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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The podcast currently has 251 episodes available.

Cold Star Project episodes:

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

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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/

Playlist: https://www.coldstartech.com/play

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36min
May 04, 2020Benoit Chamot - CubeSat Attitude Control: ADCS from CubeSpace - Cold Star Project S02E34
Head of Sales & Marketing for CubeSpace Benoit Chamot is on the Cold Star Project, and with host Jason Kanigan we're looking at attitude determination and control systems (ADCS) for satellites. We discuss:
how Benoit earned Masters degrees from both Lausanne and MIT, and the projects involved

the critical ADCS system for satellites, and the components they're made of such as sun sensors, reaction wheels, PCBs

why CubeSpace chose to focus on reaction wheels, designing and manufacturing their own CubeWheel product

why the company encourages South African space industry and opportunities for young engineers

CubeSpace website: https://www.cubespace.co.za/

Talk to Cold Star: https://www.coldstartech.com/bookcall
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43min
April 30, 2020Dennis Wingo - On The Way To Moonrush: Advancements In Space Technology - CSP S02E33
Dennis Wingo, Founder & CEO of Skycorp Inc., has a lot of wisdom to share about the space industry. He's the author of “Moonrush: Improving Life on Earth with the Moon's Resources”, and calls himself a Technoarcheologist.

With Cold Star Project host Jason Kanigan, Dennis discusses:
what the term "advanced mission planning" means for him, and what it looks like in action

the concept of orbital assembly, and how it can be achieved

the DARPA/Skycorp Time Domain Relative Navigation System (TDRNS) project

the space logistics system he created and licensed to Orbital ATK for extending the life of satellites

his thoughts on the April 6, 2020 US Presidential Executive Order regarding the use of space resources

economic reasons for returning to the Moon.

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53min
April 27, 2020 Bryant Baker - What We CAN Do vs What We SHOULD Do In US Space Law - Cold Star Project S02E32
USAF JAG and space lawyer Bryant Baker, JD, is on the Cold Star Project with host Jason Kanigan, and our topic is the future of space law. We're looking at it from the US perspective and how we can proceed with the possibility of minimizing conflict.

Bryant discusses how he got into the space law field, and how governance can be created through practice.

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44min

FAQs about Cold Star Project:

How many episodes does Cold Star Project have?

The podcast currently has 251 episodes available.