I was able to get an interview with the Deputy Premier of South Australia - Hon. Susan Close!

We managed to nerd out and chat all about the Australian Space Industry, orbital sustainability and what the industry will look like for the future of South Australia.

Southern Launch is a commercial launch provider located in South Australia with a commercial facility at Whalers Way and a test range at Koonibba.

Founded in 2017, Southern Launch has racked up a couple of major achievements since its inception. They were able to not only return sovereign launch capability to Australia but they also provided Australia’s first commercial launch service.

In 2021 the possibility of Aussienauts became very real with the announcement of an MoU between Saber Astronautics and Axiom Space to provide access to the International Space Station on the new and privately owned, Axiom Space Station. Dr Jason Held is the CEO of Saber Astronautics who headed up this agreement and during this livestream we will explore how this all came about and what this means for Australia

In October 2019, I met and interviewed Adam Gilmour the CEO of Gilmour Space Technologies. Since then I have wanted to return to find out more about what is happening at Gilmour Space Technologies - I was lucky enough to get a chance to get a face-to-face interview Peter Kinne in October 2021. Oh….and watch for the moment where I manage to invent a completely new word.

n November 2021 I gained an opportunity to interview Jackie Carpenter and what is happening behind the scenes of One Giant Leap Australia.

On the 24th of October 2021, a documentary To the Stars was shown at the New Farm Five Star Cinemas all about the early years of Gilmour Space Technologies and their creation of the One Vision rocket. We will be sharing our experiences and impressions of the documentary with you as it will only have a limited showing around Queensland.

When we eventually go to Mars - will we take cows with us?

I caught up with a fellow Aussie with a huge interest in Mars - Dr. Dianne McGrath. We spoke in-depth all about how we could potentially live on Mars answering the fundamental question - will we be able to take cows with us?

You'll be surprised by the answer!

The Space Down Under Live is interviewing the 2020 Urban Farming Marschitecture Winner Giuseppe Calabrese.

Josh Keegan and co-host Mark Steven will be joined live to discuss the winning Sprout design.

This is farming in the most EXTREME conditions.

In this very special focus on Mars, I got a chance to speak with Jon Clarke the President of the Mars Society Australia.

Yep. You heard right.

We have our very own Mars society, unique to Australia linked to the larger Mars Society and part of a world-wide group of associations - all founded by Robert Zubrin in 1997. The Mars Society has links to almost every space agency in the world and boasts one of the most iconic members - Elon Musk.

In September 2020, I interviewed Nick Green the CEO of PFi Aerospace.

This is the extended interview originally played for the Space Association of Australia September 2020 meeting.

In this COVID-19 lockdown episode I managed to talk to one of those amazing people who is working hard on new technology - Neil Fogarty. Neil the CEO and is one of the co-founders of the Litha Group - a company in the UK which is creating a conversational AI forever changing the world of therapy and how people will ultimately seek the help of a therapist.

Why would I introduce a new channel?

The answer is surprisingly easy!

Australia has been and still is behind some of the biggest technological and scientific discoveries that has forever changed the face of the world.

The launch of Rocket Lab’s Make It Rain which happened on the 29 June 2019. It was the seventh launch of their Electron Rocket successfully delivering multiple cubesats to low Earth orbit further proving the reliability of one of the newest launch vehicles in the market. On board was an AUSTRALIAN MADE cubesat proving the capability of students from the Melbourne Space Program!!!

Recently I had an opportunity to chat with Adam Gilmour from Gilmour Space and I got a chance to all about why he left a career in the banking industry to start a rocket company with his brother James!