Spaceflight, a comprehensive history and glimpse of the future of space tourism. The book covers what has been promised for the past 80 years about the general public’s ability to fly in space.

He served three terms at NASA Headquarters. As a political appointee of the Obama Administration, he was the head of Public Outreach. During the Clinton Administration Ladwig was associate administrator of the Office of Policy and Plans. As a civil servant from 1981 to 1989, he held positions in the Office of Education, the Office of Space Flight, and the Office of Exploration. He managed the Shuttle Student Involvement Program and the Spaceflight Participant Program, which included the Teacher in Space and Journalist in Space competitions.  

He was chief operating officer during the startup phase of the Zero Gravity Corporation. As vice president of Washington Operations, he established and managed Space.com’s Washington Bureau where he authored stories for its website and an opinion column, “Are We There Yet?” for Space Illustrated magazine.  

In this episode, Ben and Alan discuss predictions on Space tourism, the overview effect community and the importance of storytelling beyond the "Space choir"!

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:00 Intro to episode - Alan Ladwig

00:54 Alan’s career

06:05 See You in Orbit ( https://www.amazon.com/s?k=See+You+in+Orbit+Our+Dream+of+Spaceflight&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 )

10:25 Space Tourism predictions (SpaceX, Blue Origin, Axiom, Virgin Galactic)

17:20 The Overview Effect community

24:01 Dear Moon

25:50 Future predictions of Space tourism 

31:00 Advice to young people - See you in orbit!

33:00 Wrap up and socials

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In Episode 43, Ben chats to CEO and Co-Founder of Arkisys Dave Barnhart. Arkisys build Space based platforms and vessels that will be able to be re-docked and re-used again and again, enabling low cost orbital services for new innovations, inventions, communications, and creative assemblies in Space. 

They talk about how their vessels will be able to service any satellite within 90 days, the problems of going the “the last mile”  in orbit, Space junk and what being a futurist is all about. 

00:00 Please review and support the podcast

00:34 Intro to Dave Barnhart

01:07 What is Arkisys?

01:51 What do they do?

03:20 Other potential revenue models

05:40 How big are the platforms?

07:30 Building Prototype

11:55 Timeline for Arkisys 

13:42 Spacejunk

19:02 Contract deliverable in 90 days

22:12 Team and does it evolve? 

24:20 Dave’s Proudest achievements

28:07 Advice to “Space Entrepreneur's” 

30:18 Being a Futurist 

32:00 Predictions for Space industry - 50 years?

33:34 Crowd Funding Round: https://netcapital.com/companies/arkisys

34:04 Wrap Up & Social Media’s

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Dr Brian Keating is a Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences (CASS) in the Department of Physics at the University of California, San Diego. He is a public speaker, inventor, and an expert in the study of the universe’s oldest light, the cosmic microwave background (CMB), using it to learn about the origin and evolution of the universe. Keating is a writer and podcaster and the best-selling author of one of Amazon Editors’ ‘Best Non-fiction Books of All Time”, Losing the Nobel Prize.

In this episode, Ben and Brian discuss “losing the Nobel prize”, how young scientists need to be wary of confirmation bias, the importance of science communication and why we should all look up at the stars!

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OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:37 Introduction to Dr Brian Keating

01:40 Losing the Nobel Prize 

09:40 What is the James Webb Space Telescope telling us?

13:55 Potential of Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

17:50 “Into The Impossible” Podcast - subscribe on Apple 

24:50 Eric Weinstein & The Portal - Geometric Unity 

31:10 Current area’s of research and what Brian would do with a “blank cheque”?

36:50 What Ben would/should do to promote the podcast!

39:00 Wrap Up and socials

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