The DownLink Podcast

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From the Defense & Aerospace Report... This is The DownLink Podcast, hosted by Laura Winter. From the intersection of space, business, and defense... Not just what's over the horizon, but what's happening above it. The DownLink Podcast was a finalist in the 2023 Aerospace Media Awards and the 2022 Defense Media Awards for best space coverage and digital storytelling.

Episode Date
Space Power: Why States, National Guard Association Say “No!” To Defense Department Space Units Plan
May 10, 2024
Space Money: "For Those Who Can Execute, The Opportunity Is Massive"
May 05, 2024
Space Competition: AUKUS Nations - UK and Australia Aim to Plus Up Defense
Apr 27, 2024
Space Power: “The Biggest Enemy to National Security Are Continuing Resolutions”
Apr 20, 2024
Space Power: SECAF Says “Our Cushion Is Gone. We are out of time.”
Apr 13, 2024
Space Money: “Get Used To "Crazyville”, “Moon Mania”, And A New Defense Strategy
Apr 07, 2024
Space Competition: Why SpaceX’s “Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly” Is Redrawing The Map To Success
Mar 23, 2024
Space Power: 2025 Space Force Budget Slashes Launches, Reduces Buying Power By 5%
Mar 16, 2024
Space Power: Fines On Space Junk In The Pipeline And What’s Legal Salvage
Mar 09, 2024
Space Money: The Fortune 500 View From TE Connectivity’s Martin Cullen
Mar 02, 2024
Space Competition: Can The US Deter Its Adversaries From Launching Cyberattacks on Space Systems?
Feb 25, 2024
Space Power: Securing Space Systems From Cyber Attack - “We Play Whack-A-Mole”
Feb 18, 2024
Space Tech: The Threat Landscape, A Cyber Vulnerability, And Ransoming A Satellite
Feb 10, 2024
Space Money: When Nation States Target The Commercial Space Sector
Feb 03, 2024
Space Tech: A U.S. Space Force Bet That Could Truly Monetize Space Junk… For Real
Jan 27, 2024
Space Power: What the Space Force Needs Now For Cislunar Operations
Jan 20, 2024
SPACE TECH: Is NASA Surrendering The Promise of Space-Based Solar Power to China, ESA, And Japan?
Jan 13, 2024
Space Money: Has Investor Passion Left The Building?
Jan 05, 2024
"It's been Quite A Banner Year For China Militarily, Commercially, Scientifically In Space"
Dec 21, 2023
Chief Master Sergeant Bentivegna: “Why The Identity Portion Is So Important To Us.”
Dec 17, 2023
U.S. Space Force Commercial Space Office: Bankruptcies And Consolidation Are Expected
Dec 08, 2023
Accenture's Anti-Trend Space Investment Strategy
Dec 01, 2023
Starship's Second Flight Test and China's Reaction
Nov 24, 2023
A Rogue Plan: The Right Tool For The Right Job On Orbit
Nov 17, 2023
Space Force Maj. Gen. Olson: ISAM Technology "A Core Part of Our Vision For The Future"
Nov 10, 2023
New Agreement with the U.S. Lights Rocket Under Australia’s Minister of Industry and Science
Nov 04, 2023
South Korea, Space Security, And The Plan To Become A “Space Economy” Power
Oct 27, 2023
Critical Challenges to Protecting Human Habitats on Orbit, on The Moon, and Beyond
Oct 22, 2023
A Permanent Off-World Economy Starts In A Garage With A Gas Cap
Oct 13, 2023
Has The Space Economy Slowdown Hit Bottom?
Oct 07, 2023
China’s Grand Strategy for the Solar System
Sep 30, 2023
The Future of In-Space Security: Views From the C-Suite
Sep 16, 2023
New Space Force Mission Statement…Is It A Brownwater Or A Bluewater Future?
Sep 09, 2023
Building A Secure Cis-Lunar Economy - What’s It Going To Take?
