Podcasts about Orbital

In this episode, Chris sits down with Ben Nowack, co-founder and CEO of Reflect Orbital, one of the first companies building satellites that redirect sunlight from orbit to specific spots on Earth - with the goal of delivering sunlight on demand, 24/7. Why would you want sunlight 24/7? Agriculture and farming, construction projects, rescue missions, military operations, powering solar panels closer to 100% of the time instead of ~30%, etc. Ben started Reflect in 2021. He spent the first year in a garage, $60k in credit card debt, before a $350k raise came in. Reflect has now raised more than $35 million - Sequoia led the seed (its first space investment since SpaceX), Lux Capital led the $20M Series A - and launches its first satellite later this year. They discuss: - A speech Gwynne Shotwell gave during his tenure at SpaceX that he will never forget - What he learned while working at SpaceX that he implements at Reflect - The story of building the actual company and why building hardware is hard - How they think about vertical integration - The trillion $ business case for redirecting sunlight - How he recruits technical talent - what works and what doesn't Timestamps: (0:00) Intro (1:07) "Rockets Are Cool, But They're Not the Big Money Makers" (7:00) Lessons from SpaceX: What Ben Took (and Left Behind) (16:35) The Origin: From High School Fusion Reactors to Reflect Orbital (25:10) The Fossil Fuel Problem and Why It's So Hard to Beat (28:37) "By 3 AM You Have a Minimum Viable Financial Model" (35:44) The Breakthrough: Putting Mirrors in Space (41:00) Building the First Satellite (51:03) First Satellite and Seven-Figure Demand Nobody Expected (57:00) The Constellation Plan: 18 Satellites, Global Coverage (1:10:00) What It's Like to Order Sunlight (1:22:00) Why Fashion Designers Build Better Spacecraft Than JWST Engineers (1:25:36) The 10-Year Vision: Starship, Scale, and Powering the Earth Find our sponsors: Collateral Partners - https://collateral.com/fort Relay Human Cloud - https://www.relayhumancloud.com/powers/ Download FastJets: iOs: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fastjets/id6756160345 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyjetting.app Chris on Social Media: X: https://x.com/fortworthchris Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepowerspodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrispowersjr/ Visit our website: https://www.powerspod.com/ Leave a review on Apple: https://bit.ly/45crFD0 Leave a review on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3Krl9jO

SpaceX just made history, raising $75 billion in the largest IPO the stock market has ever seen, now trading on NASDAQ at a $1.8 trillion valuation. 7investing's Simon Erickson break downs what you actually need to know as an investor. The SpaceX empire spans X (formerly Twitter, 600M users), xAI (the Grok-powering AI infrastructure running out of the 2-gigawatt Colossus data center), and 10,000 Starlink satellites serving 10 million subscribers across 164 countries. The scale is genuinely unprecedented.But the numbers tell a more complicated story. SpaceX did $20 billion in revenue last year, pricing it at 90x trailing sales, and generated just $1 billion in Q1 operating cash flow against $10 billion in quarterly capital expenditures. The company is burning cash aggressively, and the entire long-term thesis rests on Elon Musk executing on missions no company has ever attempted: orbital data centers, Starship, and eventually a Mars colony. This isn't a software company where you flip a switch and double revenue. These are physical, capital-intensive bets measured in decades.Simon and Heather are both passing on the IPO. The key man risk alone, Elon simultaneously running SpaceX, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), X, and xAI, is the largest concentration of founder dependency in stock market history. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) fans know this playbook: extraordinary vision, breakthrough results, but timelines that consistently slip years past what Elon says publicly. Full self-driving still isn't there. Orbital data centers won't be either, at least not on the schedule the prospectus implies.Near term, Starlink is the real business the only one generating meaningful cash flow and it's what will sustain SpaceX while Elon bets big on everything else. Expect another capital raise in 2026 and again in 2027. The real question for investors isn't whether SpaceX can change the world. It probably will. The question is whether a $1.8 trillion valuation gives you any margin of safety while it gets there. Right now, Simon and Heather say no.Join the conversation on the 7investing discord: https://discord.com/invite/PT9ZQqdXXSWant access to all our investing content? Join at 7investing.com/subscribe Stocks & Companies Mentioned:SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX)Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB)xAI — private (subsidiary within SpaceX conglomerate)X (formerly Twitter) — private (subsidiary within SpaceX conglomerate)OpenAI — private#SpaceX #SpaceXIPO #ElonMusk #Starlink #IPOInvesting #SpaceStocks #TechIPO #GrowthStocks #StockMarket #StocksToWatch #TechStocks #SpaceInvesting #InvestingIn2026 #7investing #Simonerickson

