This week saw NASA finally locate a possible repair for the famous Hubble Space Telescope, while Blue Origin announced that its $30m bidder for a seat on Jeff Bezos’ space flight is suddenly too busy to attend.

In this episode of the Space Connect podcast, co-hosts Adam Thorn, Liam Garman and Hannah Dowling discuss the upcoming Bezos spaceflight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft, the multimillion-dollar bidder’s sudden change of heart, and who is set to take their place.

Plus, the team talks you through the current state of the Hubble Space Telescope after being out of action for over a month, and how NASA believes it has located a possible repair for the flying observatory.

Closer to home, the team also discusses a new partnership between Thales Australia and Western Sydney University, and their recent grant funding falling under NASA’s Moon to Mars mission.

This week, billionaire Sir Richard Branson beat rival Jeff Bezos and blasted off to space for the first time… or so he says. In this episode of the Space Connect Podcast, hosts Adam Thorn and Liam Garman, joined by reporter Hannah Dowling, sat down to discuss Sir Richard’s momentous efforts to touch the edge of space, and flesh out the debate about whether or not he did or did not, in fact, reach space. Plus, the crew again talk about the growing threat of space junk, how it got to be there, and what’s being done to retrieve decades-old debris from space. Finally, the team gives you the latest update on NASA’s Mars Helicopter and its companion, the Perseverance Rover, as the Ingenuity rotorcraft hit a major new milestone.

In this episode of the Space Connect Podcast, hosts Adam Thorn and Liam Garman were joined by reporter Hannah Dowling to discuss this new-age space race, and the feasibility of the future of ‘space tourism’. But first, the crew reviews the winners of the Australian space industry’s night of nights, following the Australian Space Awards 2021. Plus, the team examines NATO’s decision to extend its collective defence clause – Article 5 – to include acts of war in space, and the latest development in Australia’s national space capabilities.

Lockheed Martin Space is at the very forefront of our modern space revolution, building satellites and spacecraft to take us further than we’ve been before and change life on Earth, too.

On the first episode of the rebooted, retooled and relaunched Space Connect Podcast, hosts Adam Thorn and Liam Garman interview LMS international vice president Rod Drury.

Drury talks about why our new industry is so innovative, how space will rethink how we defend our skies and why his background in the RAAF was invaluable.

Finally, the team discusses how feasible it is that man will return to Mars in a decade. Is the will, and the tech, there for man’s ultimate mission?

CEO of Electro Optic Systems, Ben Greene, remembers watching the moon landing live. In this episode of the Space Connect Podcast, he shares his predictions of how in the not too distant future a crewed Mars landing will be the next big leap in space exploration.

Greene will discuss the services that EOS provides, how its focus has shifted throughout its 35 years in business, and provide a pre-emptive look into what its focus will be in years to come. He will discuss the calibre and amount of talent that is emerging within the Australian space sector, why there has been such growth in interest within the industry, and where Australian capability will be represented as the sector continues to flourish.

With space debris a major concern, with some believing that it could deny access to space for humankind in the future, Greene will unpack who is responsible for the debris, how it is being tracked and the role that Australia is playing in its clean up.