SPACE IN 60

Craig Clark, Founder of AAC Clyde Space and current Chair of Space Scotland joins us today to tell us about his leadership of the NewSpace movement in Scotland. From being one of the first to develop cube sats, to putting Scotland on the map for space, Craig is making his dent in the world by growing the Scottish space sector, and making it well-known and attractive for space companies to come to Scotland for space.

Meet Awais Ahmed, Founder & CEO at PIXXEL. Follow him on his journey from university programs, to meeting Elon Musk, and to building a constellation of hyperspectral earth observation satellites. Learn what hyperspectral data can be useful for and find out where Awais sees PIXXEL going in the future.

Have you ever wondered what a permanent human Moon presence and lunar economy could look like? Carlos Entrena, CEO & Founder of Plus Ultra Space Outposts, provides some insights into how this could be achieved, and explains how his company is building, deploying and managing assets to help enable a lunar economy.

Meet the incredible Laura Crabtree - CEO and Co-Founder of Epsilon3 and one of the few people that astronauts keep on speed-dial from space. When you are Laura, you get to answer the phone when ‘Dragon is calling’ and an astronaut calls you from space just to check in. Today Laura heads Epsilon3 where spacecraft and complex operations software not only provides solutions to the space industry in the upstream market, but also delivers capabilities to the downstream markets.

Award-winning innovator, astrophysicist, and space engineer, Steve Lee, joins us today to explore why “Every problem has a space solution.” The CEO of Astrosat discusses how innovative space solutions across the downstream market can help solve the planet’s most pressing problems.

Meet Kam Shahid. It's possible that he has flown more satellites than any other person on the planet. From launch to commissioning and from operations to the end-of-life phases, he's done it all.

A father and son working to be the first commercial company from Canada to reach orbit building their very own launch vehicles, Richard and Daniel McCammon tell us about the journey of building a business from scratch in the launch industry, bootstrapping the first stages of their business and planning big things for the second stage. At a time when launch companies are breaking records on the number of satellites launched at one time, Richard and Daniel are focused on a bespoke model of getting smaller payloads to orbit, on time, and on target.

Have you ever wondered about the spacesuits that astronauts wear? In this episode, we talk with Dan Klopp, Director of Marketing and Business Development at ILC Dover, Space Systems Division, and learn about the famous EVA spacesuits that have been to space and even to the Moon! Listen in and find out what goes into the production of the astronauts’ shield against the harsh conditions of space, and why you shouldn’t just jump into a suit for fun at the office.

Ben Haldeman, CEO and Founder of LifeShip, joins us to talk about how his company is saving the genetic code of humanity, sending DNA to the Moon, and preserving it there for eternity. As a long-time space enthusiast, Ben ‘Spaceman’ Haldeman has previously been involved in a lot of camera work, building big telescopes around the world, followed by designing camera systems for satellites.

Inspired by Star Trek Voyager Lieutenant B’Elanna Torres, Cassandra Mercury grew an interest for space early on. Her journey led from working on parachutes in the government sector at NASA JPL to the NewSpace startup community. Today she is working on Quantum Key Distribution from space at Craft Prospect.