Cold Star Project

Gary Calnan - The Space Foundry Lab: A Cislunar Industrial Base - Cold Star Project S02E40

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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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