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- 5 days ago40 min
Space Madness Podcast Episode 78: Dr. Nick Castle and the Mysteries of Mars
Earth has continents, plate tectonics and water. The Moon has a thick crust and almost no water. Mars has had water but no granite and no plate tectonics. Something is missing from the textbook story, and meteoriticist Dr. Nicholas Castle explains what.Host Jeff Nosanov talks with Nick, a geologist who studies meteorites and works on the Mars Curiosity Rover team. Nick argues that the three best-studied rocky worlds in our neighborhood break the rules we thought we knew. One famous paper on Earth's origins is titled "No Water, No Granites, No Oceans, No Continents." Then the Moon and Mars show up and complicate it.
- 1 weeks ago29 min
Space Madness Podcast Episode 77: Space Commercialization?
In this episode, Jimmy Lin of Perigee Advisory discusses the evolving landscape of space commercialization, the importance of building a sustainable space economy, and the opportunities and challenges in space infrastructure, satellite technology, and regional development.
- 2 weeks ago42 min
Space Madness Podcast Episode 76: VC in Space
In this episode, Bets Arce from Earthrise VC shares her journey from SpaceX to venture capital, exploring the future of private space investments, the importance of failure in space missions, and the emerging markets in space technology. We discuss Bets' journey from SpaceX to venture capital, the importance of failure and psychological safety in space missions, emerging markets in space technology including lunar rovers and space stations, the role of government and private sector in space exploration, and investment strategies in space startups and technology.
- 3 weeks ago42 min
Space Madness Podcast Episode 75: Beyond the Depths
Bill Stone knew exploration was his calling as a teen watching the moon landings. He would go on to become a world leading caver pushing the limits of human exploration even beyond what NASA astronauts perform. Explore the incredible world of cave exploration, human endurance, and the parallels to space missions. Discover the complexities of underground expeditions, advanced technology, and the mindset required for extreme environments.
- Oct 5, 202639 min
Space Madness Podcast Episode 74: Extreme Caving on the Earth and Moon
In this episode we dive into the captivating world of cave exploration with Gilly Elor, a physicist and explorer from Stone Aerospace. Gilly’s projects not only push the boundaries of technological innovation but also take us to the most remote and challenging environments on Earth. Next up she extends this spirit of exploration to the moon with her new NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts project, LUX.
- Sep 28, 202642 min
Space Madness Podcast Episode 73: Air Breathing VLEO Satellites
In this episode, Brandon Williamson discusses his innovative work on Vaxon Space, exploring the challenges and opportunities of VERY low Earth orbit propulsion, space environment sensing, and the future of satellite technology. We discuss the fascinating and dynamic environment at very low altitudes and how that creates novel challenges and opportunities for propulsion and long term operation. Of particular interest is how much the earth's atmosphere varies in density and even altitude in this region, and how we are ready to start operating spacecraft there. Brandon and I also connect over how each of our space careers were inspired by our grandfathers, which is a nice touch I really appreciate.
- Sep 21, 202631 min
Space Madness Podcast Episode 72: Leadership Highlights
After 70 episodes we have heard a lot of stories of leadership ranging from changing one's personal situations, to national leadership on Mars exploration. In this episode we highlight familiar and emerging themes of leadership from a wide variety of space exploration journeys.
- Sep 14, 202631 min
Space Madness Podcast Episode 71: From Middle Eastern History, to Music, to Cyber, to JPL!
I'm always happy to share unconventional journeys to space exploration, and this story goes hard! Julian Ragland shares his unconventional journey from Middle Eastern history to cybersecurity at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, highlighting the intersection of space assets and cybersecurity, and exploring future opportunities in aerospace and intelligence.
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