{"id":60120,"date":"2020-03-19T17:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/on-orbit-podcast-puts-new-space-under-the-microscope\/"},"modified":"2020-03-19T17:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T09:55:00","slug":"on-orbit-podcast-puts-new-space-under-the-microscope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/on-orbit-podcast-puts-new-space-under-the-microscope\/","title":{"rendered":"On Orbit Podcast Puts New Space Under the Microscope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Agility was one aspect of New Space that On Orbit guests could agree on, as they put the hotly debated term under the microscope during a live podcast recording at SATELLITE 2020. <\/p>\n<p>Traditionally the space industry has worked with very long production cycles, explained Tanya Harrison, manager of science programs for Planet Labs, a company building a global network of earth observation satellites. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/s0ScuxQR87qEnTDguDCw_ShowDaily20_Cover_WrapUp_DGTL-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/s0ScuxQR87qEnTDguDCw_ShowDaily20_Cover_WrapUp_DGTL-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/s0ScuxQR87qEnTDguDCw_ShowDaily20_Cover_WrapUp_DGTL-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/s0ScuxQR87qEnTDguDCw_ShowDaily20_Cover_WrapUp_DGTL-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/s0ScuxQR87qEnTDguDCw_ShowDaily20_Cover_WrapUp_DGTL.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the Show Daily 2020 Post-Show Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou build it, you test the hell out of it, because you want to make sure it will not fail,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>But that could mean working on a project on the ground for ten years before a decision was even made whether to launch it or not. In New Space, Harrison said, \u201cWe have a new mentality, where we\u2019re a lot less worried. \u2026 We\u2019ll launch something and then test it in orbit.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat difference encapsulates what New Space is,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a67ae31db947;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a67ae31db947 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a67ae31db949').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a67ae31db949'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Space is global,\u201d observed podcast co-host Grace Graham, an aerospace student at Utah State University. Graham said that the shared dream of space unites people from all over the world \u2014 \u201cIt\u2019s not just America, Russia, and China anymore.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>But coining the term might be premature, argued Charlie Nitschelm, chair of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere we can go in space is still very much on the horizon,\u201d he said, contrasting it with the internet. \u201cIt\u2019s not like dotcom, where you could get together with a few friends and a laptop and build a million-dollar business over the weekend. You can\u2019t do that in space right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Until the space sector can mirror the low-entry barriers and massive potential for scale seen in the broader tech sector, Nitschelm said it doesn\u2019t warrant the term New Space. \u201cOnce we get that barrier to entry down to where any student, anyone, can start a business in a dorm room and have an impact on the space industry, that\u2019s when it will be New Space,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>New Space, in addition to being agile and global, is \u201ctransparent as much as possible,\u201d said Ali Younis, head of business development and product marketing for satellite broadband provider Astranis. \u201cThere\u2019s not a lot of mystery or darkness to it. It\u2019s very accessible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And that transparency makes it attractive to young people who want to work on issues that increase the quality of life for humanity, instead of working on projects funded by militaries and intelligence agencies, Nitschelm agreed, adding, \u201cThey want to believe in the mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rafferty Jackson, an investor and mentor with Jack Industries and Astia Angel, said that working for and selling to the government is a barrier to entry for young people wanting to join the space industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, New Space is all about private investment coming to private companies,\u201d she said, and that the term is a means of branding the industry to give it the same kind of appeal as Silicon Valley. <\/p>\n<p>Yet reality is more complex, Jackson acknowledged, noting military and government dollars continue to be critical for many space startups, by funding proof-of-concept demonstrations, for example. \u201cIt gives the start ups access to a little seed capital without equity dilution and it gives them some real-world experience of working to meet a customers demands.\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a67ae31dc113;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a67ae31dc113 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a67ae31dc114').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a67ae31dc114'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jackson even described herself as the older person \u201cthrowing rocks\u201d on the panel, pushing back on the notion that New Space was so much more agile than its predecessor. She cited the Apollo program, that those engineers worked under the same kind of time constraints that start ups do today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you go back to the Apollo program, everything you are saying [about New Space] is everything that they were saying then. All the engineers that worked on Apollo were so excited, they didn\u2019t sleep, they were so mission driven,\u201d she said. \u201cConstraint is one of the things that defines New Space, and NASA had that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also argued against the idea of New Space in contrast to a monolithic \u201cOld Space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t like the idea of New Space and old space, because it suggests that old space was all one way, and is one way, and cannot change. And that\u2018s not true, it\u2019s been as fluid. If we were working on [the] Apollo [program], we\u2019d call it New Space. It was innovative and agile and all those things,\u201d Jackson said. <strong>VS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The On Orbit episode from this session will be released in April. Listen to all of the On Orbit episodes here.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 401:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/qFr0nT1uSYNzqba6eheb_SpacePolicy2-300x200.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/qFr0nT1uSYNzqba6eheb_SpacePolicy2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/qFr0nT1uSYNzqba6eheb_SpacePolicy2-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/qFr0nT1uSYNzqba6eheb_SpacePolicy2-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/qFr0nT1uSYNzqba6eheb_SpacePolicy2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tConcerns Over Debris and Space Situational Awareness Abound as Space Activity Ramps Up<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3 d-block d-md-none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 404:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/gR5Ptnc9RKOfdw1QhIL6_2I0I4aMxR6yiP6pO0cLw_Satshow_DC_Background-300x200.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/gR5Ptnc9RKOfdw1QhIL6_2I0I4aMxR6yiP6pO0cLw_Satshow_DC_Background-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/gR5Ptnc9RKOfdw1QhIL6_2I0I4aMxR6yiP6pO0cLw_Satshow_DC_Background-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/gR5Ptnc9RKOfdw1QhIL6_2I0I4aMxR6yiP6pO0cLw_Satshow_DC_Background-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/gR5Ptnc9RKOfdw1QhIL6_2I0I4aMxR6yiP6pO0cLw_Satshow_DC_Background.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tIndustry Leaders Weigh in on WRC-19, and What\u2019s Next for Operators<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 402:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/R8P5lIA6SPiXLSB3QPgk_2I0I4aMxR6yiP6pO0cLw_Satshow_DC_Background-300x200.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/R8P5lIA6SPiXLSB3QPgk_2I0I4aMxR6yiP6pO0cLw_Satshow_DC_Background-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/R8P5lIA6SPiXLSB3QPgk_2I0I4aMxR6yiP6pO0cLw_Satshow_DC_Background-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/R8P5lIA6SPiXLSB3QPgk_2I0I4aMxR6yiP6pO0cLw_Satshow_DC_Background-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/R8P5lIA6SPiXLSB3QPgk_2I0I4aMxR6yiP6pO0cLw_Satshow_DC_Background.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tOnce the Domain of Billionaires, Space Investment Diversifies<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3 d-block d-md-none\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agility was one aspect of New Space that On Orbit guests could agree on, as they put the hotly debated term under the microscope during a live podcast recording at SATELLITE 2020. 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