Space Business Podcast

#21 Spaced Ventures: crowdfunding space startups

Spaced Ventures is setting up a platform where regular people can crowdfund early-stage space startups. The founders Aaron Burnett and Brant Arseneau will tell you all about it during this episode. For full disclosure, I am an advisor to Spaced with regard to evaluating startups.
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out my online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my recently published introductory book on the space economy.

#20 Thomas Grübler, Ororatech - detecting wildfires

We are having another episode with a remote sensing company: Ororatech, based in Munich in Germany, uses satellites to detect wildfires. That has obviously been a big topic with relatively recent fires in places like Australia, Brazil and California. I caught up with Thomas Grübler, Ororatech’s co-founder and CEO.
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out Raphael’s online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out Raphael’s newly published introductory book on the space economy.

#19 Dr. Omar Hatamleh, NASA - Futurism

My guest is Dr. Omar Hatamleh of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Omar has performed multiple really cool roles at NASA, including being Head of Innovation and Deputy Chief Scientist. He was also the head of the Space Studies Program at the International Space University for many years. Omar is an expert on emerging technologies, so we talk about space, but also about artificial intelligence and other things. If you like futurism, you’ll love this episode.
Check out Omar's book Between Brains and his Ecosystems 2030 summit, which will take place in June 2021.
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out Raphael’s online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out Raphael’s newly published introductory book on the space economy.

#18 Space in 2021 - preview of a promising year

2021 promises to be an exciting year for Space! In this 20-minute episode, Raphael touches upon some of the key events to keep an eye on next year.
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, check out Raphael’s online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out Raphael’s newly published introductory book on the space economy.

#17 Michael Markesbery, OROS - space-proven materials for cold weather clothing

This is the second episode in our holiday double header and I did promise more gift ideas. Michael Markesbery is the CEO & co-founder of an apparel startup called OROS.  Their clothes protect you from the cold by using the same kind of material that is used to insulate some spacecraft and even Mars rovers. Lsten to Michael tell us all about it!
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, also check out my new online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my newly published introductory book on the space economy.

#16 Louis de Gouyon Matignon, Toucan Space - send personal items to space

With Toucan Space you can send personal objects such as jewelry on a trip to space. Toucan's founder, and my friend from ISU, Louis de Gouyon Matignon, joins me to explain how it works.
Listeners can save on Toucan's products and services with the coupon code CHRISTMAS2020
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, also check out my new online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my newly published introductory book on the space economy.

#15 Nicolas Gaume - 2 space startups, 1 vision: Space for Earth

French serial entrepreneur Nicolas Gaume is not only involved in one, but TWO space startups right now: Space Cargo Unlimited and Orbite. We will talk about both companies on this episode but suffice to say that one of his companies has already flown bottles of French wine to the International Space Station, where they currently still are – or at least for all we know.
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, also check out my new online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my newly published introductory book on the space economy.

#14 Dr. Graham Lau - Astrobiology

This episode is one of our periodical non-business episodes. My guest this time is Dr. Graham Lau, an astrobiologist at Blue Marble Space and, among other things, the host of the NASA show “Ask an astrobiologist”. By pure chance, we recorded just a few days after it was announced that researchers may have found a biomarker for life in the atmosphere of Venus. Of course we talk about that, but also about many other things. If you want to know how we go about finding potential life elsewhere in the universe, this episode’s for you.
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, also check out my new online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my newly published introductory book on the space economy.

#13 The Space Perspective - balloon rides to the edge of space

On this episode I talk to a company that can take you to the edge of space. My guests are Jane Poynter & Taber MacCallum, co-founders of the Space Perspective, which plans to take space tourists up in stratospheric balloons. We talk about what that very special balloon ride will look like, the special capsule they are building for it, and other topics such as the 20 mile high club.
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the post on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, also check out my new online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/
If you speak German, also check out my newly published introductory book on the space economy.

#12 Rocket Factory Augsburg - German small launchers

Raphael talks to Stefan Brieschenk & Jörn Spurmann, co-founders of German launch company Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA). There is a large number of rocket company startups these days, but RFA is already backed by established aerospace companies, may fly as soon as 2021, and recently announced agreements to use launch sites in Norway and French Guyana.
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the post on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, also check out my new online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/

#11 Flavia Tata Nardini, Fleet Space Technologies - IoT from space

Raphael talks to Fleet's CEO & co-founder Flavia Tata Nardini. Adelaide, Australia-based Fleet Space develops Internet-of-Things connectivity from space, using a fleet of small satellites. Find out why this may be a big business, evidenced by the fact that space IoT companies have raised hundreds of millions in funding already.
The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the post on Twitter @podcast_space
If you got interested in learning more about the business opportunities in space, also check out my new online course at https://www.udemy.com/course/space-entrepreneurship/

#10 Stefan Powell, Dawn Aerospace - Space planes & other space transportation

Dawn Aerospace recently announced the Dawn Mk-II Aurora, a fully reusable suborbital spaceplane that will take off and land like an airplane, a precursor to a future orbital version. New Zealand-based Dawn also develops satellite propulsion systems. Raphael sits down with Dawn’s CTO and co-founder Stefan Powell to discuss the company’s plans to develop transportation systems for the future space economy.