Jon Clarke - President of the Mars Society Australia - joins me to chat all about what has happened over 2021 in the Australian Space Industry

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!

Did you know there was an Australian built payload on a satellite on the very first launch of Tubular Bells? That’s right - on 30th June 2021 Virgin Orbit’s 747 carrier aircraft Cosmic Girl took off from Mojave Air and Space Port an carrying Australian Built payload…

As Australia is about to take our own leap into the unknown of sovereign launch capability, One Giant Leap Australia is inspiring students and educators with life changing experiences.

In this livestream chat with Jackie Carpenter, the founder of One Giant Leap Australia to find more about what they are doing in terms of STEM education, getting kids excited about working in the Australian Space Industry!

So much has happened on Mars since Perseverance Rover landed earlier this year and I am getting a chance to speak about all of what's been happening with the President of the Mars Society Australia - Jon Clarke. We will be talking all about what has been happening with the rovers on the Red Planet: - Perseverance - Ingenuity AND - Zhurong

Flying a drone on Mars is a MASSIVE achievement for the people at NASA and JPL. In this livestream, I will use my extensive background in the drone industry to explain why this is the ULTIMATE in autonomous flight! This is the first time this will be done as a a simultaneous event on both YouTube and Facebook.

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.

This is the first time I took The Space Down Under live! I was joined by my new co-host - Mark Steven - and we reflected on how much closer Australia came in 2020 to reaching orbit!!!

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 May 2020, I was invited to a launch party during COVID-19 lockdown with Australia’s very own Space Family - Australia Space Launch.

Together we watched the Demo 2 Mission carry NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken to the International Space Station in the first crewed orbital spaceflight launched from the United States since the final Space Shuttle mission, STS-135, in 2011.

A big thank-you for reaching over 100 subscribers, I am gave away some of my merchandise!

• 1st prize: 1 x Space Down Under tee OR 1 x Aussienaut tee AND a 1 x Space Down Under mug

• 2 x 2nd prize: 1 x Space Down Under mask AND 1 x Space Down Under Mug

• 1 x 3rd prize: 1 x #SpaceFam Mug .

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.

Vienna is a medical student and aspiring space doctor who is seeking to push the boundaries of space medicine studying the impacts of artificial gravity on space travel. She is a well versed speaker, space fashion icon and is an advocate of STEM. Vienna is inspiring the next generation getting them excited about how they too can get involved in the burgeoning Australian space industry.

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!!!

I was in Kiruna, Sweden for a holiday with my family. Kiruna is a mining town that lies inside the Artic Circle and is home to both The Institute for Space Physics and Lulea University of Technology.

In this episode, I got a chance to take a tour of this wonderful facility with Philip Wittmann, a PHD student from the Institute for Space Physics, who is currently working on hardware due to be launched to study Jupiter and where there is an interesting link to Australia.

MARCH 2020: Australia has a very surprising history in Space. We have been involved in the Space business for a very long time. In this episode I am taking a closer look at our involvement over the decades with a top 10 list of historical and no-so-historical missions Australia has been involved in through the Deep Space Network.

It has been a fun and wonderful journey over 2019! I have certainly been to places and met wonderful and generous people. When I started out, I NEVER thought this year would turn out the way it did and I am ever so grateful for the experiences I've had.

I caught up with John Moody from the Moody Space Centre to hear all about his AMAZING news about launching rockets from Rockhampton in Queensland, Australia! John Moody is the Founder and CEO of the Moody Space Centre, having founded the company after a career in the rock 'n roll industry and the death of his parents. John and I discuss what this mean for the next generation of Australian Astronauts (Aussienauts!!)