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The DownLink Podcast — 146 episodes

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Space Money: Terran Orbital and the Race to Scale

2

Space Competition: Sovereign Systems May Have Entangled Outcomes

3

Space Power: Space Force "Budget's Like A Protein Shake"

4

Space Power: The Space Force Reveals What's In Its Crystal Ball

5

Space Money: Lunar Excitement And SpaceX’s “Crazy Pants” Valuation

6

Space Money: Buckle-Up For “Incredibly Dramatic” Changes In The Market

7

Space Competition: “March Storm” On Capitol Hill Seeks Equal Tax Treatment For Space Investors

8

Space Power: Space Force West Scholars Axed. What’s The Future for Senior Professional Military Education?

9

Space Money: A Traders Take on Epic Fury, Valuations, and the SpaceX IPO

10

Space Tech: Skynopy - The Ground Station Play That May Have a Military Application

11

Space Money: Tariffs, SCOTUS, Carveouts, And Space Business

12

Space Power: Middle East Ambitions

13

Space Money: The Space Force Budget And A New Leader

14

Space Power: The View From Down Under

15

Space Power: Golden Dome - “Boy! Has It Stalled”

16

Space Money: "Steel Is Sexy"

17

Space Power: What Are The Strategic Implications of the Trump Corollary and Venezuela?

18

Space Power: Is This The Space Strategy We Have Been Waiting For?

19

Space Power: New Names May Foretell New Space Weapons Systems

20

Space Money: Jonny Dyer’s Equation: AI + Lasers = Speed

21

Space Power: Germany Is Getting Ready For War In Space

22

Space Power: Want a Defense Contract? New Rules.

23

Space Money: The Market “Has Fundamentally Matured”

24

Space Power: Richard Joseph - “Making The Fight Unfair”

25

Space Tech: This Start-Up Wants To Send Military Cargo On Demand To Anywhere In One Hour

26

Space Money: Germany’s Military Is Spending… Hugely

27

Space Money: Q3 - Investor Sentiment Is Positive

28

Space Power: Acquisitions And A Big Pot Of Money

29

Space Tech: Down Under Quantum Tech Companies Seek US Beachheads

30

Space Money: NIGCOMSAT CEO, Nigeria Can “drive policy, space industrialization”

31

Space Tech: AI, Humans & Golden Dome

32

Space Power: A Promise Made. A Promise Broken.

33

Space Money: Assured Access to Space Starts on the Ground for $4 Billion

34

Space Power: Key To Trump’s Strategy Is In The Space Force Budget

35

Space Power: Air Marshal Godfrey - Delivering Allied Space Capability

36

Space Power: Can We Ditch The Feudal Era?

37

Space Money: $613B - What’s Behind the Big New Number?

38

Space Competition: Amid US Budget Woes, China Pushes Expansion

39

Space Money: Defense Budget, Markets, and Champagne

40

Space Power: Space Force ‘26 Budget: “ A One-Time Sugar High”

41

Space Power: Commercial Satellite Imagery For Intelligence & Operations Is At Risk

42

Space Competition: Down Under Companies, Leaders Target US Space & Defense Market

43

Space Power: The Problem With The Trump-Musk RUD That Wasn’t

44

Space Competition: Lawsuits, Loans, Proxies And Pirates

45

Space Money: A Fighting Irishman Walks Into A Boardroom With The PRC

46

Space Money: IonQ & Capella CEOs on the $318m Deal, Plans & Vision

47

Space Tech: A Soft Touchdown Closes Varda’s Business Case

48

Space Money: Pullen’s Analysis - Don’t Freak. “Take A Deep Breath.”

49

Space Power: Look Beyond “The Tips Of Your Skis”

50

Space Power: Space Force Is Using Fighting Words!

51

Space Tech: Don’t Forget The Ground!

52

Space Money: Trump’s Wild “Liberation Day” Ride Has Arrived!