Three massive semiconductor and computing developments are reshaping the future of AI infrastructure — and 7investing's Simon Erickson sits down with Nick Rossalillo of Chip Stock Investor to break them all down. First up: Cerebras Systems (NASDAQ:CBRS), which just went public on May 13th at $185/share (~$40 billion valuation) and is now trading near $46 billion at 90x trailing sales. The company's Wafer Scale Engine, a chip that uses an entire silicon wafer rather than individual diced chip, was designed specifically for AI inference workloads that NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) GPUs struggle to handle efficiently due to on-chip SRAM limitations. With potential $20 billion in orders from OpenAI and access via AWS, Cerebras is real, but neither Simon nor Nick is buying at this price. Their rule: wait a year before touching a fresh IPO.Next, SpaceX's freshly-raised $75 billion gets put under the microscope, specifically Elon's ambition to build orbital data centers. Nick walks through the SpaceX diagram: 70-meter solar panel wingspan, laser-based networking between compute modules, and the massive engineering challenges around power, heat dissipation, and in-orbit assembly. This isn't imminent, Starlink's next-gen constellation comes first — but if Elon can crack the economics, it would rewrite the rules of data center infrastructure entirely.Finally, Huawei's Tau Scaling announcement: a new architectural approach to chip performance that bypasses the need for extreme ultraviolet lithography (which China can't access due to ASML export controls). Tau temporal scaling focuses on minimizing signal travel time between transistors using logic folding, new materials, and 3D stacking. Huawei claims it could reach 1.5 nanometer equivalent performance by 2031. Simon and Nick are skeptical — 381 chips in six years is not mass production, and TSMC (NYSE:TSM) will be well past that node by then but it's worth watching as China continues building workarounds to Western export restrictions.Whether Moore's Law is dead or simply rerouting, the chipmaking industry is more innovative and more investable than it's been in decades.Join the conversation on the 7investing discord: https://discord.com/invite/PT9ZQqdXXSWant access to all 7investing research? Join at 7investing.com/subscribe Follow Chip Stock Investor  @chipstockinvestor  and https://chipstockinvestor.com/Stocks & Companies Mentioned:Cerebras Systems (NASDAQ:CBRS)NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)AMD (NASDAQ:AMD)SpaceX (SPCX)Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company / TSMC (NYSE:TSM)ASE Technology Holding / ASE Group (NYSE:ASX)Vicor Corporation (NASDAQ:VICR)ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML)Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT)Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX)Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)Amazon / AWS (NASDAQ:AMZN)Alphabet / Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL)AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS)Samsung Electronics (KRX:005930)Huawei — private (Chinese company)OpenAI — privateLuckin Coffee (OTC:LKNCY) — mentioned as cautionary example#Semiconductors #MooresLaw #CerebrasSystems #CBRS #AIChips #NVIDIA #SpaceX #OrbitalDataCenters #HuaweiTech #TauScaling #ChipStocks #AIInvesting #TechStocks #GrowthStocks #StockMarket #InvestingIn2026 #7investing #Simonerickson

On June 12, 2026, SpaceX completed the largest initial public offering in history, raising $75 billion and officially debuting on the Nasdaq. This monumental financial event propelled Elon Musk to become the world's first trillionaire as the company's valuation soared to $2.1 trillion by the end of its first trading day. Investment experts and analysts highlight that while the stock saw a nearly 20% surge, the listing was characterized by unprecedented scale and strategic scarcity engineering by lead underwriters like Goldman Sachs. Beyond the financial figures, the sources emphasize how SpaceX's affordable launch costs and Starlink satellite business are establishing the critical infrastructure for a new era of space-based innovation and AI data centers. While the debut was a massive success, market commentators warn that historical data suggests long-term volatility for high-valuation IPOs once initial investor lockup periods expire. This historic milestone reflects a significant shift in global capital markets and solidifies the company's dominance in the burgeoning commercial space industry.

La exploración espacial ha dejado de ser exclusiva de las agencias públicas. Empresas privadas compiten por lanzar satélites, desarrollar turismo orbital y redefinir la economía fuera de la Tierra.Repaso los proyectos actuales, las implicaciones geopolíticas y el impacto ambiental de esta nueva carrera espacial, marcada por la comercialización y la miniaturización tecnológica.Conviértete en un supporter de este podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tecnoap21--4507454/support.Puedes contactar conmigo para enviarme tus opiniones y comentarios, así como sugerencias y peticiones a: contacto@tecnoap21.comTambién puedes seguir a TecnoAp21 a través de las redes sociales:- X- Threads- Mastodon- BlueSky- LinkedIn- Post.News- Facebook- Instagram

How can Australia build a stronger role in the global space economy and position itself for the next phase of commercial space activity? In this episode of the Space Connect Podcast, senior journalist Robert Dougherty is joined by Bradley Hatton-Jones, founder and chief executive of Gold Coast-based space logistics company Orbit2Orbit. Hatton-Jones is a South African-born aerospace entrepreneur leading Orbit2Orbit in developing in-space logistics capability designed to move cargo and support operations between orbital destinations. He is also attending the upcoming Australian Space Summit & Exhibition 2026 held on 17 and 18 June at the Hyatt Regency Sydney. The podcast conversation includes the following topics: Australia's space policy settings and the need for clearer national direction and reduced regulatory complexity. How Australia can leverage its geography, launch capability and industrial strengths to build a competitive space sector. The vision for Australia as a full-cycle space nation spanning launch, in-space operations, recovery and reuse. Recent developments across domestic industry and the challenges of funding, coordination and government support. The rise of in-space logistics, reusable spacecraft and sustainable orbital infrastructure. The role of collaboration, competition and commercial partnerships across the space ecosystem. How AI and autonomous systems are changing engineering, operations and growth across the industry. The long-term challenge of orbital congestion, space sustainability and governance for routine space operations. Finally, the discussion wraps up by exploring Australia's priorities to 2030 and how policymakers can enable a more practical and commercially accessible space sector. Enjoy the podcast, The Space Connect team

Hey folks, Alex here, and welcome to a BIG MODEL week! We finally got Mythos (well almost)! Let me catch you up! This week started with WWDC26 from Apple, and Max Weinbach, who was in the room at Apple Park and actually has access to some of the new features including an all new SIRI AI, joined us to break down what could be the most used AI in the world very soon. At first I was skeptical, but he convinced me that the new Siri is actually good! Then, we saw the ultimate model drop: Anthropic finally shipped Mythos (X, my system card thread, benchmarks). Same weights, two names: Mythos 5 is the unrestricted version that only Project Glasswing partners get, Fable 5 is what the rest of us get, wrapped in the heaviest guardrails I've ever seen ship on a frontier model. It's state of the art on nearly every benchmarkThe model that was “too dangerous to release” is now... well, released, but with the heaviest guardrails we've seen. More on this later. Peter Gostev from Arena.ai joined us to break down the new model. Last but definitely not least, Google released a real-time translation model, that our friend Thor Schaeff from DeepMind demoed live, while we all spoke in different languages and it translated us in REAL TIME. It was really cool, definitely check that out. There's quite a few more things, like Loop Engineering Alpha, Swyx came by to talk about FrontierCode, OpenAI confirmed our suspicions that the anti-datacenter social media posts could be a concerted effort by groupds links to the Chinese government and much more. Let's dive in! ThursdAI - Let me catch you up, every week!

