SpaceBase Podcast

An interview with Sam Leske, Sam Leske, Director at Milky-Way.Kiwi, a social enterprise whose goal is to inspire people to think about our collective future and how they can actively contribute through quality science education with an added cosmic perspective. Sam has a long career in Aoteroa’s Defence Force, first as a Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot, to Head of the Operational Intelligence and Head of Strategic Intelligence at NZ Defence Force.  He also worked for the Ministry of Primary Industries as Director of Intelligence Coordination and Plans and Director of Biosecurity Support Services. He was the President of New Zealand Institute for Intelligence Professionals between 2018-2022.  

Sam has a bachelor’s of Science degree in Geography, and Masters degrees in Defence and Strategic Studies and Astrophysics.

Today, he works full time as a space science communicator with company Milky-Way.Kiwi, helping strengthen the STEM and Science educational programmes in New Zealand.

Resources
Spacewardbound.nz, Immersive STEM programmes in NZ
preprints.org, journal preprints
phys.org,  science news
space.com, space news
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist and Science communicator

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 iinterview with Gill Dal Din, Global Activation Executive focusing on Business Development and Growth for Space Trailblazers.  

 Gill is a superconnector who connects people and resources that catalyze change in high growth businesses.  She was instrumental in getting the aerospace ecosystem up and running in Christchurch from the early years.

 Gill has a Bachelors degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Otago. Her professional journey range from health, franchise ownership, events promotion, aerospace, and championing new ecosystems such as the space industry. She has worked for ChristchurchNZ and the Canterbury Development Corporation, as well as several notable aerospace and tech companies like Fabrum, Orbica, and Jinx Reality.

Resources
The Body Shop Book by Annita Roddick
Judy Robinett, Startup Mentor
The Diary of a CEO podcast by Steve Bartlett
Maximize Your Potential: Grow Your Expertise, Take Bold Risks & Build an Incredbile Career by Jocelyn Glei

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 Erica Lloyd, Chief Revenue Officer at Zenno Astronautics, a New Zealand startup company revolutionizing space movement through the untapped energy of super magnets.

Eric Lloyd who has a broad and varied career here in New Zealand and across Asia Pacific and the USA in Broadcasting, Technology, Banking and innovation businesses.

Erica is a seasoned executive who started life running her own cutting edge tech services company in film and the television sector. She has worked on both sides of the camera as an on-air business journalist for Television New Zealand and Mediaworks as a network news producer.  For half a decade, she was also part of the Executive management running local IT / Tech giant Datacom. 

She’s been an Executive at Callaghan Innovation and local generative A.I leader Soul Machines, and joins me now to talk about her latest .. and I hear, favourite role to date as Chief Revenue Officer for fast scaling space tech start up, Zenno. 

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 Betina Pavri, Senior Principal Engineer at the Paiahu-Robinson Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington. Betina is supporting the development of high-temperature superconducting magnet technologies for space applications.

 Prior to moving to New Zealand, Betina has had a long and illustrious career at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory where she worked on many pioneering planetary missions including the Magellan mission to Venus, the Mars reconnaissance orbiter, the asteroid Dawn mission, and aspects of the Curiosity Mars rover mission as a spacecraft integration and operations engineer and manager. 

Bettina holds a BA and BS degrees in Physics, Engineering, and Applied Science, and a Masters in Geological Sciences.

Resources
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Magellan Mission to Venus
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Dawn Asteriods Mission
Mars Curiosity Rover Mission and image data
Video: Seven Minutes of Terror: The Challenges of Getting to Mars

Robinson Research Institute and Internship Programme
NASA Education Programmes
European Space Agency Education Programmes

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 Peter Sefont, Technical Director for Zenith Tecnica, a contract manufacturer specialising in Titanium 3D Printing using Electron Beam Melting (EBM) technology.  Zenith Tecnica produces a myriad of additively manufactured parts for industries around the world; including large structural hardware for spacecraft and satellites.

Peter graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelors of Engineering – Mechatronics degree and has also worked for Fisher and Paykel Healthcare prior to joining the Zenith Tecnica team.

Recently, Zenith Tecnica manufactured space components for NASA's highly anticipated Psyche asteroid mission.

Resources
Zenith Tecnica
Psyche Mission
Press Release on Psyche Mission

Aussie Grit: My Formula One by Mark Webber
How to Build a Car by Adrien Newey
Total Competition: Lessons in Strategy from Formula One by Ross Brawn

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 Khaki Rodway, Spaceplane Sales and Operations Director for Dawn Aerospace USA. Khaki has an extensive New Space business development and marketing experience working for launch companies like XCorp and Masten, to delivering payload to the International Space Station like Nanoracks, and  on orbit truster manufacturing like Bradford Space. Khaki is also the co-founder of NYC Space, An open community for the development of private companies commercializing space.  

