The Journal of Space Commerce Podcast

On this edition of The Ex Terra Podcast, Tom Patton talks with Divya Panchanathan, Business Development Manager for Material Science Research and Manufacturing in Space for Axiom Space, about the AX-1 mission and other projects. Axiom Space is planning to launch the first fully private mission to the International Space Station next February as they prepare to build a private space station over th...

On a recent episode of The Ex Terra Podcast, we talked with Adrian Nixon of Nixene Publishing, and that interview left us wanting to learn more about the potential of graphene in Space Commerce applications. This time, we're digging deeper to find out how companies can commercialize the research that has been taking place in the industry. Ray Gibbs is Director of Commercialization in Graphene/2-D...

On this edition of The Ex Terra Podcast ... a little "inside baseball" with Bill Klanke, co-founder and CEO of Space Intel Report Space Intel Report is a subscription-based online publication focused on the Commercial Space industry. According to Bill Klanke, SIR focuses primarily on the business aspects of commercial space, targeted towards C-Suite executives and other top decision-makers in the...

On this edition of The Ex Terra Podcast, we return to the topic of Graphene with Adrian Nixon, Editor in Chief of Nixene Publishing. The Nixene Journal is a publishing company specializing in Graphene and other 2D materials based in Manchester, United Kingdom. We publish the Nixene Journal, a monthly analysis of developments in the fast-moving business and technology world of graphene in "plain En...

Our guest on this edition of The Ex Terra Podcast is Laura Forczyk, the owner of Astralytical , a research, consulting, and publishing firm founded in 2016 and located outside of Atlanta. The company's focus is high-quality big-picture outlooks and multidisciplinary space trends in the aerospace sector, particularly the emerging space economy. They explore the intersections of disciplines and brid...

Public-Private strategies are becoming increasingly important in the arena of space commerce. Governments are relying on private entities for services ranging all the way to astronaut transportation to the International Space Station and beyond, while those private companies often rely on government contracts to innovate and expand the horizons of space commerce. Our guest on this edition of The E...

What will be the transportation systems that will support space-based commerce as the new space economy grows? That was the fundamental question asked by John Weathersby, the founder of StellarModal . John is our guest on this edition of the Ex Terra Podcast. StellarModal is an international trade association whose mission is to promote the advancement of transportation systems which will support...

Gig work has become a growing segment of the workforce. More and more people are taking assignments from multiple companies rather than spend 20 or 30 years working for a single company. In fact, statistics show that the average millennial worker will change jobs every 18 months. But can the concept of gig work be applied to the aerospace industry? Tom Cooke, the CEO of Spacely.work and his partne...

The Inspiration4 flight ushered in a new era in commercial spaceflight ... one where private citizens can become astronauts. But what is involved in training private astronauts to travel into space? How can a person prepare for space travel without going through the years of training that NASA astronauts must complete? Providing that training is the mission of Orbite, a space training company for...

For about 20 years, companies have been exploring uses for graphene, an allotrope of carbon made up of a single layer of atoms arranged in a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice nanostructure. Its isolation an and subsequent study of the material led to a Nobel Prize in Physics for Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov at the University of Manchester. graphene is notable for its high tensile strength,...

On this edition of the Ex Terra Podcast, we talk with retired NASA engineer Edgar Zapata about his views of space commerce. Zapata spent 32 years as a NASA engineer before retiring in March of 2021. Currently, he works with the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program, which nurtures visionary ideas that could transform future NASA missions with the creation of breakthroughs — radically be...

Small weather satellites are having an increasing impact on the delivery of weather data to government, military and commercial users. One of the companies on the forefront of this new wave of weather data delivery is Brandywine Photonics. On this edition of the Ex Terra Podcast, we talk with John Fisher, the CEO of this startup company. Brandywine Photonics is a member of The MetNet Alliance, whi...

When you hear the phrase "Space Tourism", you probably think about buying a very expensive ride on a spaceship ... maybe a visit to the International Space Station. But there is far more to Space Tourism than actually traveling to space. Our guest on this edition of The Ex Terra Podcast is John Spencer, Founder of The Space Tourism Society. Spencer is also an "Outer Space Architect, Author and Spa...

