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Dec 05 2024 100 ep. 41 mins 34
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This is the official podcast of the Space & Satellite Professionals International. On this channel, we release podcasts in two series: Making Leaders and Better Satellite World. Find out more about SSPI at www.sspi.org

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Making Leaders: Flying to Ever Greater Heights - A Conversation with 2024 Promise Award Recipient Bradley Williams

Dec 05 2024 28 mins  
In this Making Leaders podcast, we hear from Bradley Williams, Acting Associate Director for Flight in the Heliophysics Division of NASA's Science Mission Directorate and one of three Promise Award Recipients in 2024. Bradley began his career in aerospace at the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, where he served as a Project Manager and Systems Engineer colla

Making Leaders: Leadership, Design Innovation and a Passion for Doing Things Right - A Conversation with 2024 Promise Award Recipient Mackenzie Mason

Nov 29 2024 23 mins  
In this Making Leaders podcast, we hear from Mackenzie Mason, Engineering Manager for Space Mission Systems Structural Dynamics at Boeing and one of three Promise Award Recipients in 2024. Mackenzie began her career at Boeing in 2014 as a Structural Dynamics Engineer. Her early contributions to the company were pivotal to the development of the 702MP/MP+ spacecraft, as she provided

Better Satellite World: Personalities of the Space & Satellite Industry, Episode 3 - A Conversation with Seraphim Space Fund's Mark Boggett

Nov 22 2024 45 mins  
The United Kingdom’s robust and ambitious space sector has many personalities. In this podcast series, we introduce you to three whom the UK Chapter of SSPI is considering for its prestigious Personality of the Year Award in 2024. One of these three finalists will be named the 2024 Satellite Personality of the Year live at the Better Satellite World Awards Dinner in London on 2 D

Better Satellite World: Personalities of the Space & Satellite Industry, Episode 2: A Conversation with the ESA's Antonio Franchi

Nov 15 2024 40 mins  
The United Kingdom’s robust and ambitious space sector has many personalities. In this podcast series, we introduce you to three whom the UK Chapter of SSPI is considering for its prestigious Personality of the Year Award in 2024. One of these three finalists will be named the 2024 Satellite Personality of the Year live at the Better Satellite World Awards Dinner in London on 2 D

Better Satellite World: Personalities of the Space & Satellite Industry, Episode 1: A Conversation with the UK Space Agency's Dr. David Parker FRAeS

Nov 08 2024 39 mins  
The United Kingdom's robust and ambitious space sector has many personalities. In this podcast series, we introduce you to three whom the UK Chapter of SSPI is considering for its prestigious Personality of the Year Award in 2024. One of these three finalists will be named the 2024 Satellite Personality of the Year live at the Better Satellite World Awards Dinner in London on 2 Dec

Making Leaders: A Mentor for Life - A Conversation with Joan Tang Mancuso, 2024 Mentor of the Year

Nov 01 2024 44 mins  
In this special Making Leaders and SSPI-WISE Presents podcast, we hear from Joan Tang Mancuso, Marketing & Business Development Consultant (now retired), who was selected as SSPI's 2024 Mentor of the Year. Joan has provided expert guidance, mentorship and support to young people in the space & satellite industry throughout her more-than-30-year career and long after retiring from f

Better Satellite World: Getting it Done - Best Practices in Space-based Economic Development

Oct 25 2024 88 mins  
In this Better Satellite World podcast, based on a panel session at the live New York Space Business Roundtable on September 18, we hear a discussion on the role of space and satellite in economic development, both in New York and beyond. Experts share their tips and what challenges they have faced or expect to face in the future. Our guests include: Lou Zacharilla, Director of In

Better Satellite World: Mapping Space Industry Assets in New York

Oct 18 2024 67 mins  
In this Better Satellite World podcast, based on a panel session at the live New York Space Business Roundtable on September 18, we hear a discussion on how New York State has moved forward on its journey to become a commercial space industry center, the pace of its development and what it needs to really get this going faster. Our guests include: Joe Fargnoli, Founder, New York S

SSPI-WISE Presents: Mentorship is the New Black

Oct 11 2024 44 mins  
In this SSPI-WISE Presents podcast, SSPI Director of Engagement Tamara Bond-Williams speaks with Penelope Longbottom, former Senior Advisor, Satellite Division at Sage Communications, now retired, and a Member of the Space & Satellite Hall of Fame and Andrea Maleter, former Technical Director at the Futron Corporation, now retired, and the 2010 SSPI Mentor of the Year. Penelope lau

Better Satellite World: New Ideas in Space Safety, Episode 4 - Rescues in Space

Oct 04 2024 45 mins  
In the podcast series of Reducing the Risks of Space, Part 2: New Ideas in Space Safety, we explore policy, law, technology and operations in development now to manage the challenging space environment of the future. Episode 4 features a conversation with Dr. Grant Cates, Senior Project Leader for the Space Architecture Department at The Aerospace Corporation. Dr. Grant R. Cates is