Episódios

  • #316 - Maritime Launch Services - Steve Matier

    #316 - Maritime Launch Services - Steve Matier
    Apr 15 2025
    Episode 316 of the Interplanetary Podcast kicks off with Matt tackling the unsettling news of NASA’s potential science funding cuts—raising concerns about the future of groundbreaking space research—and pondering whether SpaceX’s mighty Starship could become an over-budget behemoth or the key to humankind’s next giant leap. Then, Matt welcomes Steve Matier, CEO of Maritime Launch Services, who sheds light on Canada’s ambitious foray into commercial spaceflight. From building Spaceport Nova Scotia to launching the next wave of satellites, Steve shares how MLS is staking out its place in the rapidly growing space economy. It’s a thought-provoking deep dive into the business, engineering, and dream-chasing behind the new frontier of Canadian aerospace.
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    1 hora e 18 minutos
  • #315 - Civil Discourse - Alan Smale

    #315 - Civil Discourse - Alan Smale
    Mar 19 2025
    After a rant about civil discourse and the need for truth in the space commnuity, Matt Chats with Alan Smale who writes alternate and twisted history, and hard SF. Hot Moon, his alternate-Apollo “technothriller with heart”, was launched back in July 2022, followed by sequel Radiant Sky, in November 2024. The Apollo Rising series will conclude with Burning Night, in late 2025.
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    1 hora e 22 minutos
  • #314 - Space Design Competition - Stephen Thrum

    #314 - Space Design Competition - Stephen Thrum
    Feb 16 2025
    Matt chats with Stephen Thrum, a teacher at Windaroo Valley State High School in Logan QLD (Australia), whose career spans from professional model making to interning at NASA. and is a Space Settlement Design Coach—a role in which he has led teams of Australian school students to National and International victories over the past 16 years www.linktr.ee/Interplanetary Hosts: Matt Russell Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 -
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    1 hora e 17 minutos
  • #313 - 2024 roundup - Type 1 Ventures

    #313 - 2024 roundup - Type 1 Ventures
    Jan 8 2025
    Matt chats with Tarek Waked, Founding Partner of Type One Ventures. Type One is an investment firm committed to developing a future civilization that is self-sufficient and interplanetary. The firm invests in space centric innovations. Matt Also www.linktr.ee/Interplanetary Hosts: Matt Russell Music: Matt Russell / Iam7
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    1 hora e 28 minutos
  • #312 - Space Radiation - Cosmic Shielding

    #312 - Space Radiation - Cosmic Shielding
    Dec 9 2024
    Matt chats with Yanni Barghouty, CEO and co-founder of Cosmic Shielding Corporation (CSC). Yanni is creating radiation shielding technology to ensure that hardware can operate in space without degrading. www.linktr.ee/Interplanetary Hosts: Matt Russell Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 Twitter @interplanetypod
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    1 hora e 1 minuto
  • #311 - Space Noise - MSI-DFAT

    #311 - Space Noise - MSI-DFAT
    Nov 9 2024
    Matt catches up with the crew from MSI-DFAT a company with over 60 years of combined engineering experience in spacecraft acoustic testing.
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    1 hora e 19 minutos
  • #310 - Ethan Siegel - Infinite Cosmos

    #310 - Ethan Siegel - Infinite Cosmos
    Oct 9 2024
    Matt catches up with Ethan Siegel again to chat about the James Webb Space Telescope and his new book Infinite Cosmos on National Geographic.
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    1 hora e 5 minutos
  • #309 - The Enzmann Archive

    #309 - The Enzmann Archive
    Sep 27 2024
    Matt is joined by Michelle Snyder and Jay Snyder to talk about their work with FREA the Foundation for Research of the Enzmann Archive. https://enzmannarchive.org/
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    1 hora e 37 minutos