Space Café Podcast - Navigating Our Interplanetary Ambitions

By Markus Mooslechner

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If you feel the excitement of standing at the threshold of a new era in human history, you've come to the right place. At Space Café, our bi-weekly hour-long episodes go beyond current events in space exploration – we're peering into the future of our species among the stars.

Each week, we:

  • Engage with visionaries who are actively shaping our cosmic destiny
  • Explore groundbreaking technologies turning science fiction into reality
  • Discuss the implications of becoming a multi-planetary civilization
  • Take listener questions about humanity's future in space


What sets Space Café apart:

  • Deep dives into ideas that will define our cosmic future
  • Diverse expertise: from astronauts and engineers to philosophers and entrepreneurs
  • Complex topics made accessible through engaging discussion
  • Interactive Q&A segments with our expert guests


Recent episodes feature:

  • A Mars settlement architect on the practicalities of off-world living
  • A space law expert exploring lunar resource rights
  • An astro-biologist speculating on potential alien life


Whether you're a space industry professional, sci-fi enthusiast, or simply gaze at the night sky with wonder, Space Café is your front-row seat to humanity's greatest adventure.

So, grab your cosmic latte and join us every Wednesday at 2100 UTC. At Space Café, we're not just talking about the future – we're helping to shape it.

The next giant leap for mankind is just beginning. 

Are you ready to take it with us?



