SpaceBase Podcast

This is the start of our alternating series focused on the Global Space Enablers Network, and interviews with space enablers around the world to leverage their insights, experiences, and knowledge on the needs, challenges, and opportunities, for budding or growing space enablers worldwide. These interviews have been conducted by SpaceBase co-founders - Eric Dahlstrom and myself.

An interview with Antonio Stark.  Antonio is a space strategy expert on policy, satellites, security, sustainability, and the cislunar economy. Antonio is currently the Global Alliance Lead for iSpace, Japan’s premiere lunar space company. Among his multiple affiliations, he is also the Asia Pacific Editor for Spacewatch.Global, a Research Fellow for the Interstellar Foundation, and the Operations Strategy Officer for The Space Court Foundation.  He is also the Asia Regional Coordinator for the Moon Village Association, Co-founder & Community Coordinator for the Singapore Space Network, as well as numerous sub-committee memberships at the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). Antonio is a Founding Member of the Global Space Enablers Network

Note. This interview was conducted during the first half of 2024 and may refer to events that happened in the previous year.

Resources

Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
Beyond Earth Foundation
Space Foundation

Hosts:  SpaceBase Founders:  Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom and Eric Dahlstrom

If you are keen to join the Global Space Enablers Network either as an individual or an organization, check out spaceenablers.net  We also hold periodic online Net-Connect networking sessions. Thanks for listening and see you next time. 

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An interview with Dr. Lisa Brown, a Hepatobiliary Surgeon and Aerospace Medicine Researcher at the New Zealand Space Health Research Center.  

Lisa’s background is in Surgery.  And In addition to surgical training, Lisa completed training and research in Aerospace Medicine, including as the Aerospace Medicine Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, an internship at the European Space Agency, and the University of Texas Medical Branch Principles of Aerospace Medicine Short Course with NASA. She is on the organising committee of Women in Space Aotearoa New Zealand and Lead of the New Zealand Space Health Research Network.

Resources:

Space Medicine Coures:
Principles of Space Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch
Space Physician Training Course, European Space Agency
Aerospace Medicine, Kings College, London UK


Notable Associations:
Aerospace Medical Association
Aerospace Medicine Student Residence Organization
The Space Surgery Association

To participate in the New Zealand Space Health Research Network, visit the website.

Hosted by: Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, Co-Founder and CEO, SpaceBase
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If you like our work, please consider donating to SpaceBase through the SpaceBase Open Collective. Or be a SpaceBase Patreon sponsor.  (E.g. $3 dollars a month or $36 NZD a year will go a long way in supporting the production of the podcast.) 🚀

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An interview with Cairo Akehurst, a year 12 student at Cashmere High in Christchurch, New Zealand.  And he is also already a serial entrepreneur having founded Convergence Aerospace and most recently Cattle Credit. His team was a finalist to the Space for Planet Earth Challenge 2023-24, High School level.  He won the Emerging Technology Award as part of the Otautahi Christchurch Smart Cities Challenge 2024.  He was also an elected participant in the validator programme at the University of Christchurch Center for Entrepreneurship. And just recently, he was short listed as one of three finalist for the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) New Zealand Entreprenuerial Ecosystem Awards in the Youth Entrepreneur of the Year category.

Hosted by: Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, Co-Founder and CEO, SpaceBase
Music: reCreation by airtone (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons (3.0)

If you like our work, please consider donating to SpaceBase through the SpaceBase Open Collective. Or be a SpaceBase Patreon sponsor.  (E.g. $3 dollars a month or $36 NZD a year will go a long way in supporting the production of the podcast.) 🚀

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This is a special episode on the Global Space Enablers Network and the start of an alternating theme to feature space enablers globally working to catalyze, develop, and grow their own space sector and industry in different parts of the world. The aim is to share lessons learned, best practices, and resource opportunities specially for nascent and emerging regions and countries.  

 In this episode co-founders of SpaceBase Limited discuss the motivations, goals, and activities this newly formed alliance of ecosystem builders around the world.

