Space Forward Podcast
Space Forward examines our future in space, discerning science fiction from science fact. Through insightful conversations with forward-thinking visionaries, we deconstruct the challenges and opportunities for space exploration, breaking down complex concepts into first principles.
- Update frequency
- every 37 days
- Average duration
- 672 minutes
- Episodes
- 16
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2023
Episode 18︱Adopting Strategic Foresight to Shape Our Space Future with Kara Cunzeman
Join us for a space forward-thinking conversation with Kara Cunzeman, systems director of Strategic Foresight at the Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy.
Kara talks to us ab…
52:00:00 |
Wed 15 Nov 2023
Episode 17︱Exploring Lunar Governance with Antonino Salmeri
Who owns what on the moon? Legally, nobody according to the United Nation’s Outer Space Treaty. With an array of space agencies and private companies destined to launch a multitude of lunar missions …
01:03:00 |
Thu 21 Sep 2023
Episode 16 ︱Delving into the Thermodynamics of Alien Technologies with Jason Wright
Blast off with Jason Wright, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State and director of the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center. We delve into the latest scientific methods i…
01:13:00 |
Thu 13 Jul 2023
Episode 15 ︱Unleashing Self-Replicating Robots for a Sustainable Industrial Lunar Ecology with Alex Ellery
Will extraterrestrial, self-replicating robotic systems pave the way for building a sustainable industrial lunar ecology?
Self-replicating robots are machines that can replicate themselves using mat…
00:58:36 |
Tue 13 Jun 2023
Episode 14 ⎜Advancing Geoinformatics with Thomas Blaschke
From predicting destructive landslides and urban traffic jams, to tracking illegal deforestation and human rights abuses, Dr. Thomas Blaschke’s research work analyzing Big Earth Data helps address re…
Tue 15 Nov 2022
Episode 13 ︱Encoding a New Golden Record with International Space University’s Eternal Echo Team
How to design a durable and decipherable message for an intelligent species
elsewhere in the cosmos? We talk to team members from the International
Space University's Space Studies Program about th…
Wed 14 Sep 2022
Episode12 ⎪Leveraging Nanosatellites for Data Network Effects with Spire Global
Space Forward talks the CEO of Spire Global, Peter Platzer, one of the few
space entrepreneurs who predicted early on the exponential growth and value
of nano-satellites, as well as their impactful…
Wed 17 Aug 2022
Episode 11︱Finding Intelligent Life in the Cosmos with Avi Loeb ― Part Two
In this second installment, we continue our discussion with Harvard Professor Avi Loeb. We discuss ― Life In The Cosmos ― an academic textbook he co-authored with Manasvi Lingam which provides an ana…
Wed 12 Jan 2022
Episode 10︱Finding Intelligent Life in the Cosmos ― Part One
In this episode, we talk with astrophysicist Avi Loeb about what he thinks we might find in the observable universe. Will it be biosignatures that will reveal extraterrestrial life? Or technosignatur…
Wed 17 Nov 2021
Episode 9︱Appraising and Grading Near Earth Orbit Objects with William Crowe
We discuss Earth's first on-orbit satellite inspection service with William
Crowe, CEO of the Australian startup High Earth Orbit Robotics, who is on a
quest to “makes space assets transparent”. We…
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Mon 14 Jun 2021
Episode 8⎪The Breakthrough of Gram Scale Space Crafts with Zachary Manchester
In this episode, we will explore the rapid miniaturization of spacecraft,
commonly known as Chipsats, Wafersats, Sprites, Monarchs, Kicksats,
Starchips, or even just “Smart Dust” with Zachary Manch…
Fri 04 Jun 2021
Episode 5 ⎪Space Commerce ⏤ The Ecstasy of Gold
We talk to Matthew Weinzierl, an Associate Professor in the Business,
Government, and International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School.
Weinzierl has worked as an economist for McKinsey & Comp…
Fri 16 Apr 2021
Episode 4 │Investing in Space Start-Ups ⏤ Best Practices
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…
Thu 01 Apr 2021
Episode 3 │The Physics of Space Travel - Engineering vs Breakthrough Physics?
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 toward an entirely new phys…
Tue 16 Mar 2021
Episode 2 │A Space for Humanity ⏤ Ethics and Governance for Living Together in the Space Age
In this episode, we talk to Timiebi Aganaba-Jeanty and examine the
bottlenecks toward international and intercultural collaboration here on
Earth, preventing humanity from becoming a prosperous, in…
Tue 16 Feb 2021
Episode 1 ︱Seeking Beyond the Rocket Equation ― The Prospect of Space Elevators
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. We uncover alternatives with J…
Fri 15 Jan 2021
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