Space Business Podcast #109 - Chiara Manfletti, Neuraspace: Space Traffic Management

Space Traffic Management continues to be a hot topic as we keep on hearing about companies like SpaceX having to execute large numbers of collision avoidance maneuvers.  Portugal-based Neuraspace is focused on this and has raised a significant amount of money already to build their AI-based platform. COO Chiara Manfletti is our guest this week. Enjoy! JUST OUT: Raphael's fully revised introductory book on the Space economy, "To Infinity" - https://a.co/d/6jIQ2LO Upcoming newsletter - sign up: https://spacebusiness.substack.com/ Follow us: Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/podcast_space LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelroettgen/ Instagram -  www.instagram.com/raphael_space/ Learn more about space & the space economy: Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy There is now a certificate for those wanting to enter the space sector: https://www.spacecertificate.com The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spacebusinesspodcast TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 2:09 Elevator pitch 3:00 Defining SSA, SDA, STM, etc. 5:43 How much we actually know 10:06 Data availability and gaps 12:28 Customers and market adoption 15:36 How concerned should satellite operators be? 17:22 Why aren't we seeing collisions all the time? 21:56 Active debris removal and the "tragedy of commons" in space 24:53 Business model 27:00 Right of way 32:49 Regulation 34:45 Incentives and insurance 39:55 Customers 40:17 Vision for Neuraspace 41:08 Use of funds 42:42 The Portuguese space ecosystem 44:46 How Chiara got involved with Neuraspace 47:47 What else is interesting in space? 49:18 Sci Fi