Bob Zimmerman Bob Zimmerman ranks VAST as the leader in the private space station race. Unlike government-dependent firms, VAST innovates independently, recently securing contracts with France and the Czech Republic for future orbital missions.

SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 66 *Starship undertakes its 12th test flight The world's largest and most powerful rocket, the SpaceX super heavy Starship has undertaken its 12th test flight with mixed results. *Massive rocket explosion at Cape Canaveral Blue Origin's latest New Glenn rocket has exploded in a spectacular ball of flame and fire during a static hot fire test at the Cape Canaveral Space Force base in Florida. *How Earth recycles the continents A new study claims Earth's crust and mantle have been mixing together for billions of years continuously reworking the planet's continents deep beneath the surface. *The Science Report A new study shows that dentists have been drilling teeth to treat cavities for almost 60,000 years. Warnings that even moderate increases in temperatures heightens the likelihood of koala deaths. One in six kids now experiencing some form of online sexual exploitation and abuse. Alex on Tech: Rokid's new smart glasses.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spacetime-with-stuart-gary--2458531/support.

On this episode, Trevor Smith, founder and CEO of Atomic-6, joins the podcast. Atomic-6 is an advanced composite solutions manufacturer revolutionizing mobility in extreme environments. They're creating everything from impact-resistant spacecraft shielding and deployable solar arrays to thermal management systems that help spacecraft survive in some of the harshest environments imaginable. Atomic-6 also just launched ODC.space, the […] The post From Composite Space Armor™ to Orbital Data Centers: Interview with Trevor Smith, founder of Atomic-6 first appeared on Composites Weekly. The post From Composite Space Armor™ to Orbital Data Centers: Interview with Trevor Smith, founder of Atomic-6 appeared first on Composites Weekly.

A darkness stirs in the depths of the station.CONTENT WARNINGS! Swearing, rude humour, dark horror, warYOUR PLAYERS! Becs Watson plays Rio, Helen Gaffney plays Velcro 89, Jen Blundell plays €heddar and Sara Keep plays Lucy.THE GAME! Orbital is a game by Jack Harrison. You can buy it on itch.io.CONTACT US! Roll Plus Heart are on Facebook @RollPlusHeart, Mastodon @rollplusheart@dice.camp and Bluesky @rollplusheart.bsky.social. You can also email us at rollplusheart@gmail.com. More information about us, the show and the games we have played can be found at rollplusheart.co.uk.PATREON! We have a Patreon, featuring bonus audio content and regular merch subscriptions. Sign up from just £1 a month.KO-FI! If you'd rather just donate directly to the show, you can do so on a one-off or regular basis via Ko-Fi. Our merch is now also sold via Ko-Fi!SOCIAL MEDIA! Sara: @SaraKeepArt. Becs: @Starling_Dust.OTHER CONTENT! Jen and Sara also play on the actual play podcast Quest Fantastic, and Jen hosts the film review podcast Jen and the Film Critic. Becs sells beautiful art via Ko-Fi and streams art, games and co-workings on Twitch.CHARITY LIVE STREAM! Becs, Helen and Sara will be joined by special guests on the 28th June 10:00-18:00 GMT on Bec's Twitch for a special charity live stream for International LGBTQ+ pride day! Join us...Join us...join us!OUR MUSIC! Our theme music was composed by David Shaw (Instagram and Twitch @DSComposing and Facebook @composerdavidshaw). Music mixing and mastering was by Mark Anderson.All other music and sound effects from Epidemic Sound and Zapsplat.Show editing by Jen Blundell and Helen Gaffney.

(16) Douglas Messier and David Livingston examine NASA's phased plan to establish a permanently crewed moon base by 2032. The timeline involves uncrewed test landings and orbital refueling to prepare for future human missions.1930

An Ancient Trap - Episode 08 - Dropping the Orbital   We are proud to announce that Shadowpublications.com is sponsored by Larry's Coffee. Visit Larry's, check out their awesome coffees, and get a free gift.   Support the podcast by purchasing The Black: Oceania. Ebook available from Amazon Become a member for exclusive content Written by Paul E Cooley Text Copyright:    ©2023 Paul E Cooley Audiobook Copyright:    ©2026 Paul E Cooley Support the podcast and get access to published and unpublished books all voiced by the author! If you are suffering from depression or other mental disorders, please get help. http://www.bipolarsupport.org/ https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ Please visit Shadowpublications.com for more information about the author and this series. To stalk the author on social media: Email: paul@shadowpublications.com Mastodon: @paul_e_cooley@vyrse.social Newsletter: http://mailinglist.shadowpublications.com  

SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 63 *Questioning the existence of Europa's vapor plumes A new study of Jupiter's ice moon Europa is casting doubt of previous evidence showing possible vapor plumes ejecting into space. *Are Earth's co-orbitals stray asteroids or chunks of the Moon? As well as our Moon, planet Earth also has a group of asteroids orbiting around the Sun with it. But questions remain about their origins. *SMILE launches on a mission to study Earth's shield against the solar wind The European space agency has successfully launched its SMILE spacecraft on an ambitious mission to better understand the interaction between Earth's protective magnetosphere and the constant stream of charged particles flowing out from the Sun in the solar wind and space weather events such as solar and geomagnetic storms. *The Science Report High blood pressure now affects two in every five adult Australians. A new tectonic plate boundary could be forming in Zambia. Teens spend almost an hour of their sleep time on their phones instead. Alex on Tech Google IO 2026Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spacetime-with-stuart-gary--2458531/support.

