Podcast Episode 9: Moon vs Mars and Infrastructure and Imagination Leadership

Deep space gateway in Cislunar space. Credit: NASA.

In this podcast episode I welcome back Wayne Ellis, a space and defence consultant with AppSpace Solutions of Winnipeg, and a past president of the Canadian Space Society.

In today’s show, Wayne and I discussed some of the notable current events and touched on the ongoing debate of Moon vs Mars, and what the government provides in the way of of infrastructure and imagination leadership.

Here are the topics for today’s show:

– Moon vs Mars (0:41 – 11:44)
– SmallSats and Big Data (11:45 – 21:33)
– More water on Moon? (21:34 – 27:05)
– The latest Canadian Space Agency call for ideas (27:06 – 35:18)
– Canadian trade agreements and the space industry (35:19 – 40:27)
– The SEDS Canada Canadian Reduced Gravity Experiment Design Challenge (40:28 – 45:45)

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About Marc Boucher

Boucher is an entrepreneur, writer, editor & publisher. He is the founder of SpaceQ Media Inc. and CEO and co-founder of SpaceRef Interactive LLC. Boucher has 20+ years working in various roles in the space industry and a total of 30 years as a technology entrepreneur including creating Maple Square, Canada's first internet directory and search engine.

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