SpaceBase Podcast

An interview with Thomas Gardner,  Director of Engineering for Advanced Space, a space company supporting the sustainable exploration, development, and settlement of space.

Prior to joining Advanced Space, he had experience as the Chief Engineer/Principal Mission Systems Engineer at Moon Express, as a Senior Principal Space Systems Engineer with the Raytheon Missile Systems  NASA/Space Applications Group, and as a senior engineer at Lockheed Martin. He is an expert in spacecraft systems engineering with over 35 years of experience in the field supporting a wide variety of programs including NASA robotic missions, launch vehicles, and the Space Shuttle. 

 Tom holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Cincinnati, and an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering and M.E. in Engineering Management from the University of Colorado. 

This interview talks about his career, his extensive experience working in the space industry, and his exciting work on the  CAPstone mission, the first NASA Artemis mission back to the Moon launching this year on a Rocket Lab electron and photon spacecraft.

Resources:
Advance Space

NASA Artemis Return to the Moon Programme
https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/

CAPSTONE Mission Riding on Rocket Lab
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/small_spacecraft/capstone

Notable space websites:
LeonardDavid.com
Spaceflight.com
NASA Watch
Space Policy 
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An interview with  Rafael Kargren.  Rafael has extensive background and career in the space industry spanning from ground communication systems to earth observation applications. He has been working closely on many space related projects with space agencies around the world including NASA, ESA, JAXA ISRO, Australian Space Agency, and a number of commercial companies such as SpaceX, RocketLab, Planet, Airbus and Maxar. 

Rafael has also been playing critical roles in developing and shaping space strategy in countries as Sweden, Luxemburg, Australia, UK, Canada, UAE, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia and New Zealand. He was one of the main contributors in the development of the Australian space strategy and founded Aerospace Christchurch in 2018. 

He has been involved in implementation of national earth observation data centres and information management systems and has been involved in many international initiatives to improve humanitarian actions and disaster response in the Pasific. He provides active mentoring, coaching and support to several space start-ups and students in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. 

In this interview, we are going to ask him more about his career path, his extensive experience in the global space industry, and his work to leverage space technologies for the benefit of the planet.

Resources:
Pacific GIS and Remote Sensing Council
http://www.picgisrs.org/

 
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An interview with Kate Breach, an aerospace technical specialist at the New Zealand Space Agency.  Kate is an aeronautical engineer who has worked on military fighter jets and helicopters in New Zealand and the UK, led a team of UN military armistice inspectors in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, represented New Zealand  at international space meetings including the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and regulatesd space rockets and satellites launched from New Zealand. In her current role, Kate engages with New Zealand space companies, universities, international space companies and other national space agencies to help further develop the New Zealand space sector, providing technical input and advice to the New Zealand Space Agency.

 Kate graduated from University of Canterbury with a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) with Honours before working as an Engineering Officer in both the Royal New Zealand Air Force and the Royal Air Force in the UK, where she led a team of engineers working on Eurofighter fighter jets.  She holds a Master of International Relations and has worked in corporate business development and project management roles and in foreign policy for New Zealand, before joining the New Zealand Space Agency.

In this interview, we are going to talk about Kate's career journey and how her engineering background, combined with international relations, policy, and business has led her to working for the NZ Space Agency.

Hosted by: Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, Co-Founder and CEO, SpaceBase
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Resources
NZ Space Agency
NZSA Careers In Space

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An interview with Nicholas Borroz, founder of space sector-focused consultancy Rotoiti and Filling Space, a social enterprise that democratices engagement with space. 

Nicholas is completing his doctoral studies in international business at the University of Auckland. Before moving to New Zealand, he worked as a business intelligence consultant in Washington, DC, and before that as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand. Nicholas studied International Relations at Macalester College and International Economics at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at the Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, USA.

In this interview, we are going to talk about his career journey and how he managed to take the leap from business intelligence to space consultant in New Zealand.

Hosted by: Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, Co-Founder and CEO, SpaceBase
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Resources
Filling Space  - Democratising Engagement with Space
Rotoiti - Intelligence for the Space Sector

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An interview with Dr. Craig Rodger, professor of space physics at the Department of Physics at University of Otago.  Craig has a BSc(Hons) in Physics, and a PhD degree in Space Physics.  His areas of research are in space weather, atmospheric electricity, and most recently carbon emissions in transport. He has won numerous awards including the University of Otago Excellence in Teaching Award, Fullbright New Zealand Scholar Award, and the Inaugural Hatherton Award from the Royal Society of New Zealand. 

In this interview, we are going to talk about Prof Rodger’s career journey and his passion and research interest in space.

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Resources
The World Wide Lightning Location Network

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An interview with Miranda Satterthwaite, Antarctic Academy Director at the International Antarctic Centre.  Miranda has multiple degrees in Physical and Biological Sciences, Psychology and Political Science,  and Masters degrees in Business Administration and Education. In the past she has worked for the Centre for Earth Space Science Technology (Xerra), Lincoln University, and ARA Institute of Technology.

In this interview, we are going to learn about Miranda’s career journey from ski instructor to space and STEM specialist, and her passion to educate the future generation of kiwis working towards a successful NZ aerospace industry of the future.

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An interview with Robin McNeil,  Engineering and Ground segment Manager at Great South where he oversees the space programmes.  Robin is called the "Dish Master" at the Awarua Ground Stations located in Invercargill.  In the past he has worked for Thermo Cell and the International Telecommunications Union. Robin has an honours degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Canterbury and a  BA in English from Massey University. He is a Fellow of IPENZ (Interprofessional Education NZ), Senior Member of IEEE, and a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

In this interview, we are going to talk about Robin’s career journey and the importance of his ground station work at the bottom of the world in support of international space missions around the globe.

Additional Resources:
Spacecraft Operations by Uhlig, Thomas, Sellmaier, Florian, Schmidhuber, Michael (Eds.)

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An interview with  Gary Freedman, founder and CEO of ElectricAir, a clean aviation company bringing electric flight to New Zealand. He’s worked for green energy companies in the UK.  like Ecotricity, the very first green energy company in the world, and with Meridian in New Zealand who only generate from renewable energy sources. His Pipistrel Alpha Electro is the first electric plane in NZ.

In this interview, we talked about Gary’s personal journey from clean and sustainable energy to sustainable aviation, and his role in bringing the first electric airplane to New Zealand. From his  vision to create a fleet of electric training planes, to catalyzing a domestic electric-driven aviation economy in New Zealand,  his moonshot is inspirational and brings us closer to a sustainable future in transportation.

Additional Resources:
For information on how to fly with ElectricAir or arrange a visit, go to the website or send an email to [email protected].

Fully Charged - show on everything about electric vehicles

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An interview with  Chelsea Robinson,  a serial impact founder with a background in complex problem solving. She cofounded Generation Zero, a movement of young kiwis aiming to build cross party political support for net zero emissions by 2050.  She is an Edmund Hillary Fellow from New Zealand currently based in San Francisco. Chelsea is the COO of Open Lunar, an organization seeking to catalyse a peaceful, cooperative lunar settlement on the Moon. 

 In this interview, we talked to Chelsea’s about her journey birthing an environmental movement for zero net emissions in NZ, to ensuring a sustainable future for humanity on the Moon.

Additional Resources:
Enspiral.com
Loomio.org
Open Lunar Open Mission Design Repository
"Why Should Humans Explore Space" by Larry Lemke

Hosted by: Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, Co-Founder, SpaceBase
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