Joining the host is SpaceBase co-founder Eric Dahlstrom.  Eric has worked in both public and private space industry in the US and abroad for four decades. A physicist, astronomer, and aerospace engineer by training, he has contributed to the design and re-design of the International Space Station as a NASA contractor. He has also mentored and worked on space startup companies that are building launchers, to landers and rovers on the Moon.  Eric is an ISU Faculty who has taught in  at least11 countries around the world, often as Chair of the ISU Space Studies Program’s Space Sciences Department.  He also often chairs as Team Project Chair.

Resources
Global Space Enablers Network - alliance to support space ecosystem builders globally.

The paper on Establishing a Global Space Enablers Network was published at the IAC Conference along with the GSEN Poster which was presented in the Internactive Poster session.

To contribute to the global Knowledge Base supporting space enablers, take the GSEN Survey.

Next Events:
GSEN Net Connect#1, 18 November 2024, Noon, CEST (12 midnight, 19 Nov, NZT) Meet fellow space enablers from across the globe.  Learn and create opportunities to collaborate.  Register today.

Next GSEN physical event will take place at the Singapore Space and Technology Limited Global Space Technology Convention and Exhibition

Hosted by: Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, Co-Founder and CEO, SpaceBase
Music: reCreation by airtone (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons (3.0)

If you like our work, please consider donating to SpaceBase through the SpaceBase Open Collective. Or be a SpaceBase Patreon sponsor.  (E.g. $3 dollars a month or $36 NZD a year will go a long way in supporting the production of the podcast.) 🚀

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An interview with Emma Renowden, Aerospace Cluster Lead at Otautahi Christchurch. Emma is an experienced strategic partnerships manager who is passionate about the role of innovation and technology in addressing some of the world's most significant challenges. In her role at ChristchurchNZ, Emma is responsible for developing an ambitious city strategy for the Aerospace sector, with the goal of harnessing the economic opportunities it presents. 

She holds degrees in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Canterbury. Emma is also a Committee Board Member of the Aerospace New Zealand, the national industry body promoting Aerospace in Aotearoa.

Resources
ChristchurchNZ  - Christchurch's economic development agency
Aerospace New Zealand - Aerospace industry cluster for New Zealand
Aotearoa Aerospace Academy -an educational programme inspiring the next generation of Astronomers, Engineers and Space Scientists in NZ.

New Zealand Aerospace Summit  (Sept 23-24, 2024) - primier annual aerospace event in New Zealand.

Hosted by: Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, Co-Founder and CEO, SpaceBase
Music: reCreation by airtone (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons (3.0)

If you like our work, please consider donating to SpaceBase through the SpaceBase Open Collective. Or be a SpaceBase Patreon sponsor.  (E.g. $3 dollars a month or $36 NZD a year will go a long way in supporting the production of the podcast.) 🚀

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An interview with with James Brice, Lead Systems Engineer for New Glenn, Blue Origin’s prime launch system for Moon missions.  Jim has over three decades experience working with aerospace companies like Boeing and Orbital Science and leading engineering projects from space planes to rocket systems like the X34, Antares rocket, and the launch abort system for Orion.

Jim holds an Industrial Engineering degree from University of Central Florida and a Masters in Systems Engineering from George Washington University. He was instrumental in the formation of the NASA Space Academy. He is an alumni and former Deputy Director for the International Space University’s Space Studies Program.

Resources:
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) - a student space advocacy group with chapters around the world
NASA Space Academy - A rigorous and diverse summer research program that prioritizes collaboration, teamwork, leadership, innovation, and creativity.

Books:
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
The High Frontier by Gerard O'Neill
The Heavens and the Earth by McDougall

Hosted by: Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, Co-Founder and CEO, SpaceBase
Music: reCreation by airtone (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons (3.0)

If you like our work, please consider donating to SpaceBase through the SpaceBase Open Collective. Or be a SpaceBase Patreon sponsor.  (E.g. $3 dollars a month or $36 NZD a year will go a long way in supporting the production of the podcast.) 🚀

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An interview with Gary Martin, one of SpaceBase’s Advisors.  Gary retired from NASA after 32 years supporting space science missions, advanced technology development, technology transfer and human spaceflight. In 2022, he became NASA’s first Space Architect leading the team that developed the Vision for Space Exploration in 2004. 