53

Space Competition: European Commission Urges EU To Spend Big On Defense And Space

54

Space Power: Size Matters - A Star Wars Physicist's Take On Golden Dome

55

Space Tech: U.S. Uncertainty Creates Opportunity For Europe’s Space Sector

56

Space Money: Tariffs and Scarcity Equal Economic Shock

57

Space Competition: Indo-Pacific Unclear on What To Make of Trump’s Space and Security Policies

58

Space Power: Egg Prices Vs. Trump's Iron Dome

59

Space Tech: What Tech Is Required To Make Trump’s “Iron Dome” Work In 685 Days?

60

Space Money: Trump’s Tariffs Squeeze Supply of Minerals Critical To Space Systems

61

Space Power: Trump’s New “Star Wars” Executive Order

62

Space Tech: What The First Space Force Chief Scientist Says Must Change Pt1

63

Space Power: Trump 2.0, the 119th Congress, And The First 100 Days

64

Space Money: Great Expectations For Trump Administration 2.0

65

Space Competition: China Launches Broadband Competitor Network To SpaceX’s Starlink

66

Space Power: Chief Master Sergeant John Bentivegna - Becoming Space Warfighter-Minded

67

Space Money: The Game Of Space-Based Risk In a Time Of Market Fragility

68

Space Competition: Trump’s South Korean Space Opportunity

69

Space Competition: How Space Allies and Adversaries Read “America First” and a Mars-shot

70

Space Power: Trump 2.0 May Attempt Human Mars Landing, Establish Department of the Space Force

71

Space Power: President-Elect Trump Expected To Supercharge U.S. Space Ambitions

72

Space Money: Report - DoD At Risk of Losing New Commercial Space Suppliers And Capabilities

73

Space Competition: Threats and Trends A Year After October 7th

74

Space Power: A National Guardsman’s View On Why A Pentagon Plan Is A “Lose-Lose Proposal”

75

Space Tech: Talking To The Far Side of the Moon

76

Space Money: Q3 Take - “Money Doesn’t Care”

77

Space Competition: How To Better De-Risk Adversarial Threats To Space Systems’ Value

78

Space Power: Space Force CSO - “What We Were Is Not What We Must Become”

79

Space Tech: Is It A Bird? A Plane? Actually... It’s A Drone

80

Space Money: Starliner, A 737 Max Felony, and a New Boeing CEO

81

Space Competition: Geo-Strategic Questions Over NASA’s Plan to Destroy the ISS

82

Space Power: War-Gamers Say We’re “Behind the Eight Ball”

83

Space Tech: Defense Looking At Modular Upgrades For Greater SDA

84

Space Money: Silicon Valley - “The DoD Has Not Brought The Dough”

85

Space Power: SmallSats - Time To Plan, Procure, And Execute

86

Space Technology: Holes Bubble Up In NASA’s Narrative On Plan To De-Orbit The Space Station

87

Space Power: NATO Summit - Defense Industry! Can You Hear The Demand Signal Now?

88

Space Power: NATO Summit - Security Alliance Is Employing More Than Words In Space Domain

89

Space Money: Welcome To The Second Half Of 2024!

90

Space Competition: “We Need To Go From Ambition To Implementation”

91

Space Power: What’s the Story With The Space Force?

92

Space Money: The Long-Term Strategy Inside The Space Force Budget Numbers

93

Space Money: Risk of Second Boots vs First Base

94

Space Competition: The PLA May Not Be Ready To Fight In Space

95

Space Power: What The U.S. Needs To Build “An Enduring Advantage In The Third Space Age”

96

Space Power: Why States, National Guard Association Say “No!” To Defense Department Space Units Plan

97

Space Money: "For Those Who Can Execute, The Opportunity Is Massive"

98

Space Competition: AUKUS Nations - UK and Australia Aim to Plus Up Defense

99

Space Power: “The Biggest Enemy to National Security Are Continuing Resolutions”

100

Space Power: SECAF Says “Our Cushion Is Gone. We are out of time.”