Sep 02, 2023
That Touted DoD Budget Plus-Up Cuts Into Space Force and Seeding Future Military Space Innovation
Aug 26, 2023
India And Russia Are About To Attempt Separate Lunar Landings, Revealing A Fracturing Relationship
Aug 18, 2023
This Space Experiment Will Underpin Off-World Ambition, Commerce, and Colonization
Aug 12, 2023
Comtech’s CEO and “Imagineer” Ken Peterman: Hybrid Space Technologies Are Driving Value Now
Aug 04, 2023
China: More Weird Reports of "Disappearances And Departures"
Jul 28, 2023
Space Force: “Begin With A Clean Sheet Of Paper” - Part 2
Jul 21, 2023
Kimberly Crider: Cyber, Data, Defense, and Space
Jul 15, 2023
Welcome To The Second Half Of 2023!
Jul 07, 2023
The Modi State Visit: U.S and Indian Interests In Space and Defense Converge… Big Time!
Jun 24, 2023
Space Force: “Begin With A Clean Sheet Of Paper” - Part 1
Jun 17, 2023
Space Systems Command Wants More Face Time
Jun 10, 2023
The U.S.-China Moon Race Heats Up
Jun 03, 2023
Cyber & Space: Microsoft Says There’s a Chinese Typhoon in Guam
May 26, 2023
DIU’s “Bucky” Butow, Space Innovation, and the Industrial Base
May 20, 2023
Software Drives Printed Rocket Motors, GSaaS, and New Calls for Collective Cyber Security for Space
May 12, 2023
Want a Cutting Edge Space Space Force? We’ve Got To Talk About Bank Failures.
May 05, 2023
A Missing Lunar Lander, A Mutual Defense Treaty, And “China… China… China”
Apr 28, 2023
SpaceX, Raytheon, And How Not To Land In Space Force CSO’s “Frozen Middle”
Apr 22, 2023
A Moon Landing And a Test Launch - Two Events That Could Change Almost Everything
Apr 14, 2023
Why Virgin Orbit's Chapter 11 Filing and The Silicon Valley Bank Failure Matter
Apr 08, 2023
Japan’s Commercial Moon Mission, Defense Policy, and its Transformer Lunar Rover SORA-Q
Mar 31, 2023
AI Hype is Warranted But What About the Vulnerabilities and Security For Space Operations?
Mar 24, 2023
Space Force Budget, Plus Science Chief Mozer: “We are in a hinge of history moment”
Mar 18, 2023
A Space & Defense Startup Takes Aim at Train and Equip Status Quo
Mar 10, 2023
This is Your Primer on AI, Space, and Defense, not ChatGPT
Mar 04, 2023
China Learns Lessons From Ukraine’s Use of Space
Feb 25, 2023
Should the U.S. Military Defend U.S. Commercial Space Operators Involved In Ukraine?
Feb 17, 2023
David, Goliath, & Space - Is This How Future Wars Will Be Fought?
Feb 10, 2023
How Russia's War in Ukraine Is a Boon for Space Business
Feb 03, 2023
What You Need to Know About The Great Ground Station Game Part 2
Jan 27, 2023
What You Need to Know About The Great Ground Station Game Part 1
Jan 20, 2023
There’s No Need To Be So Toxic!
Jan 13, 2023
Four Space & Finance Experts: What You Need to Know for a “Weird” 2023
Jan 06, 2023
Happy Birthday, Space Force… And Happy New Year
Dec 18, 2022
Rocket Lab & SpaceX: Upping Their Defense Business Game
Dec 11, 2022
Two Technologies That Will Make Space Assets Truly Resilient
Dec 04, 2022
The Era of Xi Jinping: Chinese Space Leaders Take Top Party and Government Jobs
Nov 27, 2022
Russian Sanctions Target U.S. Space & Milley’s “Various Technical Means”
Nov 20, 2022
Ohio Part 2: Could this Rocket Engine Start-Up Launch the Next SpaceX?
Nov 13, 2022
Building The Moon Economy From the Launch Pad Up
Nov 06, 2022
No Satellites, No Economy: What You Need to Know About High Altitude Nuclear Detonation
Oct 30, 2022
“It Is Weird Out There”: Space Economists & Space Capital Market Experts
Oct 23, 2022
What the Biden Administration's New National Security Strategy Is and Isn't for Space Security
Oct 16, 2022
Ohio Part 1: A Space Station Lands in the Rust Belt
Oct 09, 2022
Air Culture Eating Space For Breakfast
Sep 25, 2022
What Should The Next Space Force CSO’s Vision Be?
