In part 1 of this special Better Satellite World podcast series, you heard from SSPI Director of Innovation and host of the Better Satellite World podcast Lou Zacharilla. He discussed the past two years of the Better Satellite World podcast and his favorite episodes, including his number 1 pick: The Road Less Travelled: Joining Faith and Science in a Journey Through the Stars. In part 2 of The Best of the Better, you'll get to listen to Lou's favorite episode, which originally aired as the inaugural episode of The Road Less Travelled series, sponsored by ATLAS Space Operations.

In The Road Less Travelled: Joining Faith and Science in a Journey Through the Stars, Lou speaks with Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ, Director of the Vatican Observatory and co-author of multiple books, including Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial? and Turn Left at Orion. Brother Guy holds degrees from MIT, Harvard University and the University of Arizona and has been a member of the Catholic Church’s Jesuit Order since 1989. He has authored hundreds of scientific publications in addition to his books. Brother Guy even has his own asteroid – 4597 Consolmagno – and is a recipient of the Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society.

In this special Better Satellite World podcast, SSPI Director of Engagement Tamara Bond-Williams interviews none other than our host, SSPI Director of Innovation Lou Zacharilla. They discuss some of the most entertaining and intriguing podcasts Lou has had the privilege to record over the years, culminating in Lou's favorite podcast of all time, what he considers the Best of the Better Satellite World.

In this Better Satellite World podcast, based on the June 2024 edition of the New York Space Business Roundtable, our panel of experts takes a hard-nosed look at how the public and private sectors share the world of AI.

Among other questions, we ask: What role will AI have on military applications in Space and on the ability to anticipate threats and opportunities that the commercial sector can benefit from? Profit from? Provide a more secure and just world for? There is no doubt that space is increasingly a warfare theater. But will it also become a culture which, through commerce and global cooperation, becomes a place where conflicts are “de-risked”?

Speakers include:

• Dr. James Cunningham, DoD Business Development, Wallaroo
• Chris Cummins, Chief of Staff, Voyager Space
• Stuart Daughtridge, Senior VP, Advanced Technology, Kratos; Chairman, DIFI; and Finalist 2023 Satellite Executive of the Year
• Jeremy Fand, Co-Founder and CEO, SeerAI, Inc.