On The Space Show for Wednesday, 24 June 2026:
Conversations at the Australian Space Research Conference:
* Capturing the first signal from Waratah Seed 1, the ride-share payloads aboard, and funding by the New South Wales Government with Patrick Oppel at CUAVA, School of Physics, Sydney University.
* The CUAVA 1, CUAVA 2 and Waratah Seed 1 satellites; funding CUAVA; collision avoidance using micro-thrusters with Xuelieng Bai, Satellite Engineer at CUAVA, School of Physics, Sydney University.
The Karman Project: Building a cooperative future in space – Part 1
The Karman Project is a non-profit foundation promoting peace and security in space through strategic international cooperation.
The project aims to unite global decision-makers to drive urgent, collaborative action for a sustainable and peaceful future in space — recognising the core role of international cooperation in securing the space sector's prosperity and Earth's critical reliance on it.
The organisation fosters trust, cooperation and independent dialogue among global leaders in tech, science, business, politics, the arts, and people in the space industry who want to make a positive impact on space.
This episode features comments from the following:
- Katherine Bennell (Australian Space Agency)
- Hélène Huby (Co-founder & Chair, The Karman Project)
- Hannah Ashford (Director, The Karman Project)
- Feng Yan (Founder & CEO, Spacety)
- Chris Boshuizen (Co-founder, Planet)
- Jonathan Hofeller (Vice-President, Starlink, SpaceX).
Listen to The Karman Project - The Space That Makes Us Human here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3wPiS151Xuz2RKTWlhSg4P