He also served as Program Director for the International Space University for multiple years, a member of the Academic Council multiple times, and continue to Chair Team Projects for ISU programs.

In 2017 he became the Senior Advisor to the Luxembourg Ministry of Economics and was instrumental in the establishment of the Luxembourg Space Agency and a multi disciplinary space masters degree, as well as a first of its kind, space resources research center in Luxembourg

Gary holds bachelor’s degrees in Physics, Applied Mathematics, and Anthropology, and a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering/Astronautical Engineering.

Hosted by: Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, Co-Founder and CEO, SpaceBase
Music: reCreation by airtone (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons (3.0)

If you like our work, please consider donating to SpaceBase through the SpaceBase Open Collective. Or be a SpaceBase Patreon sponsor.  (E.g. $3 dollars a month or $36 NZD a year will go a long way in supporting the production of the podcast.) 🚀

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An interview  with Max Daniels, CEO and Co-Founder of Astrix Astronautics, a startup company focusing on inflatable, rigidized deployment for spacecraft.

Max has a BS degree from the University of Auckland and was part of the Auckland Program for Space Systems at University of Auckland. In 2019,  his team won the New Ventures Category at the $100k Velocity Challenge.

Resources
Auckland Programme for Space Systems (APSS),
$100k Velocity Challenge, Auckland based startup competition
Callaghan Innovations, NZ Government innovation arm
Outset Ventures, home of deep tech in Auckland

Hosted by: Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, Co-Founder and CEO, SpaceBase
Music: reCreation by airtone (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons (3.0)

If you like our work, please consider donating to SpaceBase through the SpaceBase Open Collective. Or be a SpaceBase Patreon sponsor.  (E.g. $3 dollars a month or $36 NZD a year will go a long way in supporting the production of the podcast.) 🚀

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An interview with Caleb McIvor, Founding Director of PrintGig and CEO/CTO of Epsilum Design.  PrintGig is a cutting-edge 3D printing company that specializes in high-temperature polymers for the high-tech and deep-tech sectors - including the space industry in New Zealand; the only one of its kind in the southern hemisphere.

 Caleb is an entrepreneur and inventor set on improving lives and solving complex problems. Caleb specializes in embedded systems design and additive manufacturing with a broad range of skills across the stem fields.

With a Bachelor of Creative Technologies also minoring in Japanese from Auckland University of Technology, Caleb specializes in solving problems using multiple approaches and disciplines.

In this podcast we will learn about Caleb's experience  weaving creative technologies and multidisciplinary projects that led to founding serial startups and an additive manufacturing startup with a unique competitive advantage in the NZ space industry.

Resources
The Lean Startup by Eric Reis
Kindrik Partners - free legal resources for founders and startups

Hosted by: Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, Co-Founder and CEO, SpaceBase
Music: reCreation by airtone (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons (3.0)

If you like our work, please consider donating to SpaceBase through the SpaceBase Open Collective. Or be a SpaceBase Patreon sponsor.  (E.g. $3 dollars a month or $36 NZD a year will go a long way in supporting the production of the podcast.) 🚀

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 An interview with Stu Potter, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Stardust Me, an Innovative small payload solutions and space memorial service provider.  It is the first Māori space-tech company in the world. 

Stu has over 20+ years of senior management and business experience in Māori business, financial services, health, education, research and development. 

His strengths are in Māori education, business, strategy, and leadership development, executive coaching, developing high performance teams, strategic human resource and change management, and innovation. Stu is also a published children’s book author of the Fish Story which incorporates te reo Māori.

Hosted by: Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, Co-Founder and CEO, SpaceBase
Music: reCreation by airtone (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons (3.0)

If you like our work, please consider donating to SpaceBase through the SpaceBase Open Collective. Or be a SpaceBase Patreon sponsor.  (E.g. $3 dollars a month or $36 NZD a year will go a long way in supporting the production of the podcast.) 🚀

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