The Space Economy

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In this episode of the Space Economy podcast we a have Future In-Space Operations Q&A from Sept. 14 on the US ISAM National Strategy which was released by the White House in April of this year. ISAM being the acronym for In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing.

The guest speaker is Ezinne Uzo-Okoro, from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Uzo-Okoro is the Chair of the National Science and Technology Council Working Group on ISAM. In the podcast she spoke for about 24 minutes on the the national strategy before spending another half hour answering questions.

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The Space Economy podcast is back for a sixth season with a wide variety of guests scheduled including first time guest Matthew Mejía of Sierra Space, the 2021 spinoff from the Sierra Nevada Corporation.

Matthew Mejía is the recently appointed Chief Strategy & Development Officer. The timing of this interview was perfect as they just announced today the creation of a new division, Sierra Space Ventures. Matthew explains in some detail the new division along with providing an update on their other existing programs including their spaceplane Dream Chaser, their planned private space station Orbital Reef and the Life Habitats.

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In this weeks Space Economy podcast my special guest is Lori Garver, the former Deputy Administrator of NASA and author of the new book Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age.

During her 35 year career, and this is just partial list, Lori worked at NASA twice, advised a variety of presidential candidates, led the NASA transition team under Barak Obama, was the Executive Director of the National Space Society for nine years and co-founded the Brooke Owens Fellowship, an internship and mentorship program for collegiate women. Oh, and she's also a space pirate, and that's a good thing.

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This week on the Space Economy podcast we're presenting a Future in Space Operations talk by Dan Lopez, Chief Business Officer of Arkisys. The title of Dan's talk is Driving the Next Silk Road in Space: The Arkisys Port Architecture.

Now, the one thing to remember about these Future in Space Operations presentations is that you will sometimes get ideas that are in the very early stages of development. That's the case with the Port Architecture by Arkisys. While the idea appears sound, the business case is ongoing. So Dan will introduce the product and their plans. The company is less than 2 years old but has garnered enough support including from the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Innovation Unit that they are preparing for on-orbit demo.

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In this weeks Space Economy podcast we're presenting a Future in Space Operations talk by Gary Calnan, the founder and CEO of CisLunar Industries.

As we prepare to head back to the Moon, this time hopefully to stay, we'll need to continue to build up our commercial efforts in low Earth orbit. For CisLunar Industries that means making the business case for recycling space debris for in-space metal manufacturing. Visit our website for the presentation.

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