Wayne and Rob discuss the importance of orbital sanders in the sand and finish process. Follow Bona US Professional online: Website: https://www1.bona.com/en-us/professional/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/BonaProfessional Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bonauspro/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonapro.us/

Apex CEO Ian Cinnamon goes Inside the ICE House to discuss how he identified a critical bottleneck in satellite production and built Apex to solve it. He explains the company's focus on productizing satellite buses to enable faster, scalable access to space. Cinnamon outlines Apex's strategy of partnering with legacy defense and aerospace players rather than competing with them. He also highlights Project Shadow and the role Apex aims to play in advancing space-based defense and national security.

By Selva Ozelli Esq, CPA, Author of Sustainably Investing in Digital Assets Globally This is the second article in a series of articles I am writing for Irish Tech News to explore the financial, technical, legal aspects of utilizing space solar energized orbital data centers that are rapidly evolving into "AI Factories, designed specifically to convert massive amounts of electrical power into intelligence, measured in tokens" around the world. The US Space Race My new series is a follow up to an interview ITN conducted with me in 2020 exploring how space solar energy could sustainably energize the tokenization of the global financial markets which is projected to grow to multi-trillion dollars by the end of the decade. The shift toward space-solarized data infrastructure is accelerating in the US rapidly following the historic March 1, 2026, drone strikes on AWS data centers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain which has extended during April and May. Executed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), these kinetic strikes marked the first time commercial hyperscale data centers were directly targeted and physically damaged in active warfare. The attacks caused prolonged service disruptions, exposed the vulnerability of terrestrial tech infrastructure, and proved that earth bound data centers are now prioritized military targets. As detailed in the table below US technology and aerospace companies are increasingly looking to space-solarized solutions to address the immense energy and cooling demands of AI, with several key initiatives emerging. US Tech and Aerospace Companies Focused on Space Solarized Data Centers Hyperscale Cloud Company Orbital Edge Computing Orbital Data Center/Number of Satellite Constellation Space Solar LEO Network Rocket Launch Robotics Amazon Web Services (AWS) Y Y, Blue Origin – Blue Ring spacecraft/ Project Sunrise 51,600 Y Y, Amazon LEO Y Y Microsoft Azure Y, Azure Space N, Sold Azure Orbital Ground Station N, Space Azure Solar Cell Tech N N Y Google Cloud Y, Space Llama Y, Project Suncatcher in partnership with Planet Labs a high-profile "moonshot" initiative aimed at building and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) data centers in space/81 Y N Space X Y, Google Deep Mind Meta N, Terrestrial Edge Computing N Y, Metasat & Overview Energy N, High-altitude, solar-powered drones (Aquila project) N Y Starcloud Y Y Partnership with AWS/88,000 Y Y, Starcloud-1 (November 2025): first test satellite containing an Nvidia H100 chip, that survived radiation and function in space. SpaceX Y Space X – Orbital Data Center Y Y/ 1,000,000 Y Starlink Y Y Nividia Y, NVIDIA Space-1 Vera Rubin computing platform Y Y Y Space X Y Atherflux rebranded to Cowboy Space Y Y/ 20,000 Y N N Y Lone Star Y, (2021) First data storage and edge processing test at International Space Station Y, Orbital and Lunar Data Center with NASA Y Y Space X Y Axiom Space Y, In March 2025, Axiom deployed Red Hat Device Edge on the ISS to test terrestrial cloud applications in space, serving as a prototype for ODC Nodes. Y Y Y Space X Y Two Distinct Approaches in Space Solarized Data Center Operations in the US US technology and space companies in a race are aggressively pursuing orbital and space-solarized data centers and are tackling these operations through two distinct methodologies: orbital data processing (in-space edge compute) and space-based terrestrial power harvesting. Both approaches aim to bypass the escalating energy demands, cooling constraints, and land footprint limitations of Earth-based data center infrastructure. The two approaches differ significantly in how they utilize space and solar resources. Here is a summary: Terrestrial vs. Space-Based AI Compute Constraint Terrestrial Data Centers Orbital Data Centers Power Source Strained local power grids Unlimited, direct solar energy Cooling High water and energy consumption Natural cold of space vacuum Space & Regulation Tight zoning laws and land limits No ter...

En El Ojo Crítico, Lara Hermoso conversa con Elvira de Luís sobre literatura. Cada dos semanas, una nueva lectura para mirar los libros con otros ojos. Hoy, “Orbital”, de Samantha Harvey. Fragmento del programa emitido el 25/05/2026. Escuchar audio

En El ojo crítico entrevistamos a Clara Lodewick, autora del comic Moheeb en el aparcamiento una historia que nos habla de la situación de los migrantes que esperan asilo. "Conversaciones entre amigas" con Lara Hermoso nos acerca a Orbital, de Samantha Harvey y Vicente Monroy en su sección de cine conversa con Natalia Castro Picón, ganadora del Premio Anagrama de Ensayo por La fiesta del fin del mundo.Escuchar audio

Brain aging and disease research can gain new insights from space. Aline M.A. Martins, Ph.D., UC San Diego, explains how neuroscience studies in space use brain organoids, proteomics, and single-cell analysis to understand cognition decline, space-induced neurosenescence, and disease-related changes. Martins examines molecular markers of senescence, mitochondrial impairment, and neuroinflammation in organoid models, including Rett syndrome, while also comparing how space affects organoids of different ages. She shows that space can accelerate aging-related changes and affect cell types differently, helping clarify how space biology may speed drug discovery and reveal biomarkers for disease. This work helps explain how space research can inform treatments on Earth and points toward faster preclinical testing and broader understanding of brain disease. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 41478]

