Cold Star Project

Cold Star Project

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Cold Star Project episodes

  • Jannene Kyytsonen - Building Communities In Space - CSP S02E55

    Space Habitats founder Jannene Kyytsonen appears on the Cold Star Project to share her vision of what it's going to take to build communities in space. We cover many ideas and requirements you may not have yet considered. Host Jason Kanigan asks: 

    • You got into space from outside the field… your education and experience is in arts and business. How do you apply those to space?
    • You’re a member of the Space Industry Association of Australia. As an outsider, I’m curious how that organization works and how it has impacted your journey
    • What’s your goal with Space Habitats?
    • Let’s explore your Living Lab biosphere concept...what do you need to get started?
    • What economic ideas do you have about how the biosphere will operate?
    • Talk to us about the importance of simulating this kind of living situation prior to actually getting to Mars, Luna...living underground
    • What connection of the psychology of living in claustrophobic places do you see with user adoption of space tourism services?   


      • Space Habitats website: https://www.spacehabitats.org/   


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      45 min
    • Chris Kunstadter - The Future of Satellite Insurance - Cold Star Project S03E07

      Axa XL's Global Head of Space, Chris Kunstadter, is on the Cold Star Project, and we're looking at the future of satellite insurance. With host Jason Kanigan, Chris discusses:

      • why and how he picked a profession allowing him to make money at something he loves to talk about all day
      • how he got into the space insurance business
      • what space insurance products his team focuses on, and what they avoid
      • the current state of space insurance: the market is upside-down right now, so what will the industry to to right itself while continuing to serve clients?
      • what role is Chris having to influence space policy and tech development
      • what is "risk management in space"?
      • defining "space safety" and "good behavior" for actors  

        • and more.   


        Axa XL space insurance webpage: https://axaxl.com/insurance/products/space-insurance  


        CONFERS website: https://www.satelliteconfers.org/   


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        37 min
      • Erin Miller - Creating Space ISAC: Info Sharing and Security for the Space Industry - CSP S02E54

        VP of Operations for the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) Erin Miller is on the Cold Star Project to discuss this new organization and her role in it. Space ISAC is part of the US National Cybersecurity Center. With host Jason Kanigan, Erin answers:


        • What’s your mission? Your field is acronym-heavy…let’s begin with what an ISAC is...then can you share the need for this Public-Private Partnership (P3), called Space ISAC?
        • How do you view your role as VP Ops?
        • What are your recommendations for getting the trust necessary for people to let you “fly the plane”?
        • Has the US Presidential Executive Order on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain (May 2019) affected you and the organization?
        • What do the member-partners of Space ISAC contribute...what are the expectations? Who are you looking for as a member?
        • What’s the “nitty-gritty” for Space ISAC? In terms of integrating with those you want to share info and conduct analysis with, how do you go about it?  
        • What sorts of space info & asset security concerns and concepts have your attention for the future?


          • Space ISAC website: https://s-isac.org/



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          23 min
        • John Tucker - Creating NewSpace Hub: The Data Platform for the Space Industry - CSP S03E06

          While working at SpaceX as Senior Mission Integrator Engineer, John Tucker has also made what is becoming the central data platform for the space industry: NewSpace Hub. The platform collects and organizes both company and space sector investment activity. In this interview on the Cold Star Project, host Jason Kanigan asks John about the process of putting NewSpace Hub together. We discuss:


          • How did John get into the space industry? What does he do at SpaceX?
          • What is NewSpace Hub? Who is it for, and what questions does it answer for them?
          • What signals told John that there was room in the marketplace for NewSpace Hub?
          • Considering John has a serious day job… how did he find the time for and commit to creating this platform?
          • What did the first iteration of the site look like? How did he arrive at that look and feel?
          • Has his vision of NewSpace Hub changed since the start?
          • As John grows the platform, what new features and capabilities is he developing? How does he get feedback that tells him to move in these directions? What methods does he use to assess tools and directions?


            • NewSpace Hub website: https://newspacehub.co/  


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            41 min
          • Ralph Dinsley - Moving Space Situational Awareness To Civilian Management - Cold Star Project S02E53
            Following a three-and-a-half decade UK defense career culminating in managing RAF Fylingdales and in the role of Aerospace Battle Manager, Ralph "Dinz" Dinsley founded Northern Space and Security (NORSS). In this discussion with Cold Star Project host Jason Kanigan, Dinz lays out the case for moving space situational awareness from military to civilian management.  
            Dinz answers:
            What is “Peace and Development”, the postgraduate studies subject you applied yourself to for your Masters degree?
            What exactly is “Aerospace Battle Manager”, the role you held for a dozen years?
            What would you describe as the main reason behind the establishment of NORSS? What problems do you solve, and for what organizations?
            Is the military dominance coverage of the orbital environment still fit for purpose? Under what domain should space traffic management be?
            What is the Space Law Games, which you co-initiated? What do you hope to discover from the exercise?
            Where do you find yourself getting pulled into discussions as a well-known individual in the UK defense sector?
            NORSS website: https://www.norss.co.uk/
            RAF Fylingdales website: https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-fylingdales/
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            45 min
          • Joan-Pau Sanchez - Asteroid Mapping and Intercepting Comets - Cold Star Project S02E52

            Joan-Pau Sanchez, PhD, is a lecturer in space engineering at Cranfield University. He was one of the first to publish a Near Earth Orbit asteroid map.  With host Jason Kanigan of the Cold Star Project, Dr. Sanchez discusses:

            • what some of the “new rich families of exploitable orbits which may enable radically new mission applications and services” are
            • his thoughts about the current alarm of “cluttered Earth orbit”, which we are moving towards with the planned launches of tens of thousands of smallsats
            • what the “Traveling Salesperson Problem” is in ADR/servicing satellites
            • how algorithms to solve such problems can be developed without the help of supercomputers
            • his experience with the Comet Interceptor program and working with ESA
            • the uses of his paper, “Optimal Sunshade Configurations for Space-Based Geoengineering near the Sun-Earth L1 Point"
            • the project he lead, also covered by his student Florian Gautier in Episode 50, researching landing cubesats on an asteroid using the ZARM drop tower.