Sep 18, 2022
Classified Deliberations: Chinese and Russian Weapons Systems Using Space, Options to Counter Them
Sep 12, 2022
Space Based Solar Power - Engineering Economies of Scale on Earth To Be First
Sep 04, 2022
Artemis I & SLS - Not Your Usual Pre-Launch Coverage
Aug 28, 2022
Space-Based Solar Power - ESA Is Primed To Do More Than Admire The Problem
Aug 22, 2022
Space-Based Solar Power and the U.K.'s Bet That Science Fiction May Become Science-Fact
Aug 15, 2022
More Than Norms, Perhaps Space Needs Rules
Aug 08, 2022
What’s Behind Russia’s Departure from the International Space Station
Jul 31, 2022
When is a Space Company the Right Fit for a Community?
Jul 24, 2022
Commercial Space Is Hitting Economic Headwinds
Jul 17, 2022
Look At The Numbers. Are We Serious About Space?
Jul 10, 2022
Why You Should Care That There’s No “Plan B” For Space-Based PNT - Part 2
Jun 27, 2022
Why You Should Care That There’s No “Plan B” For Space-Based PNT
Jun 19, 2022
Is This How To Fix The Hypersonic Weapons Gaps?
Jun 13, 2022
Should America’s Military Go to the Moon? - Part 2
Jun 09, 2022
Should America's Military Go to the Moon? - Part 1
Jun 06, 2022
Will China’s Calculus In Space Change?
May 29, 2022
Why Is The U.S. Using Satellites and Social Media For Russian War Crimes?
May 23, 2022
DOD OIG Releases Space Command HQ Report And A New Space National Guard Bill
May 15, 2022
Modi in Paris Launches Space-Defense Cooperation
May 09, 2022
China Dream Ramps Up
May 01, 2022
Was this ASAT test ban the right thing to do?
Apr 24, 2022
Agreements and Disentanglements: Negotiating With Russia on Space
Apr 17, 2022
What Was Kendall’s Message to the Space Force?
Apr 10, 2022
FY ‘23 Space Force Budget: The Good, The Bad, and The Missed Opportunity
Apr 04, 2022
Russia's War: Needs and Threats Drive Sales
Mar 27, 2022
"Words Matter" - The U.S. Space Force's New Planning Doctrine
Mar 20, 2022
Ukraine's Space Sector Remains Open For Business
Mar 13, 2022
How Is The Space Sector Reacting To And Mitigating Against The Effects Of Russia's War?
Mar 06, 2022
Tech and Financial Sanctions Target Russia's Space Programs
Feb 27, 2022
Are Balloons A Persistent Defense Business Opportunity?
Feb 22, 2022
Russia's Space Programs And Sanctions, Now And In The Future
Feb 13, 2022
Britain's First Defence Space Strategy
Feb 07, 2022
Electronic Warfare: Russia's Answer to U.S. SatCom Superiority
Jan 29, 2022
Tracking Trash For Treasure
Jan 23, 2022
Going Nuclear - Is It The Answer To How To Protect Key Space Assets?
Jan 15, 2022
Continuing Resolution Purgatory: What Lawmakers Really Need to Ask
Jan 09, 2022
The No. 1 Space Issue From 2021 That's Punching Through Into 2022 And Beyond
Dec 31, 2021
In War What DoD Commercial Satellite Service Providers Need to Think About?
Dec 18, 2021
Iridium 33 - A Story for This Moment
Dec 11, 2021
The U.S. National Space Council is Back in Business
Dec 05, 2021
The New Big Deal About Lasers
Nov 27, 2021
Russia's ASAT Test, More Than a Satellite Smash-up
Nov 20, 2021
3 Key Space Takeaways from the Macron-Harris Chat in Paris
Nov 12, 2021
Is Space Critical Infrastructure?
Nov 05, 2021
Gen. Milley - Close to a Modern-Day Sputnik Moment
Oct 29, 2021
China’s Hypersonic Mystery
Oct 23, 2021
Transmission #000
Oct 14, 2021