On this edition of The Ex Terra Podcast, we talk with Guy de Carufel, the founder and CTO of Cognitive Space, a company developing automated satellite management systems using Artificial Intelligence (AI). Currently, satellites are managed by micro-managing each individual spacecraft. But with the number of active satellites forecast to increase by a factor of 20 in just the next 10 years, handlin...

On this edition of the Ex Terra Podcast, we talk with Ben Haldeman, the founder of LifeShip, which wants to send your DNA to the Moon. You've likely wondered if there's any way to be part of a bigger expedition for humanity and leave your legacy for future generations. LifeShip is a mission-driven space and genomics startup based out of San Francisco, California. LifeShip a remote-first team of sp...

Our guest on this edition of The Ex Terra Podcast is Kevin O'Connell , who has founded Space Economy Rising following a stint as the Director of the Office of Space Commerce within the U.S. Department of Commerce. The Office of Space Commerce is the principal organization for space commerce policy activities within the U.S. Department of Commerce. Its mission is to foster the conditions for the ec...

What are the economics of space? Our guest on this edition of The Ex Terra Podcast is George Pullen, Chief economist and Co-Founder of the MilkyWay Economy. George is also the author of "Blockchain and the Space Economy" with co-author Samson Williams. George also teaches in the Columbia University summer program a series on the space industry and space economy. George began his career in banking...

Edge computing brings computation and data storage closer to the location where it is needed, to improve response times and save bandwidth. Satellites create an enormous amount of data which needs to be transmitted to Earth. Our guest on this edition of The Ex Terra Podcast has founded a company which looks to solve the problems inherent is that transaction. Rick Ward, the founder of Space Edge Co...

Is space "The Next Big Thing" for investors? One thing is certain, investing in space companies has been on the upswing as more and more such companies come on line. On this edition of The Ex Terra Podcast, Simon Drake, the founder of Space Ventures Investors, talks with host Tom Patton about how small investors are getting involved in space companies. For innovative entrepreneurs and passionate i...

On this edition of The Ex Terra Podcast, Tom Patton talks with Katherine Gizinski, Chief Executive Officer for ManSat, a company specializing in obtaining international recognition for frequency assignments at the International Telecommunication Union. Based on The Isle of Man, ManSat was established in 1998 with a goal of enabling commercial space activities to the greatest possible extent by lev...

On this edition of the Ex Terra Podcast, Tom Patton talks with Christopher Stott, a founder of the Institute of Space Commerce and founder, chairman and former CEO of ManSat. There is not one U.N. Sustainable Development Goal that cannot be met without space. Indeed, many if not all of the issues we face in the world today can be addressed through space. So why aren’t they? That’s also a topic of...

Mining in Space: The Ex Terra Podcast There is a wealth of resources available in space, from precious and rare metals to water, which can produce hydrogen that can be used for fuel. But how practical is mining in space? On this edition of The Ex Terra Podcast, host Tom Patton talks with Simon Drake, founder and CEO of The Space Commodities Exchange, about the practicality and challenges of mining...

On this edition of the Ex Terra Podcast, we talk with Simon Drake, president and CEO of The Space Commodities Exchange , which will facilitate trading commodities in space through a regulated exchange for transactions and orbiting facilities for deliveries to take place. From re-fuelling and extending the life of satellites with earth-based deliveries, to supplying moon bases with the commodities...

Blockchain is one of those high-tech buzzwords that we're hearing more and more often, but what is the Blockchain and how does it impact space commerce? Our guest on this edition of the Ex Terra Podcast, host Tom Patton talks with Grant Blaisdell, Co-Founder of the Blockchain Analytics and AML company Coinfirm, and Copernic Space, the marketplace for digital Space assets. Copernic Space uses innov...

Our guest on this edition of The Ex Terra Podcast is Jason Kanigan, the founder of Cold Star Technologies and host of the Cold Star Project and Make Space Boring podcasts. Cold Star Technologies is an "installer of systems for other companies with a focus on operational excellence and systems processes," according to Jason Kanigan. The company works closely with a variety of businesses in various...