Episode Date
Starship is the Easy Part - Mars Society's Zubrin Charts the Real Challenges on our way to Mars
Nov 05, 2024
Who Should Represent Humanity in Space? Virgin Galactic's Space Pioneer Loretta Whitesides Has a Radical Answer
Oct 22, 2024
What happened before the Big Bang? CERN's head of theoretical physics Gian Giudice has a hunch
Oct 08, 2024
Chasing Chicxulub 2: Inside Astrophysicist Dora Foehring's Mission to Avert Armageddon
Sep 24, 2024
Looking in the Wrong Places? SETI Scientist Rethinks the Search for Alien Life
Sep 10, 2024
Spaceonomics - The future of an industry seen through the eyes (and wallets) of an investor
Aug 28, 2024
Moonshot for Life: Smithsonian's Lunar Biodiversity Preservation Project
Aug 13, 2024
How to Build Our New Home Beyond Earth: Space Architect Barbara Imhof's Manual
Jul 31, 2024
Bold Dreams – from Gourmet Chef to leading NASA’s Innovation Marathon
Jul 17, 2024
The Silent Majority: Slovakia's Space Ambitions Among Non-Launch Nations
Jul 02, 2024
Unlimited Energy from Space: the Potential of Geostationary Solar Farms
Jun 21, 2024
ESA's Ian Carnelli - Deflecting Asteroids through Humble Leadership
Jun 04, 2024
CERN’s Pablo Tello and ESA’s Ian Carnelli: Mindcollider - Fusing Space, Physics, and Big Ideas
May 21, 2024
Mark Clampin: NASA Astrophysics Director Discusses the Agency's Future, Habitable Worlds, Starships, and Life Beyond
May 08, 2024
Marie-Pier Boucher: If we fail to do this, there is not future in Space
Apr 24, 2024
Bianca Lins: Small Nation, Big Impact. Liechtenstein's Cosmic Aspirations in a divided world
Apr 10, 2024
Georgi Petrov: Architecting New Worlds – Conversations on Designing for Space Habitation
Mar 26, 2024
Nahum Romero - We are wasting an opportunity for a profound break: How the Arts and Humanities Can Reinvigorate the Vision for Humanity's Future in Space
Mar 12, 2024
Roberto Tamai - Answers to the biggest questions in reach – ELT's project manager shares insights about the Extremely Large Telescope in Chile
Feb 27, 2024
Paul Niel - Ditching Big Finance for adventure: Exploring Earth and Beyond
Feb 13, 2024
Dr Egbert Edelbroek - Stellar Beginnings: Unveiling the Secrets of procreation in space with SpaceBorn United's CEO
Jan 30, 2024
Lisa Kaltenegger - Nearly There: The Quest for Another Earth - A Conversation with Cornell University's Carl Sagan Institute Director
Jan 16, 2024
Giuseppe Racca and the Quest for the Dark Universe with ESA’s Euclid - Building the perfect telescope
Jan 02, 2024
Aarti Holla-Maini at the Helm of UNOOSA - Navigating Space and Diplomacy
Dec 19, 2023
Dr Naomi Murdoch - Sounds of Mars: Planetary Scientist Unveils Martian Mysteries
Dec 05, 2023
Andy Rivkin, Lead Investigator - Diving into NASA’s DART Mission on the Frontlines of Planetary Defense
Nov 21, 2023
Margherita Cardi - From CubeSats to Life's Curveballs: The Unscripted Lessons of ESA’s HERA Mission 🚀
Nov 07, 2023
Dr Patrick Michel - Planetary Defense - How to save earth from asteroid disaster and the winding road to success with HERA mission principal investigator
Oct 24, 2023
Dr Laurie Rousseau-Nepton - Bridging Science and Indigenous Knowledge, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics University of Toronto 🚀
Oct 10, 2023
Dr Alice Gorman - Space Archaeology and an attempt to rethink humanity with a multi award winning author and researcher 🚀
Sep 26, 2023
Alexander Layendecker and Egbert Edelbroek - Sex in Space - The Untapped Conversation 🚀
Sep 12, 2023
Alex Fielding, Privateer Space - An intimate vision of life and space beyond the billionaires 🚀
Aug 29, 2023
Dr. Laura Nuttall - a conversation on Gravitational Waves & The Universe 🚀
Aug 15, 2023
Guillermo Soehnlein: From Titan Tragedy to Venus - The Audacious Journeys of Ocean Gate's Original Co-founder
Aug 01, 2023
Aaron Kemmer – Exploring Novel Ways of Building Structures in Space Beyond the Obvious, CEO & Co-founder @ Made In Space & Max Space
Jul 18, 2023
Barbara Belvisi - Cultivating Life Beyond Our Planet, CEO & Founder @ Interstellar Lab
Jul 04, 2023
Kim Arcand - Unraveling the Universe, Data Storyteller @ NASA
Jun 20, 2023
Anousheh Ansari - Space Entrepreneur, XPRIZE, and the Future of Exponential Technologies
Jun 06, 2023
Knicole Colon - Renowned NASA Astrophysicist and Expert in Exoplanet Exploration. The hunt for a second home
May 23, 2023
Shawna Pandya - Physician, Astronaut Candidate, Martial Artist, and Space Medicine Innovator
May 09, 2023
Michael Lentz & Mark SubbaRao - NASA's Creative Wizards, Space Storytelling, and the Art of Communicating Science
Apr 25, 2023
Terhi Vapola - Greencode Ventures, Green Investments, Digital Transformation and the Future of Space Technology
Apr 11, 2023
Matt Russo - Astrophysicist and Sound Wizard, the Surprising Appeal of Sounds from Space
Mar 28, 2023
Niklas Hedman, UNOOSA: Exploring the Intersection of Space Industry and International Diplomacy (with a surprising twist)
Mar 14, 2023
Midge Goldberg: Exploring the Intersection of Space Science and Poetry
Feb 28, 2023
Carissa Christensen of BryceTech talks commercial potentials in the space industry and its latest innovations
Feb 14, 2023
Max Alexander on Space Photography - Iconic Captures of Neil Armstrong, Stephen Hawking, and more on this episode
Jan 31, 2023
Kevin O'Connell - ret. director at U.S. Department of Commerce, on the broadening commercial potential of the space industry
Jan 17, 2023
Joel Spark - Co-founder and Chief Satellite Architect at Spire, unlocking the digital frontier and the quest to build a second earth
Jan 03, 2023
Jim Green - former chief scientist NASA about the past and future of space science and the agency’s secret sauce
Dec 20, 2022
