Cold Star Project

By Jason Kanigan

The Cold Star Project digs into the challenges of scaling fast that tech and Space manufacturing founders encounter. Money does not solve all problems--so what now? Listen in to discover what scaling ... more

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June 01, 2020Michael Listner - Realpolitik and Space Law - Cold Star Project S02E41
Founder & Principal at Space Law & Policy Solutions Michael Listner is on the Cold Star Project. He's also author and editor of The Precis, a space law quarterly briefing letter. Our subject of discussion is Realpolitik and space law, and I ask Michael about:
where he finds himself most often with another interpretation, either conceptually or with the letter of the law, with other space lawyers

what clients are seeking when they approach his firm

what he believes is at issue regarding the White House's April 6th Executive Order regarding space resources--Michael called it "posturing for the space resources food fight and a pushback against the [Hauge] Building Blocks"

the standout issues of space law from his perspective, with regard to commercial operations

whether international safeguards exist or not to avoid war, as nation states move to use space resources and occupy space locations

who are some key people Michael follows in the space field.

Space Law & Policy Solutions website: https://www.spacelawsolutions.com/

The Precis page: https://www.spacelawsolutions.com/the-pr-cis-.html

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38min
May 28, 2020Gary Calnan - The Space Foundry Lab: A Cislunar Industrial Base - Cold Star Project S02E40
Gary Calnan, co-founder & CEO @ CisLunar Industries out of Denver CO, is on the Cold Star Project. They're on a mission to create industrial capabilities in cislunar space that will enable sustainable space exploration and a permanent human presence beyond Earth. To make this a reality, their goal is to create the Space Foundry: the first in-space capability for recycling metal already in orbit and reprocessing it into refined raw materials for in-space manufacturing and construction.

With host Jason Kanigan, Gary explores:
at what point (or number) a “permanent human presence” beyond Earth exists

what “industrial capabilities” he believes need to be developed first

the purpose, elements and implementation plan of the Space Foundry

his recent proposal to the ISS NL (“Electromagnetic Control and Manipulation of Liquid Metal in Micro-g”) - what legal issues Gary foresees for capturing and recycling metal already in orbit

what he believes it will take to reach a point of in-space manufacturing and construction

whether the development of manufacturing and refueling capabilities on the moon impacts in-space efforts more or less than developing in-orbit capabilities.

Cislunar Industries on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cislunarindustries/

International Space Station US National Lab website: https://www.issnationallab.org/

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47min
May 25, 2020Troy Howe - Space Innovation Through NIAC - Cold Star Project S02E39
Dr. Troy Howe joins host Jason Kanigan on the Cold Star Project to discuss the ways Howe Industries is using NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) grants to innovate in space.

We cover:
What is Howe's SPEAR project and the NIAC-supported objectives - How the NIAC grant proposal process works

What project milestones look like

How a new thermocouple design by Howe could extend mission lifetimes

What other smallsat technologies Dr. Howe believes need to be developed so the upcoming Europa mission can be successful

Could the approximately six year process from founding his company through achieving grant approval been sped up, or is this pace simply typical?

What does the Center for Space Nuclear Research, where Dr. Howe was for four years as a research scientist, focus on, and what was he most proud of in his work there?

NIAC Phase-1 SPEAR Probe info page: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2019_Phase_I_Phase_II/SPEAR_Probe/

Howe Industries website: https://www.howeindustries.net/

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31min
May 21, 2020 Fabien Royer - The Caltech Space Challenge - Cold Star Project S02E38
PhD candidate and Co-Chair of the 2019 Caltech Space Challenge Fabien Foyer is my guest on this episode of the Cold Star Project. This is a fascinating event and I wish I could have had the chance to participate, but I'm far too old. Fabien describes the Challenge, which is free and open to students all over the world.

Links:

Website: http://www.spacechallenge.caltech.edu/

YouTube Lectures channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC61nwlhQpl9Dw_b0SOjaHqA

Talk to Cold Star: https://www.coldstartech.com/bookcall
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31min
May 20, 2020 1st "Make Space Boring" virtual conference - Jason Kanigan - Lowering the 40%+ Smallsat Failure Rate
Jason Kanigan of Cold Star Tech speaks at the first "Make Space Boring" virtual conference. His topic is lowering the awful 40%+ partial plus full mission failure rate of small satellites.

