Space Business Podcast
Space is rapidly growing into an exciting ecosystem for business. In this podcast we hear from entrepreneurs, executives, investors and others about the many opportunities that exist. This podcast is produced by the Space Business Institute in partnership with the International Space University.
Space is rapidly growing into an exciting ecosystem for business. In this podcast we hear from entrepreneurs, executives, investors and others about the many opportunities that exist. This podcast is produced by the Space Business Institute in partnership with the International Space University.
Episodes

Dec 15, 2020
Dec 15, 2020
32 min
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.

Dec 14, 2020
Dec 14, 2020
44 min
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.

Nov 25, 2020
Nov 25, 2020
1hr 2 min
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.

Nov 6, 2020
#14 Dr. Graham Lau - Astrobiology
Nov 6, 2020
Nov 6, 2020
53 min
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.

Oct 23, 2020
Oct 23, 2020
57 min
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.

Oct 2, 2020
Oct 2, 2020
45 min
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/

Sep 18, 2020
Sep 18, 2020
54 min
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/

Aug 31, 2020
Aug 31, 2020
54 min
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.

Jul 24, 2020
Jul 24, 2020
39 min
Satellite connectivity isn't only for humans, it seems! Chipsafer helps farmers track cattle and monitor their behavior, using satellite / IoT technology. Raphael sits down with Chipsafer's founder Victoria Alonsoperez to talk cows & satellites.

Jul 10, 2020
Jul 10, 2020
1hr 8 min
Detecting snow from space? It's actually not (only) about skiing! E2MC's Raphael Roettgen sat down with Ion Padilla, CEO and co-founder of Swiss-based Earth observation start-up WeGaw to understand more about it.

Jun 23, 2020
#07 Vytenis Buzas, NanoAvionics - Satellites
Jun 23, 2020
Jun 23, 2020
1hr 2 min
Who is going to build the thousands of satellites that space start-ups want to send to orbit over the next years? NanoAvionics is one of the companies going after this business. E2MC's Raphael Roettgen sits down with NanoAvionics's co-founder and CEO Vytenis Buzas to talk all things satellite manufacturing.

Jun 5, 2020
Jun 5, 2020
57 min
"Gas stations in space" is Daniel Faber's current mission as CEO of Orbit Fab - but his resumé also includes having been CEO of asteroid mining company DSI. Him & E2MC's Raphael Roettgen discuss both of these experiences as well as the development of a space economy in general.