Carlo Buontempo - Copernicus Climate change and an unbiased look at the state of our world
Dec 06, 2022
Daniel Leeb - Iceland's Space Agency as a launching pad towards becoming an interplanetary species
Nov 22, 2022
Thomas Zurbuchen - NASA’s Science Mission director
Nov 08, 2022
Melanie Stricklan - Slingshot Aerospace, how to get order in the chaos in low earth orbit
Oct 25, 2022
Noemie Alliel - Starburst Aerospace and how to accelerate space in the 21st century
Oct 11, 2022
Annie Handmer - what's up with the strange "object K" orbiting the earth in LEO?
Sep 27, 2022
Christopher Newman, space lawyer extraordinaire
Sep 13, 2022
Laura Todd, Vice President of Space Exploration and Future Programs at Airbus
Aug 30, 2022
Judith Walls, Wildlife warrior and why the decision about the future of your company is being made right now
Aug 16, 2022
Paul Taylor, Space Analyst: Is Europe losing the space race?
Aug 02, 2022
Günther Hasinger, the James Webb Space Telescope and surprising confessions of an ESA director
Jul 19, 2022
Erik Wernquist - the man behind the space video hit "Wanderers" on YouTube
Jul 05, 2022
Adrien Mauduit - Aurora Hunter by passion
Jun 21, 2022
Bulent Altan - SpaceX Veteran and Mynaric CEO
Jun 07, 2022
Moriba Jah, Privateer - Clean up minds to clean up space
May 24, 2022
Ane Aanesland, CEO of ThrustMe - A life between new propulsion technologies and Arctic adventures.
May 10, 2022
Géraldine Naja - Commercialization of ESA, the Russian absence, and why ESA might just be waiting for your job application.
Apr 26, 2022
René Laufer, a life between science and fiction
Apr 11, 2022
Steven Ramage, GEO, Earth observation. The big eye in the sky.
Mar 28, 2022
Hansjörg Dittus, about Europe's Role in Space (an honest discussion)
Mar 15, 2022
Urs Ganse, refreshing nerd talk about all things space you may never have heard about.
Mar 01, 2022
Martin Wezowski, Chief Futurist at SAP - Thoughts for New Space
Feb 15, 2022
Susmita Mohanty: More Europe and Asia and less US-centric 21st century space narrative
Feb 01, 2022
Frank Salzgeber, ESA is looking for the crazy ones among you
Jan 17, 2022
Steven Freeland: Rethinking New Space
Jan 08, 2022
Peter Rumler, ESA, Launching James Webb Space Telescope
Dec 28, 2021
Mike Simmons: Astronomy to the people
Dec 21, 2021
Barbara Belvisi, Interstellar Lab and the future of plant growth in space and on earth
Dec 07, 2021
Stewart Bain - NorthStar Earth & Space and why our planet needs an image upgrade
Nov 23, 2021
Luc Piguet, ClearSpace or how to solve an impossible mission
Nov 08, 2021
Andrew Williams and an idea for tackling the constellation issue
Oct 26, 2021
Joellen Russell, Mayday Mayday, an oceanographer’s passionate cry for help to the space community
Oct 12, 2021
Andrew Jones on China’s Space endeavours
Sep 28, 2021
Stella Guillen: CCO of ISAR Aerospace, Europe’s hottest stock in the launcher segment
Sep 14, 2021
Elodie Viau – Getting Telecommunication Ready For Space And Beyond
Sep 02, 2021
John Mankins – Energy from orbit, new ways of propulsion and Star Trek type spaceships
Aug 17, 2021
Val Munsami – why affordable space tech for anyone comes at a price
Aug 03, 2021
Jacques Arnould, a tricky question for the entire space industry
Jul 20, 2021
Ian Carnelli, Preparing for the worst
Jul 06, 2021
Yvette Hopkins, Shetland Space Center
Jun 23, 2021
Brother Guy Consolmagno, The Pope’s Astronomer
Jun 08, 2021
Mahsa Moghimi Esfandabadi, Space Architect. What our habitats on foreign shores will look like
May 25, 2021
Bruce Damer – a new origin of life and how to mine an asteroid
May 11, 2021
Torsten Kriening – Mastermind behind one of the fastest growing space industry news outlets
Apr 27, 2021
Alice Gorman – Space Archaeologist and why Elon Musk will never call her back
Apr 13, 2021
Lin Kayser – $> computer, build me a spaceship [Enter]
Mar 30, 2021
Pascale Ehrenfreund – is there life in space (other than us)?
Mar 16, 2021
Avi Loeb – did we just witness an encounter of non-human origin?
Mar 02, 2021
Niamh Shaw – the least likeliest person who can get to space
Feb 16, 2021
Alexander Soucek – ESA and the legal challenges of space.
Feb 02, 2021
Una McCormack – Star Trek Science Fiction Writer
Jan 19, 2021
Dana Reizniece-Ozola, minister, satellite pioneer and chess grandmaster. The power of small nations
Dec 23, 2020
Kellie Gerardi – high stakes and deep insights into the potentially first social media star in space.
Dec 10, 2020
Pamela Melroy – Soldier, Test Pilot, Astronaut
Nov 23, 2020
Simonetta Di Pippo – Director of UNOOSA
Nov 10, 2020
Dr. James Schwartz – we need to rethink everything
Oct 27, 2020
Nicole Büttner - How bringing AI and traditional companies together can work miracles!
Oct 13, 2020
Chris Lee - How will Hubble die? Is this the golden era of space travel? Why ESA has a bright future?
Sep 29, 2020
Sara Langston - Teaching the next generation of space travelers
Sep 15, 2020
Nicole Stott - Space Shuttle Astronaut Extraordinaire
Aug 31, 2020
Moriba Jah on space debris, and why it may be too late
Aug 18, 2020
Michelle Hanlon - The legal loophole to remove the American flags on the Moon
Aug 04, 2020
Nahum Romero - What the Space industry is missing and why not even Elon is visionary enough
Jul 21, 2020
Dr. Adriana Marais - Proudly Human - the ambitious mission of a woman who seeks new knowledge for our civilization on Mars
Jul 07, 2020
Simon Gwozdz - the Elon of Singapore
Jun 22, 2020
Roxy Guellmeister - Life after COVID-19 - in space and on earth
Jun 08, 2020
Daniel Porras - Are we facing an arms race in space?
May 25, 2020
Who rules space? Cybersecurity And Artificial Intelligence
May 11, 2020
Covid19 and the space industry
Apr 27, 2020