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From the Defense & Aerospace Report... This is The DownLink Podcast, hosted by Laura Winter. From the intersection of space, business, and defense... Not just what's over the horizon, but what's happening above it. The DownLink Podcast is 2023, 2024, and 2025 Defense Media Award-winner.

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

    3D AGO

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

    The wake of the U.S.-led bombing campaign of Iran - Operation Epic Fury - has rattled markets around the world and inspired some public equity investors to adjust their positions and to more critically assess space companies with a speculative return on investment. Laura Winter speaks with Lou Whiteman, a space investor and a Motley Fool stock analyst covering aerospace and defense. d96efi5C1HZHLj1w3HtQ

    37 min
  2. Space Tech: Skynopy - The Ground Station Play That May Have a Military Application

    FEB 27

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

    Paris-based Skynopy’s virtual Ground Station As A Service promises of faster data speeds and a network of partner ground stations has earned it contracts with AWS, Eutelsat, Airbus, and the French Defense Innovation Agency’s Aerospace Lab. Laura Winter speaks with Pierre Bertrand, co-Founder and CEO of Skynopy.

    40 min
  3. Space Money: Tariffs, SCOTUS, Carveouts, And Space Business

    FEB 20

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

    While the Supreme Court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s use of the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs is unconstitutional, experts warn that the administration has other means to extract from American businesses and consumers what would amount to import taxes. Space businesses are not immune, but they do have opportunities to shield their bottom lines. Laura Winter speaks with Bailey Reichelt, Founder and Attorney at Aegis Law; and Nick Baker, Managing Director of Transfer Pricing practice, and co-Lead of the Trade and Customs practice at Kroll.

    35 min
  4. Space Power: Middle East Ambitions

    FEB 13

    Space Power: Middle East Ambitions

    This week U.S. President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak about how to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions. This episode explores recent space-related developments in Israel, Iran, and more generally the rest of the Middle-Eastern region. Laura Winter speaks with Lawrence Rubin, co-director of the Georgia Tech DC Program and an associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs.

    34 min
  5. Space Money: The Space Force Budget And A New Leader

    FEB 6

    Space Money: The Space Force Budget And A New Leader

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    43 min
  6. Space Power: The View From Down Under

    JAN 30

    Space Power: The View From Down Under

    Australia and the United States have been close allies for more than seven decades, but with the old rules-based world order disappearing, Australia needs to shape and fund its national defense and space ambitions to fit the times. Laura Winter speaks with Malcolm Davis, a Senior Policy Analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, who focuses on space policy, security, strategy, and capability development.

    32 min
  7. Space Power: Golden Dome - “Boy! Has It Stalled”

    JAN 23

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

    While President Donald Trump cites the Golden Dome missile defense shield program as the reason for seeking sovereignty over Greenland, congressional appropriators complain they have too little knowledge on the program’s progress. It’s been 12 months since the presidential executive order kicked-off the Golden Dome effort. Laura Winter speaks with Todd Harrison, a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Washington, D.C.’s favorite defense budget Yoda.

    39 min
  8. Space Money: "Steel Is Sexy"

    JAN 16

    Space Money: "Steel Is Sexy"

    Traders and investors are feeling whipsawed this week, but those who hold notes in space companies are seemingly immune. Space companies, especially infrastructure business cases, are seeing steady and huge gains in value. Laura Winter speaks with The DownLink regulars Chris Quilty, founder of Quilty Space; and George Pullen, Partner and Chief Economist at MilkyWayEconomy.

    37 min
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From the Defense & Aerospace Report... This is The DownLink Podcast, hosted by Laura Winter. From the intersection of space, business, and defense... Not just what's over the horizon, but what's happening above it. The DownLink Podcast is 2023, 2024, and 2025 Defense Media Award-winner.

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    2021 - 2026
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