We discuss with Professor Thomas Blaschke the possibilities and challenges of processing Big Earth Data for addressing real world solutions. From predicting destructive landslides and urban traffic jams, to tracking illegal deforestation and hu

E13 | Encoding A New Golden Record with the International Space University's Eternal Echo Team

Sep 13th, 2022 59m 39s

In this episode, we talked to team members from the International Space University's Space Studies Program about their project Eternal Echo, an assignment to design a durable and decipherable message for an intelligent species elsewhere in the

E12 | Leveraging nanosatellites for data network effects with Spire Global

Jul 28th, 2022 50m 37s

In this episode, Space Forward talks to Peter Platzer about the foundation and journey of Spire Global. Not-just-a-satellite company, Spire has a textbook-like business model that allows for extraordinary asset utilization and several risk-adju

E11 | Finding intelligent life in the cosmos | Part 2

Jan 5th, 2022 36m 10s

This episode is the second part of our talk with Harvard Professor Avi Loeb. We discuss ― Life In The Cosmos ― an academic textbook he co-authored with Manasvi Lingam which provides an analysis of the latest scientific methodologies for detecti

E10 | Finding intelligent life in the cosmos | Part 1

Nov 26th, 2021 31m 5s

In Episode 10, we talk to astrophysicist Avi Loeb about what he thinks we might find in the observable universe. Will it be biosignatures that will reveal extraterrestrial life? Or technosignatures, evidence of a past or present alien technolog

E9 | Appraising and grading Near Earth Orbit Objects - From Academia to Start-up

Jun 14th, 2021 49m 42s

In this episode we discuss Earth's first on-orbit satellite inspection service, Australian startup HEO Robotics, on a quest to "Make Space (Assets) Transparent". We dive into how they pivoted from Asteroid Mining to Space Situational Awareness,

E8 | The breakthrough of gram scale space crafts

Jun 4th, 2021 1h 41m

In this episode we will explore the bleeding edge of satellite and satellite constellation miniaturization. These awe inspiring craft commonly known as Chipsats, Wafersats, Sprites, Monarchs, Kicksats, Starchips, or even just “Smart Dust” are

E7 | Democratizing access to space with MIT

May 24th, 2021 1h 15m

In this episode we talk about MIT's Lunar Knowledge Graph called Lunar Open Architecture and MIT’s intriguing research on a crowd-sourced, sharing-economy-like, tokenized satellite constellation. A sat-constellation-as-public-utility.The MIT’

E6 | The Start-up of Space Marketplaces

May 4th, 2021 1h 30m

In this episode, we talk about the rise of Space Marketplaces and how the Satsearch Product Knowledge Graph helps solve problems for marketplace users. We ask, what kind of Acquisition Loops work in the space sector, how does their Experiment F

E5 | Space Commerce - The ecstasy of gold

Apr 15th, 2021 54m 15s

In this episode, we’ll be diving right into the dynamics of the space sector, space commerce, space business, space industry, space market, and the fundamental forces driving their development. It’s a great pleasure to welcome Matthew Weinzi

E4 | Investing in Space Start-Ups - Best Practices

Apr 1st, 2021 1h 36m

In this episode we seek to understand the decision-making environment in which Space Business Angels operate and the mindset they follow when making investment decisions, exploring best practices, and getting an industry outlook from those with

E3 | The physics of space travel - Engineering vs Breakthrough Physics?

Mar 18th, 2021 1h 16m

In this episode, we’ll take you on a deep dive into the physics of space travel. Are we merely grappling with a challenging engineering problem or will new breakthroughs, an entirely new physics be required in order to utilize space to its full

E2 | A Space for Humanity - Ethics and Governance for Living together in the Space Age

Mar 9th, 2021 1h 9m

In this intense episode we dig into the main issues preventing international and intercultural collaboration here on Earth which will prevent us from becoming a prosperous, inclusive, and peaceful multi-planetary species. In search of solutions

E1 | Seeking beyond the rocket equation - the prospect of space elevators

Jan 31st, 2021 1h 2m

This episode has at its core the implications of Tsiolkovsky’s rocket equation, which figures the hard limits of rocket-based payload transportation to Earth’s orbit. Furthermore, rockets are expensive, up to failure, risky and carry too littl

Rate