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In this episode of a Terranauts Guide to Leaving The Planet, we return to the story of First Terranaut Gene Kranz and the early days of NASA’s Mercury Project which was supposed to get the first American into space.

In 2014 China didn’t have any private space companies. Today there are over a 100, the number is growing, and this past week GalaxySpace became the first space unicorn in the country with a valuation of over $1 billion after completing its Series B+ round.

In 2014 China didn’t have any private space companies. Today there are over a 100 and growing. SpaceQ will now begin to cover China’s emerging space economy on a more regular basis. That coverage will include what the export opportunities are for western nations.

The U.S. election has left the public with many questions, including when or if President Trump will concede. The Democrats won the House of Representatives as expected, but lost seats. The fate of the Senate rests upon two run-off elections in Georgia scheduled for January 5th. Some members of House and Senate committee’s on space lost their elections. So what does this mean for space …

On this weeks Terranauts podcast host Iain Christie talks to Des Power on how he became a Terranaut and the invaluable service C-CORE provides in tracking icebergs. He also delves into how they’re using radar from space in ways no one ever conceived of.

On this weeks episode of the Space Economy podcast I’m taking to Tahir Merali, COO of the startup 4pi Lab who are planning to build a constellation of small satellites in Low Earth Orbit to detect small wildfires.

On this weeks episode of the Space Economy podcast I interview Robert Jacobson, an investor in the space economy and the author of the recently published book, Space is Open for Business.

In today’s Terranauts podcast, host Iain Christie bring you another episode of the Terranauts Guide to Leaving the Planet focused on Gene Kranz.

$4.9 billion. That’s how much investors put into space companies in Q3 2020 according to the Space Investment Quarterly report by Space Capital. 53 companies. That’s the number of space companies received investor money in the same period.

In this weeks episode of the Terranauts podcast, Iain Christie has a chat with Sarah Gallagher, Science Advisor to the President of the Canadian Space Agency, professor at Western University in London, Ontario, and supermassive black holes and galaxy researcher.