Brain aging and disease research can gain new insights from space. Aline M.A. Martins, Ph.D., UC San Diego, explains how neuroscience studies in space use brain organoids, proteomics, and single-cell analysis to understand cognition decline, space-induced neurosenescence, and disease-related changes. Martins examines molecular markers of senescence, mitochondrial impairment, and neuroinflammation in organoid models, including Rett syndrome, while also comparing how space affects organoids of different ages. She shows that space can accelerate aging-related changes and affect cell types differently, helping clarify how space biology may speed drug discovery and reveal biomarkers for disease. This work helps explain how space research can inform treatments on Earth and points toward faster preclinical testing and broader understanding of brain disease. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 41478]

Brain aging and disease research can gain new insights from space. Aline M.A. Martins, Ph.D., UC San Diego, explains how neuroscience studies in space use brain organoids, proteomics, and single-cell analysis to understand cognition decline, space-induced neurosenescence, and disease-related changes. Martins examines molecular markers of senescence, mitochondrial impairment, and neuroinflammation in organoid models, including Rett syndrome, while also comparing how space affects organoids of different ages. She shows that space can accelerate aging-related changes and affect cell types differently, helping clarify how space biology may speed drug discovery and reveal biomarkers for disease. This work helps explain how space research can inform treatments on Earth and points toward faster preclinical testing and broader understanding of brain disease. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 41478]

Brain aging and disease research can gain new insights from space. Aline M.A. Martins, Ph.D., UC San Diego, explains how neuroscience studies in space use brain organoids, proteomics, and single-cell analysis to understand cognition decline, space-induced neurosenescence, and disease-related changes. Martins examines molecular markers of senescence, mitochondrial impairment, and neuroinflammation in organoid models, including Rett syndrome, while also comparing how space affects organoids of different ages. She shows that space can accelerate aging-related changes and affect cell types differently, helping clarify how space biology may speed drug discovery and reveal biomarkers for disease. This work helps explain how space research can inform treatments on Earth and points toward faster preclinical testing and broader understanding of brain disease. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 41478]

Brain aging and disease research can gain new insights from space. Aline M.A. Martins, Ph.D., UC San Diego, explains how neuroscience studies in space use brain organoids, proteomics, and single-cell analysis to understand cognition decline, space-induced neurosenescence, and disease-related changes. Martins examines molecular markers of senescence, mitochondrial impairment, and neuroinflammation in organoid models, including Rett syndrome, while also comparing how space affects organoids of different ages. She shows that space can accelerate aging-related changes and affect cell types differently, helping clarify how space biology may speed drug discovery and reveal biomarkers for disease. This work helps explain how space research can inform treatments on Earth and points toward faster preclinical testing and broader understanding of brain disease. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 41478]

Brain aging and disease research can gain new insights from space. Aline M.A. Martins, Ph.D., UC San Diego, explains how neuroscience studies in space use brain organoids, proteomics, and single-cell analysis to understand cognition decline, space-induced neurosenescence, and disease-related changes. Martins examines molecular markers of senescence, mitochondrial impairment, and neuroinflammation in organoid models, including Rett syndrome, while also comparing how space affects organoids of different ages. She shows that space can accelerate aging-related changes and affect cell types differently, helping clarify how space biology may speed drug discovery and reveal biomarkers for disease. This work helps explain how space research can inform treatments on Earth and points toward faster preclinical testing and broader understanding of brain disease. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 41478]

Representants de Junts i Impulsem Penedès s'han trobat aquest matí a l'estació de rodalies de Sitges per denunciar la necessitat en matèria de mobilitat del territori de la vegueria Penedès arran del pacte d'ERC i PSC pels pressupostos que contempla la proposta del tren orbital, fet que consideren una campanya propagandística. Els representants del territori demanen arreglar els problemes de mobilitat actuals abans de pensar en el tren orbital. Des de Junts al territori consideren que la proposta es basa en un model centralista i demanen un model de governança que passi per la Vegueria Penedès-Garraf i denuncien la incapacitat dels governs socialistes catalans a l'hora de liderar debats que beneficiïn el territori. Pel que fa al projecte del tren orbital Junts proposa un projecte alternatiu que convertiria Sitges en inici de la xarxa de rodalies sud, enllaçant Sitges amb Tarragona, Reus, Montblanc i Valls. L'entrada Representants de Junts del Penedès denuncien que la proposta del tren orbital no dona resposta als problemes actuals de mobilitat ha aparegut primer a Radio Maricel.

SpaceX got within 40 seconds of launching the first flight of a taller, more powerful version of its Starship rocket Thursday, but a pesky problem with the launch tower kept the vehicle bound to Earth for at least one more day.Clouds and rain showers cleared the area around SpaceX's launch site in South Texas, leaving mostly sunny skies over the Starship launch pad Thursday afternoon. SpaceX pushed back the launch time by one hour, but the countdown appeared to proceed smoothly once propellants began loading into the rocket.

An ancient unknown cathedral floats through space as war ravages the galaxy, and four normal people lives normal lives upon it.CONTENT WARNINGS! Swearing, rude humour, dark horror, warYOUR PLAYERS! Becs Watson plays ???, Helen Gaffney plays ???, Jen Blundell plays ??? and Sara Keep plays ???.THE GAME! Orbital is a game by Jack Harrison. You can buy it on itch.io.CONTACT US! Roll Plus Heart are on Facebook @RollPlusHeart, Mastodon @rollplusheart@dice.camp and Bluesky @rollplusheart.bsky.social. You can also email us at rollplusheart@gmail.com. More information about us, the show and the games we have played can be found at rollplusheart.co.uk.PATREON! We have a Patreon, featuring bonus audio content and regular merch subscriptions. Sign up from just £1 a month.KO-FI! If you'd rather just donate directly to the show, you can do so on a one-off or regular basis via Ko-Fi. Our merch is now also sold via Ko-Fi!SOCIAL MEDIA! Sara: @SaraKeepArt. Becs: @Starling_Dust.OTHER CONTENT! Jen and Sara also play on the actual play podcast Quest Fantastic, and Jen hosts the film review podcast Jen and the Film Critic. Becs sells beautiful art via Ko-Fi and streams art, games and co-workings on Twitch.CHARITY LIVE STREAM! Becs, Helen and Sara will be joined by special guests on the 28th June 10:00-18:00 GMT on Bec's Twitch for a special charity live stream for International LGBTQ+ pride day! Join us...Join us...join us!OUR MUSIC! Our theme music was composed by David Shaw (Instagram and Twitch @DSComposing and Facebook @composerdavidshaw). Music mixing and mastering was by Mark Anderson.All other music and sound effects from Epidemic Sound and Zapsplat.Show editing by Jen Blundell and Helen Gaffney.