A graduate of Colombia University, she holds a Masters in Historic Preservation, and a Bachelors in Womens Studies, English Literature, and Journalism from Rutgers University.

In this interview, Khaki tells her exciting story about working with  launch services companies developing pioneering work from the Mojave dessert to the prestine mountains of New Zealand.

Resources
Dawn Aerosopace
For All Moonkind
Payloads - daily insights on the most important news impacting the space economy

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 Kurt Janssen, CEO of Orbica based in New Zealand, Australia and Germany.

Kurt is a geographer and geospatialist by trade, with a passion for emerging technology and data. Kurt has a BSc with Honors in Geography from the University of Canterbury and was the 2016 NZSEA Young Professional of the Year. He worked for central government such as the Ministry of Health and Ministry of the Environment as a Geographic Information Systems (or GIS) Advisor. He also worked for private companies in New Zealand and the United States such as ESRI, Abley and Orbviz. In 2017 he established award-winning geospatial consultancy Orbica.

Resources
Orbica - democratizing access to geospatial data through a  Cloud Native Geospatial and AI Platform.

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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Mark is an Edmund Hillary Fellow from the US.  He launched Quidnet Ventures, a new fund to support early-stage NZ companies. Mark has spent over 30+ years in the technology and innovation sector, with experience in semiconductor manufacturing, open systems hardware. software development, big data, software as a service, and Internet of Things. 

Previously he held both CEO and CTO roles at companies like SkywriterRX, Neustar, Symantec, and Airmedia. He ran IBM’s innovation lab in Japan and was Managing Director of Vista Labs (Vista Equity Partners), helping their portfolio companies innovate more effectively. He began his career as a research staff member in the Physical Science Department of the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. Mark holds PhD, MA, and MPhil degrees in physics from Columbia University and a BA degree in physics from Harvard College.

Lately, Mark has invested in aerospace related companies in New Zealand like Dawn Aerospace and Pypervision. 

In this interview, Mark will talk about his long history driving rapid innovation in big organizations as well as funding and advising deep tech startups, particularly in New Zealand where he sees ingenuity and creative frugalism has created a global competitive advantage for kiwis.

Resources
Quidnet Ventures - investing in science-based, deep tech companies 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 Chris Jackson, Head of Space Operations and Ground Segment at the Te Pūnaha Ātea - Auckland Space Institute based in the University of Auckland. He is overseeing the design and set up of the Institute’s Mission Operation Centre and Ground Station. He is also developing the operations support and building the capability of the centre to support large scale satellites and developing the business for national and international missions like MethaneSAT.

 Chris has a long and illustrious career working for Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) in the UK as Chief Engineer and Architect to many satellite projects including the Galileo and EutelSat missions.  Prior to that he had also worked for Airways New Zealand for almost a decade.

In this interview, we learn about how his focus on systems engineering has open up doors for managing numerous missions as cheif operations engineer in multiple organizations in NZ and abroad.

Resources

Aerospace Programs in New Zealand
Master of Aerospace Engineering, University of Auckland
Space Science, Victory University Wellington
Aerospace Engineering, Univeristy of Canterbury

Space Mission Analysis and Design, Wiley Larson and James Wertz

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 Dr. Scott Madry, Research Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.  He is also the founder and President of Informatics International, Inc., a global geospatial services company. He is a professor emeritus at the International Space University and has served as faculty in over 30 ISU programs around the world. 

 Scott has a Ph.D. in Anthropology and is a three time Fullbright Scholar. He specializes in space remote sensing, GIS, GPS, and regional, environment and cultural applications. He has consulted for a variety of Fortune 500 corporations, governments, and organizations including NASA, NATO, the UN, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Commerce, the US Army Corps of Engineers, NC DOT, and several international governments..

He is the author of nine books and over 75 articles and papers.  He has conducted research in three continents, and has given over 150 short courses and seminars in over 30 countries around the world. 

 Scott was awarded the Russian Tsiolkovsky Gold Medal for his international research and teaching activities and has won several awards for his activities on behalf of the Red Cross. In 2012 he was awarded, the President’s Volunteer Service Award by President Barak Obama for his work in applying geomatics technologies to disaster management.

With regards to his NZ connection, Scott has been a speaker, mentor, and evaluator for the Space for Planet Earth Challenge.

In this interview we will dive into Scott's extensive experience in satellite applications and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) to work on planetary challenges - from tracking endangered gorillas in Africa to assisting disaster responders in Mynmar, and more.

Resources

Scott's Linkedin
Scott's UNC website
International Space University
Open source GIS (QGIS)
Disaster Management Tools

Scott's  books mentioned:
Space Systems for Disaster, Warning, Response, and Recovery
Disruptive Space Technologies and Innovation
Introduction to QGIS (Open Sourced Geographic Information Systems)


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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