The recordings of the rest of the event and speakers is available at https://coldstartech.com/msb2conf

Talk to Cold Star: https://www.coldstartech.com/bookcall
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31min
May 18, 2020Craig Clark - Pioneering the UK Smallsat Industry - Cold Star Project S02E37
Founder & CSO of AAC Clyde Space Craig Clark is on the Cold Star Project, and our topic is how Clyde has strongly contributed to the pioneering of the UK small satellite industry. With host Jason Kanigan, Craig shares:
what the most important thing he learned from 11 years as a team leader at Surrey Satellite Tech was

a snapshot of the UK space industry...where he believes its principle expertise or competitive advantage is, and where it is headed

what he learned on the UK’s Space Leadership Council, and what impact he believes the Council has

how Clyde minimizes the smallsat field's awful 40+% partial plus full mission failure rate...what he has learned about refining quality assurance to produce cubesats in bulk without compromising reliability

what the most challenging thing at the moment is, given that getting people together to manufacture something is not easy to achieve

the mission he is most proud of so far, and why.
AAC Clyde Space website: https://www.aac-clyde.space/

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41min
May 14, 2020Walker Deibel - Outsmarting The Startup Game - Cold Star Project
Buy Then Build author Walker Deibel is on the Cold Star Project, and host Jason Kanigan is asking some tough questions. Rather than building a business from scratch, Walker recommends buying an existing business with a proven market that's interested in what you want to sell. We discuss:
What Walker says when people have the belief that you must have lots of cash available to be able to buy an existing business

What the biggest “yeah but” is he's encountered from people who have read the book

What Walker recommends to do when you’ve found a business where one partner is eager to sell, but other partners are not

When a mechanism like a leveraged buyout is a bad idea

Why operations as a topic isn't covered much in By Then Build, while the “math of the business” is well covered

What sort of problems company owners approach him about helping them fix, and whether they often have the wrong idea about what you do, or are typically “pre-sold”.

Four opportunity quadrants screenshot: https://coldstarproject.com/deibelquadrants

Buy Then Build on Amazon (NOT an affiliate link): https://coldstarproject.com/buythenbuild

Buy Then Build website: https://buythenbuild.com/

Talk to Cold Star: https://coldstartech.com/bookcall
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38min
May 12, 2020Daniel Faber - On The Way To A New Economy: Gas Stations In Space - Cold Star Project S02E36
Past Deep Space Industries CEO Daniel Faber today runs a company called OrbitFab. As a pioneer of space mining and resources development, what is Dan doing now? Kickstarting the next massive new space economy by creating "Gas stations in space", that's what!

With host Jason Kanigan of the Cold Star Project, Daniel Faber discusses:
how he got into asteroid mining as a business, and what the process was like getting the concepts and people of DSI together

if DSI had gotten the tech and finances in place to start mining Near Earth Objects, what the first thing would have been that Dan would have wanted to do with those resources as they were brought back and processed

what he would do differently if he had it to do all over again

OrbitFab's mission and whether any "legacy goals" from DSI continue

his educational experience in Antarctica and how that affected his point of view in the space field
and more!

I was impressed with Dan's experience with building space companies with investors...it's a minefield and he has some powerful knowledge of what to avoid.

OrbitFab website: https://www.orbitfab.space/

Talk to Cold Star: https://www.coldstartech.com/bookcall
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37min
May 11, 2020Daniel Faber - On The Way To A New Economy: Gas Stations In Space - Cold Star Project S02E36
Past Deep Space Industries CEO Daniel Faber today runs a company called OrbitFab. As a pioneer of space mining and resources development, what is Dan doing now? Kickstarting the next massive new space economy by creating "Gas stations in space", that's what!

With host Jason Kanigan of the Cold Star Project, Daniel Faber discusses:
how he got into asteroid mining as a business, and what the process was like getting the concepts and people of DSI together

if DSI had gotten the tech and finances in place to start mining Near Earth Objects, what the first thing would have been that Dan would have wanted to do with those resources as they were brought back and processed

what he would do differently if he had it to do all over again

OrbitFab's mission and whether any "legacy goals" from DSI continue

his educational experience in Antarctica and how that affected his point of view in the space field
and more!

I was impressed with Dan's experience with building space companies with investors...it's a minefield and he has some powerful knowledge of what to avoid.

OrbitFab website: https://www.orbitfab.space/

Talk to Cold Star: https://www.coldstartech.com/bookcall
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38min
May 07, 2020David Barnhart - Hybrid Robotic Concepts for Satellites - Cold Star Project S02E35
David Barnhart is the Director of the Space Engineering Research Center at the University of Southern California; CEO and co-founder of Arkisys, and a former DARPA program manager. On this episode of the Cold Star Project, we're looking at David's history of robotic concepts in satellite construction. With host Jason Kanigan, David Barnhart explains:
how he helped develop satellite design-synthesis tools to cut design time down to days from months, and how he expresses the impact of these time savings

the way he developed hybrid robotic concepts for satellites with DARPA, including robotic assembly and repair craft

the Phoenix Project he managed at DARPA to create assemble-able satellite modules, and how these could be used

what the most misunderstood idea about DARPA that people have is

the focus of Arkisys and what he's learned as CEO.

Arkisys website: https://arkisys.com/

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36min

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How many episodes does Cold Star Project have?

The podcast currently has 254 episodes available.