101

Space Money: “Get Used To "Crazyville”, “Moon Mania”, And A New Defense Strategy

102

Space Competition: Why SpaceX’s “Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly” Is Redrawing The Map To Success

103

Space Power: 2025 Space Force Budget Slashes Launches, Reduces Buying Power By 5%

104

Space Power: Fines On Space Junk In The Pipeline And What’s Legal Salvage

105

Space Money: The Fortune 500 View From TE Connectivity’s Martin Cullen

106

Space Competition: Can The US Deter Its Adversaries From Launching Cyberattacks on Space Systems?

107

Space Power: Securing Space Systems From Cyber Attack - “We Play Whack-A-Mole”

108

Space Tech: The Threat Landscape, A Cyber Vulnerability, And Ransoming A Satellite

109

Space Money: When Nation States Target The Commercial Space Sector

110

Space Tech: A U.S. Space Force Bet That Could Truly Monetize Space Junk… For Real

111

Space Power: What the Space Force Needs Now For Cislunar Operations

112

SPACE TECH: Is NASA Surrendering The Promise of Space-Based Solar Power to China, ESA, And Japan?

113

Space Money: Has Investor Passion Left The Building?

114

"It's been Quite A Banner Year For China Militarily, Commercially, Scientifically In Space"

115

Chief Master Sergeant Bentivegna: “Why The Identity Portion Is So Important To Us.”

116

U.S. Space Force Commercial Space Office: Bankruptcies And Consolidation Are Expected

117

Accenture's Anti-Trend Space Investment Strategy

118

Starship's Second Flight Test and China's Reaction

119

A Rogue Plan: The Right Tool For The Right Job On Orbit

120

Space Force Maj. Gen. Olson: ISAM Technology "A Core Part of Our Vision For The Future"

121

Space Competition: New Agreement Lights Rocket Under Australia’s Minister of Industry and Science

122

South Korea, Space Security, And The Plan To Become A “Space Economy” Power

123

Critical Challenges to Protecting Human Habitats on Orbit, on The Moon, and Beyond

124

A Permanent Off-World Economy Starts In A Garage With A Gas Cap

125

Has The Space Economy Slowdown Hit Bottom?

126

China’s Grand Strategy for the Solar System

127

The Future of In-Space Security: Views From the C-Suite

128

New Space Force Mission Statement…Is It A Brownwater Or A Bluewater Future?

129

Building A Secure Cis-Lunar Economy - What’s It Going To Take?

130

That Touted DoD Budget Plus-Up Cuts Into Space Force and Seeding Future Military Space Innovation

131

India And Russia Are About To Attempt Separate Lunar Landings, Revealing A Fracturing Relationship

132

This Space Experiment Will Underpin Off-World Ambition, Commerce, and Colonization

133

Comtech’s CEO and “Imagineer” Ken Peterman: Hybrid Space Technologies Are Driving Value Now

134

China: More Weird Reports of "Disappearances And Departures"

135

Space Force: “Begin With A Clean Sheet Of Paper” - Part 2

136

Kimberly Crider: Cyber, Data, Defense, and Space

137

Welcome To The Second Half Of 2023!

138

The Modi State Visit: U.S and Indian Interests In Space and Defense Converge… Big Time!

139

Space Force: “Begin With A Clean Sheet Of Paper” - Part 1

140

Space Systems Command Wants More Face Time

141

The U.S.-China Moon Race Heats Up

142

Cyber & Space: Microsoft Says There’s a Chinese Typhoon in Guam

143

DIU’s “Bucky” Butow, Space Innovation, and the Industrial Base

144

Software Drives Printed Rocket Motors, GSaaS, and New Calls for Collective Cyber Security for Space

145

Want a Cutting Edge Space Space Force? We’ve Got To Talk About Bank Failures.

146

A Missing Lunar Lander, A Mutual Defense Treaty, And “China… China… China”