Zapatero, Mango, Pep Guardioa i Shakira: l'Angelines ho barreja tot. La Mònica Usart explica la curiosa història del tro que no va sentir. El PSC, Esquerra i el tren orbital: truquem a la Generalitat i ens atén Zoraida. 

L'acord per al pressupost de la Generalitat per el 2026, entre el govern i ERC, ha recuperat el projecte de la línia orbital ferroviària, aquest corredor que uneix Vilanova, Vilafranca, Martorell, Terrassa, Sabadell i Mataró sense passar per Barcelona. Tot es va començar a moure el 2005, se'n va parlar força el 2008 i la Generalitat en va aprovar el pla director el 2010. Durant uns anys, a Sitges fins i tot coincidiren en el debat públic el projecte de la línia orbital amb el soterrament de la via del tren, fins que un i altre varen quedar al fons dels calaixos. Us expliquem aquesta història, amb un resum de l'acte de presentació d'ahir a Sant Sadurní d'Anoia. L'entrada Torna, inesperadament, el tren orbital. Us expliquem aquesta història que va coincidir amb el projecte del soterrament de la via ha aparegut primer a Radio Maricel.

Sponsor Link:To grab our special money saving NordVPN deal - Click HereIn today's episode, Anna and Avery cover a blue whale-sized asteroid making a close pass of Earth today, the imminent debut of SpaceX's most powerful rocket yet, NASA's Psyche spacecraft successfully completing its Mars gravity assist, fresh science arriving at the ISS, a new physics paper challenging the simulation hypothesis at its foundations, and Congress pushing back hard against proposed cuts to NASA's science budget.   Story 1 — Asteroid 2026 JH2 Newly discovered asteroid 2026 JH2 (first spotted 10 May 2026) makes a close Earth flyby today at ~90,000 km — within the orbital radius of many satellites. Estimated size: up to ~35 metres (blue whale-sized). Zero impact risk confirmed. Observable with binoculars at peak magnitude ~11.5. Live stream available via the Virtual Telescope Project. Orbital period: 3.7 years between Earth and Jupiter.   Story 2 — Starship V3 / Flight 12 SpaceX targets May 19, 2026 for the debut of Starship Version 3 (Flight 12) from Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas. Launch window opens 6:30 PM EDT. Key upgrades: Raptor 3 engines (250 tf SL thrust, up from 230 tf), three larger grid fins, new integrated hot-stage design, updated propellant systems. No tower catch on this flight; booster splashes in Gulf of Mexico. Upper stage (Ship 39) targets Indian Ocean after 65 minutes. Payload: 22 Starlink simulator satellites. Critical step toward Artemis lunar landings.   Story 3 — NASA Psyche Mars Flyby On 15 May 2026 at 3:28 PM EDT, Psyche completed its Mars gravity assist at 4,500 km altitude travelling at 12,333 mph. Passed inside the orbits of both Martian moons. Confirmed by Doppler shift monitoring. Mission: en route to metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche (arrival July 2029). Thousands of Mars observations gathered for science calibration.   Story 4 — SpaceX CRS-34 SpaceX's 34th Dragon cargo mission docked at ISS at 6:37 AM EDT on 17 May 2026, delivering ~6,500 lb of cargo for Expedition 74. Science payloads include: microgravity simulator validation study, wood-based bone scaffold (osteoporosis research), red blood cell/spleen spaceflight study. Dragon will return to Earth mid-June splashing down off California coast.   Story 5 — Simulation Hypothesis Paper Paper: ‘Non-algorithmic physics and the limits of the simulation hypothesis', published in the Journal of Holography Applications in Physics. Authors: Mir Faizal (UBC Okanagan), Lawrence Krauss, Arshid Shabir, Francesco Marino. Core argument: using Gödel's incompleteness theorems, the team argues any theory of quantum gravity would be non-algorithmic — containing truths no computation can capture. Since any simulation requires algorithms, reality cannot be fully simulated. Note: this is a theoretical paper, not an experimental result. The authors acknowledge no complete quantum gravity theory currently exists.   Story 6 — NASA FY2027 Budget House Appropriations Committee approved $24.438 billion for NASA in FY2027 — matching FY2026 and rejecting the White House's proposed $18.8 billion (a 23% cut). The proposal would have cut the Science Mission Directorate by 46%, terminating 50+ missions. Committee protects science, Habitable Worlds Observatory, and STEM education funding. Bill still needs Senate passage and reconciliation.   Skywatching TONIGHT — Moon-Venus conjunction: look west after sunset for the crescent Moon close to brilliant Venus. Earthshine visible on dark lunar limb. Southern Hemisphere: look west-northwest, best in first hour after sunset. Blue Moon on 31 May (second full Moon of the month).  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-space-news-updates--5648921/support.Sponsor Details:Ensure your online privacy by using NordVPN. To get our special listener deal and save a lot of money, visit www.bitesz.com/nordvpn. You'll be glad you did!Become a supporter of Astronomy Daily by joining our Supporters Club. Commercial free episodes daily are only a click way... Click HereThis episode includes AI-generated content.

