The Astro Ben Podcast: Dr Jason Forshaw, Head of Future Business (Europe), Astroscale UK & Europe

Dr Jason Forshaw, Head of Future Business (Europe), Astroscale UK & Europe

Sep 15, 2023

Dr Jason Forshaw is the Head of Future Business at Astroscale UK/Europe all aspects of future business including BD, bid and support to sales and strategy.

In this episode, Ben and Jason discuss how much of the publics ‘day to day life' goes through satellites and how disastrous it would be if the Space Junk issue is not taken seriously.

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OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:44 Introducing Dr Jason Forshaw - Astroscale’s mission

03:58 How has space sustainability changed in last 10 years

07:06 Problem of Space Junk (and size matters)

09:32 Do new satellites have an “end of life” plan? (Introduce the Docking Plate!)

13:08 Uses of Docking Plate

15:45 International effort - Japan/UK/US/Israel - why those local

18:34 What is plan for Astroscale in Europe?

21:48 Space Debris Leadership

23:58 Is there a planetary defence strategy for space junk?

27:45 Personal vision for the future