              • Comet Interceptor program website: https://www.cometinterceptor.space/   


              Comet Interceptor program Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Interceptor


              Interview with Florian Gautier discussing his experience with the ZARM drop tower asteroid landing project: https://coldstarproject.com/yts02e50floriangautier


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              44 min
            • Michael Maloney - The Space Traffic Management Phantom - Cold Star Project S02E51

              Michael Maloney of Satellite Design for Recovery returns to the Cold Star Project, and we're continuing our discussion of the problems in space traffic management. While many people think STM is already figured out, the truth is this is a phantom idea. Current systems are cobbled together and do not represent a serious solution to the problem.  


              With host Jason Kanigan, Michael discusses:

              • what space traffic management is and why we need it
              • how we can measure capacity and utilization in STM
              • why Air Traffic Control can be used as a model in developing a functional STM solution
              • what limits there are in executing a Space Traffic Management program
              • a future path to STM including better Space Situational Awareness, mitigation of space debris, and timely remediation.



                • Satellite Design for Recovery website: https://satdfr.org/


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                31 min
              • Florian Gautier - Landing CubeSats On Asteroids - Cold Star Project S02E50

                University of Kansas Doctoral candidate (Physics and Astronomy) Florian Gautier is on the Cold Star Project to discuss several of the research projects he's been involved in. With host Jason Kanigan, Florian describes his aerospace engineering and astrophysics education journey from Europe to North America and opportunities to work on:

                • Student CubeSat project at ISAE-SUPAERO to develop 12U cubesats for missions like ATISE
                • Land3U project, simulation of CubeSat landing on asteroids, sponsored by ESA Drop Your Thesis! 2018 programme (the drop tower used is fascinating)
                • AGILE, development of a new compact particle detectors suitable to be flown on a CubeSat.   


                  • I also ask Florian, who has two Masters degrees (Astronautics & Space Engineering and Astrophysics, Space Science & Planetary Science), about his future goals and where he thinks space work will take him.



                  Land3U Project website: https://www.esa.int/Education/Drop_Your_Thesis/Students_simulate_a_satellite_landing_on_asteroids_in_ZARM_s_Drop_Tower


                  Space UP France website: https://www.spaceup.fr/


                  The Last Jeudi website: meetup between space fans every last Thursday of each month: https://www.spaceup.fr/the-last-jeudi/


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                  48 min
                • Simone Paternostro - Analog Astronaut Through The Austrian Space Forum - CSP S02E49

                  Dr. Simone Paternostro (Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy), is an analog astronaut through the Austrian Space Forum and manages ISS payloads with the ESA. On the Cold Star Project, host Jason Kanigan asks Simone:  

                  • How did you get involved with the Austrian Space Forum and Dr. Gernot Groemer?
                  • What is an analog astronaut? How do you go about selecting (or being assigned), preparing for and simulating a mission?  - What are the next steps in your career following this analog astronaut experience?
                  • Tell us about your role as a Multi-increment Payload Planner for the ISS
                  • What have you discovered about using the Kalman Filter in calculating flight paths and attitude?
                  • You note “Simulation and Testing in Matlab/Simulink” during your doctoral experience at U of Nottingham in your LinkedIn resume...for those of us who haven’t been there, what was involved, what were the facilities like and how do you make use of them?   


                    • Austrian Space Forum website: https://oewf.org/en/   


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                    40 min
                  • Dylan Taylor - Scaling Space Companies with Voyager Space Holdings - Cold Star Project S03E05

                    Dylan Taylor, founder of space investment firm Voyager Space Holdings, has a perspective on growing companies that's different from traditional venture capitalists. Voyager takes a majority share ownership and the long view, unrestrained by typical fund life windows. Dylan is on the Cold Star Project, and host Jason Kanigan asks him:  


                    Does Voyager take over the day-to-day management of its acquisitions? Do you put your own CEO in charge? What values/vision do you look for in leadership?


                    Tell us the story of the first acquisition for Voyager, and what you learned in the process. What did you learn to do differently next time? What could have cost you a ton of money if you hadn’t done things a certain way?  


                    How has space investing changed over the last several years?  


                    How is space investing different from other types of investments in other industries? What makes a sector-specific fund a better investor than a generalist?  


                    In addition to being a business person, you are also a philanthropist. Why?  


                    You founded the non-profit Space for Humanity. What is Space for Humanity’s mission?


                    It was announced recently that you have commissioned the first private moon payload on the Xplore mission for the benefit of Space for Humanity. What is that all about?  


                    Do you find that you’re the very first potential investor a founder or group of co-founders has approached...or have they been through discussions with one or more other VCs first? How has this affected discussions?


                    What other project are you working on or are excited about?  What frustrates you about the industry, if anything?  What gives you the most hope about where the industry is going?   



                    Voyager Space Holdings website: https://voyagerspaceholdings.com/  


                    Space for Humanity website: https://www.spaceforhumanity.org/  


                    2211.World website: https://2211.world/



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                    44 min

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