Space Minds Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com/tag/space-minds/ Covering the business and politics of space Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:59:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Space Minds Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com/tag/space-minds/ 32 32 80681979 Heather Pringle on the upcoming Space Symposium and future international collaboration in space https://spacenews.com/heather-pringle-on-the-upcoming-space-symposium-and-future-international-collaboration-in-space/ https://spacenews.com/heather-pringle-on-the-upcoming-space-symposium-and-future-international-collaboration-in-space/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:59:11 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=585053

In this episode of the Space Minds podcast, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews Heather Pringle, a retired Major General of the US Air Force who is now the CEO of the […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/heather-pringle-on-the-upcoming-space-symposium-and-future-international-collaboration-in-space/feed/ 0 585053 Carmel Ortiz on the evolving landscape of satellite communications https://spacenews.com/carmel-ortiz-on-the-evolving-landscape-of-satellite-communications/ https://spacenews.com/carmel-ortiz-on-the-evolving-landscape-of-satellite-communications/#respond Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:42:23 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=583446

In this week’s episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss interviews Carmel Ortiz, senior vice president of medium-Earth-orbit constellation programs at SES. They discuss new technology to help satellites communicate […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/carmel-ortiz-on-the-evolving-landscape-of-satellite-communications/feed/ 0 583446 Building a hypersonic pathway to orbit with Mark Bigham https://spacenews.com/building-a-hypersonic-pathway-to-orbit-with-mark-bigham/ https://spacenews.com/building-a-hypersonic-pathway-to-orbit-with-mark-bigham/#respond Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:30:56 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=581932

On this episode of the Space Minds podcast, host David Ariosto speaks with Mark Bigham, the Vice President of Defense Programs at Longshot Space Technologies Corporation, a new hardware startup […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/building-a-hypersonic-pathway-to-orbit-with-mark-bigham/feed/ 0 581932 Eileen Collins on what it takes to become Space Shuttle Commander https://spacenews.com/eileen-collins-on-what-it-takes-to-become-space-shuttle-commander/ https://spacenews.com/eileen-collins-on-what-it-takes-to-become-space-shuttle-commander/#respond Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:38:28 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=579990 Eileen Collins thumbnail for the Space Minds podcast

In this episode of the Space Minds podcast, host David Ariosto speaks with Eileen Collins, retired NASA astronaut, Air Force colonel and the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/eileen-collins-on-what-it-takes-to-become-space-shuttle-commander/feed/ 0 579990 The new wave of industry coming for the LEO frontier https://spacenews.com/the-new-wave-of-industry-coming-for-the-leo-frontier/ https://spacenews.com/the-new-wave-of-industry-coming-for-the-leo-frontier/#respond Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:57:50 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=578731

In this episode of the SpaceNews Space Minds podcast, host David Ariosto talks with Jonathan Cirtain, CEO and President of Axiom Space. They discuss the challenges — and wonders — […]

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In this episode of Space Minds, Jeff Foust moderates a panel at AIAA AscendxTexas on the role Texas is playing in the space economy. With a series of industry leaders they […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/texas-as-a-strategic-space-hub/feed/ 0 577475 Creating new demand in the nascent orbital economy https://spacenews.com/creating-new-demand-in-the-nascent-orbital-economy/ https://spacenews.com/creating-new-demand-in-the-nascent-orbital-economy/#respond Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:45:34 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=574519 David Ariosto interviews Mike Kuta for the Space Minds podcast.

In this episode of Space Minds, David Ariosto interviews Matt Kuta, president and co-founder of Voyager Technologies about how the company is pursuing a commercialized future in low Earth orbit. […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/creating-new-demand-in-the-nascent-orbital-economy/feed/ 0 574519 A new book captures the forces shaping space: China, the moon and industry https://spacenews.com/a-new-book-captures-the-forces-shaping-space-china-the-moon-and-industry/ https://spacenews.com/a-new-book-captures-the-forces-shaping-space-china-the-moon-and-industry/#respond Fri, 13 Feb 2026 23:09:49 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=573581

In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss sits down with David Ariosto to discuss his new book, “Open Space.” David talks about how some of the themes of the […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/a-new-book-captures-the-forces-shaping-space-china-the-moon-and-industry/feed/ 0 573581 The future of the Space Force in a competitive, congested and contested space environment https://spacenews.com/the-future-of-the-space-force-in-a-competitive-congested-and-contested-space-environment/ https://spacenews.com/the-future-of-the-space-force-in-a-competitive-congested-and-contested-space-environment/#respond Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:59:02 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=570696

In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss sits down with a panel of experts at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center to discuss the future of the United States […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/the-future-of-the-space-force-in-a-competitive-congested-and-contested-space-environment/feed/ 0 570696 A fireside chat with Space Force Gen. Shawn Bratton https://spacenews.com/a-fireside-chat-with-space-force-gen-shawn-bratton/ https://spacenews.com/a-fireside-chat-with-space-force-gen-shawn-bratton/#respond Fri, 30 Jan 2026 19:56:44 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=569556

In this episode of Space Minds, SpaceNews senior staff writer Sandra Erwin sits down with Gen. Shawn Bratton, vice chair of space operations for the U.S. Space Force for a […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/a-fireside-chat-with-space-force-gen-shawn-bratton/feed/ 0 569556 The future is now: understanding the once far-off technologies becoming reality https://spacenews.com/the-future-is-now-understanding-the-once-far-off-technologies-becoming-reality/ https://spacenews.com/the-future-is-now-understanding-the-once-far-off-technologies-becoming-reality/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=561361 Illustration of the Dragonfly, a carsized, nuclearpowered octocopter being designed to explore other worlds. Credit: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

The technologies pushing the boundaries of the space economy sound as if they came from a science fiction novel: reusable rockets, satellite assembly lines, lunar landers and octocopters. On Nov. […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/the-future-is-now-understanding-the-once-far-off-technologies-becoming-reality/feed/ 0 561361 Josef Aschbacher on geopolitics and Europe’s changing space debate https://spacenews.com/josef-aschbacher-on-geopolitics-and-europes-changing-space-debate/ https://spacenews.com/josef-aschbacher-on-geopolitics-and-europes-changing-space-debate/#respond Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:59:19 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=551340 Josef Aschbacher, Director General of the European Space Agency, speaks with SpaceNews Chief Content and Strategy Officer Mike Gruss during a taping of the Space Minds podcast at World Space Business Week Sept. 15. Credit: SpaceNews

PARIS – Josef Aschbacher, the head of the European Space Agency, said member states are quickly changing how they view space, from its role in geopolitics, to the need for […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/josef-aschbacher-on-geopolitics-and-europes-changing-space-debate/feed/ 0 551340 How the smallsat business is evolving: Excerpts from the Space Minds podcast https://spacenews.com/how-the-smallsat-business-is-evolving-excerpts-from-the-space-minds-podcast/ https://spacenews.com/how-the-smallsat-business-is-evolving-excerpts-from-the-space-minds-podcast/#respond Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:30:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=549271 Sir Martin Sweeting, chairman, Surrey Satellite Technology Limited; Gabe Zimmerman, director of the in space product line, Ursa Major; Tom Walkinshaw, CEO and co-founder, alba orbital; Todd Master, chief operating officer, Umbra

During the 39th annual Small Satellite Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, in August, SpaceNews hosted a group of industry leaders on our Space Minds podcast to discuss the latest […]

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