The high-profile preparations for a SpaceX initial public offering anticipated in June 2026. The company is reportedly targeting a record-breaking $1.75 trillion to $2 trillion valuation, driven by the success of Starlink and the recent integration of the artificial intelligence venture xAI. A significant feature of the offering is an unusually large 30% share allocation for retail investors, a move designed to leverage Elon Musk's dedicated supporter base. However, the proposed dual-class share structure has sparked intense criticism from major pension fund trustees, who warn that it grants Musk overwhelming voting control while insulating him from accountability. These institutional investors are urging the company to adopt stronger corporate governance standards, such as independent board oversight and more equitable voting rights, before the listing. Ultimately, the documents frame the IPO as a historic market event that balances extraordinary technical ambition against complex legal and fiduciary concerns.

La línia orbital ferroviària podria desencallar els pressupostos de la Generalitat

In today's Tech3 from Moneycontrol, we unpack Ronnie Screwvala's fresh Rs 300 crore infusion into upGrad as the edtech company moves closer to acquiring Unacademy and expands its AI and skilling bets. We also track Skyroot Aerospace's preparations for India's first private orbital rocket launch, WazirX's push into crypto futures trading months after its major hack, and Zoho's Rs 70 crore investment into ONDC as the network looks to scale kirana and MSME adoption amid slowing retail order growth.

Plus: Tesla will invest $250 million into its German factory for EV battery cell production. And SAP unveils a unified AI platform for enterprise. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2026 expansion and regulatory milestones of Elon Musk's ventures, specifically The Boring Company and its Vegas Loop project. Local officials recently granted permits and land easements to extend the underground Tesla transportation network toward downtown Las Vegas and the UNLV campus. While advocates highlight the system's innovation and its potential to link major hubs like the airport and convention center, the project faces ongoing scrutiny regarding worker safety and environmental violations. Simultaneously, Clark County is establishing a new safety ordinance to standardize tunnel construction and emergency protocols for the growing network. Beyond infrastructure, the texts touch on broader Musk initiatives, including a high-stakes legal battle with OpenAI and SpaceX's busy 2026 launch schedule for Starlink and Starship. Together, the reports illustrate a significant push toward integrated, high-tech transit and aerospace development despite legal and safety challenges.

The anticipated 2026 initial public offering of SpaceX, which is projected to be the largest in history with a potential $1.75 trillion valuation. This transition is characterized by significant controversy regarding corporate governance, as a dual-class share structure and reincorporation in Texas allow Elon Musk to retain overwhelming voting control despite owning less than half of the equity. Labor organizations and investor groups have formally petitioned the SEC for rigorous oversight, citing concerns over opaque financial disclosures, aggressive accounting, and the potential risk to worker pension funds. The company's recent merger with xAI has further complicated its market identity, shifting the narrative from a purely aerospace firm to an AI infrastructure provider. Potential investors are warned about the "Musk Effect," a phenomenon where the founder's public actions and political involvements cause extreme stock price volatility. Meanwhile, the company is preparing its employees for the event by providing complex guidance on equity compensation and the tax implications of liquidating shares.

Rick Fisher reveals China's plans to double the size of the Tiangong space station by 2030. He warns of its military dual-use potential, suggesting the station and Shuntan telescope could serve as orbital "battle stations" for surveillance or strikes, providing China with a significant new strategic deterrent. (11/16)1938 HITLERJUGEND

Megan Boxall is a 33-year-old runner who has been running clockwise around the coast of Britain, aiming to complete the equivalent of 200 marathons in 204 days. She began at Sizewell Beach in Suffolk in October and is now just one day away from that same point, having circumvented the whole island. Megan joins Anita Rani to talk about how she is feeling so near to completion.Violent sexual content in the mainstream is reshaping society, according to Clare McGlynn, a Professor of Law at Durham University, whose first book, Exposed, was published yesterday. In Clare's view, the problem isn't porn per se – it's patriarchal porn; Pornographic content that was once niche and difficult to find – including incest, racism and rape - has been normalised and is widely consumed. Clare joins Anita to discuss the harms of extreme pornography.The prevalence of chronic pain is higher among women than men, but for millions of people living with it, the hardest part can be the sense that it is taking over their life. New research from University of Warwick shows how ‘mental defeat' drives suffering and causes people with chronic pain to withdraw from everyday activities. Anita speaks to Professor Nicole Tang, lead researcher and Fiona, a former nurse who has lived with chronic pain for over 30 years.Samantha Harvey, winner of the 2024 Booker Prize with novel Orbital, has adapted Barbara Pym's 1977 book - Quartet in Autumn - for the stage. This is Harvey's debut play and it opened last night at the Arcola Theatre in London. Samantha talks to Anita about what drew her to choose Pym's book, about four lonely 60-something office workers.Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Rebecca Myatt

In today's episode on 8th May 2026, we argue whether putting data centres into space makes sense economically.Sign up for FREE insurance masterclass by Ditto

Russian satellites recently maneuvered to within three meters of each other in low Earth orbit — a stark reminder that space is a warfighting domain and that the race to build resilient satellite constellations has never been more urgent. Lockheed Martin subsidiary Terran Orbital is building the satellite buses for the Space Development Agency's missile-tracking architecture — one tranche at a time. Laura Winter speaks with Peter Krauss, President and Chief Executive Officer, Terran Orbital.

Euwyn Poon, CEO and founder of Orbital, talks with Pat Hindle about their plan to build and operate AI data centers in space, using solar power and radiative cooling to remove the energy and cooling constraints that limit terrestrial AI infrastructure. Orbital plans to launch its first test mission in April 2027.

"FAA's New Per-Pound Space Launch Fees." GUEST: Bob Zimmerman Bob Zimmerman explains new FAAregulations charging launch providers twenty-five cents per pound, funding the agency's expanding role in supervising orbital and beyond-Earth space traffic.

Dylan Taylor is here to talk about the space economy. As CEO of Voyager Technologies and a commercial astronaut, he shares his journey into the space industry and outlines the rapidly evolving opportunities within it. Dylan highlights commercial space stations as a major frontier, enabling breakthroughs in microgravity research that can drive advancements in pharmaceuticals, materials science, and manufacturing by producing higher-quality inputs that improve processes back on Earth. Dylan underscores the economic and technical challenges of scaling space-based industries, the likely consolidation of space companies, and the critical role of reusable heavy-lift rockets in unlocking growth, while projecting realistic timelines for lunar return and Mars missions. Ultimately, he frames space not just as an investment frontier, but as a transformative domain that can reshape humanity's perspective and deliver meaningful benefits back on Earth.  We discuss...  Dylan Taylor shares his background as CEO of Voyager Technologies, commercial astronaut, and founder of Space for Humanity. His early fascination with space was inspired by science fiction and the idea of expanding humanity's potential. The rapid increase in satellite launches is creating massive datasets, linking space opportunities with AI-driven insights. Commercial space stations like Starlab are emerging as key platforms for research and manufacturing in microgravity. Microgravity enables higher-quality outcomes in pharmaceuticals, materials science, and fiber optics by reducing defects. Space-based research often produces intellectual property and "seed" inputs that enhance production back on Earth. Commercial space stations will operate through shared lab capacity across industries, especially biopharma. Automation, astronaut rotation, and future robotic avatars will make long-duration space experimentation more feasible. Orbital data centers are an emerging opportunity due to natural cooling and abundant solar energy. Water extraction on the moon could support fuel production and sustained human presence. Economic viability will determine the pace of lunar development and broader space commercialization. Landing and returning from the moon remain the primary technical challenges, not reaching orbit. Competition between the U.S. and China is likely to accelerate lunar exploration and development. The space industry is expected to undergo consolidation similar to early railroad expansion. Reusable, low-cost heavy-lift rockets are the key bottleneck being solved, primarily by SpaceX. Chemical rockets are highly inefficient for deep space, making nuclear propulsion a likely future solution. Human missions to Mars could realistically occur around 2030, though timelines remain uncertain. Asteroid mining is technically possible but more likely to be executed by autonomous robots than humans. Today's Panelists: Kirk Chisholm | Innovative Wealth Phil Weiss | Apprise Wealth Management Diana Perkins | Trading With Diana Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moneytreepodcast Follow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/money-tree-investing-podcast Follow on Twitter/X: https://x.com/MTIPodcast For more information, visit the full show notes at https://moneytreepodcast.com/the-space-economy-dylan-taylor-812 

Neoborn Caveman brings together three threads in his unmistakable marble-mouthed pro-humanity style: a defense contractor's quiet expansion into pharmaceutical crystal growth in orbit, the philosophical trap of quantum immortality as a loophole for finitude, and the broken rhythm of death that people have been noticing in their communities alongside the layers of silence surrounding it. NC walks through Redwire's SpaceMD subsidiary and the PIL-BOX platform already flown forty-three times on taxpayer money while the same company builds autonomous combat drones, examines why quantum immortality collapses at the boundary of biology rather than delivering meaningful continuation, connects the persistent feeling that the world has subtly shifted to the erosion of personal agency, and addresses the excess mortality data and the triple-layered silence surrounding younger death patterns that remain largely unexplored.Music guests: Broken Colours, pMadKey TakeawaysDefense contractors are scaling pharmaceutical development in microgravity using public funding.Orbital drug crystal growth operates in a regulatory and jurisdictional gray zone.Quantum immortality promises subjective survival but leads to probabilistic ghostliness rather than meaningful life.Consciousness is an emergent biological process that does not magically persist across quantum branches.The feeling that reality has shifted often signals a deeper loss of personal agency and narrative coherence.Communities have noticed changes in the natural rhythm and age profile of deaths.Excess mortality patterns in working-age populations remain largely unexplored by official research.An architecture of silence across social, scientific and media layers reinforces institutional incentives.Family-level guilt often makes open discussion of these patterns even more difficult.True agency requires presence and acceptance of finitude in this one life.Sound Bites“the company that builds autonomous combat drones for NATO is now in the medicine business”“forty-three PIL-BOX units have flown to the International Space Station”“your subjective experience can never include the moment of your own death”“that is not immortality in any sense that a human being would choose”“the real question was never whether you slip into another branch but whether you are actually present in the one you have”“the willingness to be present inside a life that ends — is agency”“the rhythm broke, and it has not come back”“everybody knows but nobody wants to be the first to say it in a room where saying it costs something”“the silence is not just social — the silence is also scientific”Support the show and join the free tea house conversation at patreon.com/theneoborncavemanshow .Keywords: redwire spacemd, pil-box, quantum immortality, many worlds interpretation, mandela effect, space pharmaceuticals, microgravity crystallization, excess mortality, architecture of silence, loss of agencyHumanity centered satirical takes on the world & news + music - with a marble mouthed host.Free speech marinated in comedy.Supporting Purple Rabbits.Viva los Conejos Morados. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

6: Bob Zimmerman Previews the commercial space startup Atmos, which raised thirty million dollars to develop specialized orbital capsules designed for zero-gravity manufacturing and research, focusing on the business potential of returning valuable products to Earth.1941

12. Jack Burnham explains how Iran leveraged a Chinese commercial satellite for precise military strikes on US targets. He warns that rogue nations can now easily purchase advanced orbital capabilities off-the-shelf.

7. Bob Zimmerman: Bob Zimmerman reviews the burgeoning market for satellite internet constellations, comparing Amazon's LEO project with SpaceX's established Starlink. He also covers Chinese space ambitions, orbital repair startups like Astroscale and Starfish, and the push for capitalism in the final frontier. (7)1955 DESERT INN LV