Shows
This Week in Space (Audio)Privatizing Orbit - The Pioneering Work of Jeffrey Manber
This week, we talk with our favorite Newspace Buccaneer, Jeffrey Manber. When so many people were touting their private spaceflight dreams in the 1980s, Manber took the next enormous stride and actually made it happen. He formed the Office of Space Commerce within the US Department of Commerce at the invitation of the Reagan administration, forged the first commercial relations with the then-Soviet Union, bridged that into the post-USSR period, and was responsible for the first commercial spaceflight to the then-mothballed Soviet-era Mir space station with a crew that stayed there for 70 days. He then went on to develop...
2025-12-131h 13This Week in Space (Video)Privatizing Orbit - The Pioneering Work of Jeffrey Manber
This week, we talk with our favorite Newspace Buccaneer, Jeffrey Manber. When so many people were touting their private spaceflight dreams in the 1980s, Manber took the next enormous stride and actually made it happen. He formed the Office of Space Commerce within the US Department of Commerce at the invitation of the Reagan administration, forged the first commercial relations with the then-Soviet Union, bridged that into the post-USSR period, and was responsible for the first commercial spaceflight to the then-mothballed Soviet-era Mir space station with a crew that stayed there for 70 days. He then went on to develop...
2025-12-131h 13
RumSnakEpisode 94: Den danske rumbranche er på mission i USARumSnak er, som vi plejer at sige, en podcast om de danske rumaktiviteter inden for både forskning, teknologi og forretning. Og især det sidste er ikke blevet mindre vigtigt de forgangne år.
Der er flere og flere, der forsøger at bygge en business op med rummet som omdrejningspunkt. Nogle analyserer jordobservations-data, andre bygger testudstyr til Månemissioner, og atter andre bygger små satellitter til navigation og kommunikation.
I denne episode skal vi tale med to forskellige gæster om især den kommercielle del af den danske rumbranche:
Michael Lumholt har arbe...
2024-06-031h 28
IDA Space TalksEpisode 37 - Starlab - the new international space station (in english)Todays guest is Jeffrey Manber, president of International and Space Station at Voyager Space. Voyager Space are currently working on the replacement for the ISS called Starlab.
Jeffrey Manber is now working on his 4th space station, Starlab. But how does that work? What will it bring to the table compared to the ISS?
Along with that we talk about the importance of partnerships and international collaboration in the space industry along with the advancements in commercial space technology, such as miniaturization, the decrease in the price of transportation, and the obstacles that have been...
2024-05-1733 min
Commercial Space Pioneers SeriesJeffrey ManberSean Mahoney interviews Jeffrey Manber from Voyager Space for this episode of Commercial Space Pioneers. Jeff Manber in his early career had a journal called 'At the Movies, sold it and started the Space Journal.
Later, Jeff Manber helped set up the Office of Space Commerce, invited by the Reagan administration. Helped start the first commercial space fund on Wall Street. Also worked with Energia to turn the Mir Space station into a commercial venture!
2023-10-241h 07
CalPsychiatry Presents: MindstoriesThe Tangled Web of Sleep and Mental Health | Jeffrey Mann, PsyDDr. Mann is a clinical psychologist, Air force Veteran and San Diego resident. His clinical practice focuses on anxiety related disorders, trauma and insomnia. Before entering the field of psychology he worked as a programmer and data analyst for a variety of corporations and currently works in private practice offering telehealth services in California, Hawaii, DC, Maryland and Virginia. Outside of work he is an avid surfer traveling all over the world to catch the perfect wave!
Dr. Jeffrey Mann
Behavioral and psychological treatments for chronic insomnia disorder in adults: an American Academy of...
2023-08-3024 min
Fiction ScienceThe roots of the spaceflight revolutionJeffrey Manber, one of the pioneers on the frontier of space commercialization, talks about his effort to document the rise of private-sector spaceflight in a series of books he calls "From the Earth to Mars."
2023-06-1552 min
The Community's ConversationStarlab Is A Cosmic Win for OhioOhio State University will soon be home to a ground-based copy of a space laboratory planned for a new commercial space station. The Ohio-based lab will be a replica of the George Washington Carver Science Park, a key science component of the “Starlab” next-generation space station. The replica laboratory, or “analog,” will allow researchers to test experiments on the ground while identical experiments are conducted aboard Starlab in Earth orbit. The Carver Science Park, established by space tech leaders Voyager Space and Nanoracks, will be a core element of Starlab, the companies’ planned future commercial space station. The...
2023-02-1354 min
Space Café RadioSpace Café Radio - with Jeffrey ManberIn this Space Café Radio - SpaceWatch.Global's Marketing Intern Jim Murphy spoke with Jeffrey Manber, the President of International and Space Stations at Voyager Space. Voyager Space is dedicated to develop the world's first private free-flying space stations and continue to build the commercial infrastructure of space in orbit and beyond.In this episode, Jeffrey tell about Voyager Space as a company. He also gives us any advice that he may have for someone looking to start a company in the space industry, thanks to his extensive experience in th...
2022-11-2829 min
Canada In SpaceJeffrey Manber on Commercial Space StationsIn the second episode of season 5 of the Space Economy podcast my returning is Jeffrey Manber, President International and Space Stations at Voyager Space and Chairman of Nanoracks. It's been a year since Jeff was last on the show and what a year it's been for him and the company. Voyager Space, an up and coming player in the space industry, acquired a majority stake in XO Markets and its largest subsidiary Nanoracks earlier this year. And just last week a team lead by Nanoracks was selected in the first phase of NASA's Commercial Low-Earth Orbit...
2021-12-0743 min
Canada In SpaceFood Security and Space FarmingOn this weeks episode of the Space Economy podcast my guest is Jeffrey Manber, co-founder and CEO of Nanoracks, a leading supplier of commercial space services. In this podcast Jeffrey and I will discuss the company's latest initiative, the StarLab Space Farming Center, why Jeffrey thinks it's important for food security, and the implications to the agricultural sector. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-11-3026 min
NewSpaceVision#13: The Decade of In-Space Infrastructure has arrived (feat. Jeffrey Manber, CEO of Nanoracks)In our November Episode of the NewSpaceVision Podcast we invite Jeffrey Manber, CEO of Nanoracks, to talk about his role in the commercialization of Mir Station and his fascinating time of working with the Russians in the 90s for Energia and later for MirCorp. Nanoracks was founded 2009 and is headquartered in Houston, TX. In its efforts to democratize space access, Nanoracks is the first New Space company to market and own in-space hardware on the ISS for satellite deployment. We talk about Nanoracks unique business model, Jeff’s near-term in-space-manufacturing ideas and the next commercial cash cow in space. We wi...
2020-11-2851 min
BACK STORY WITH DANA LEWISCOMMERCIALIZATION OF SPACESend us a textThis month Elon Musk's SpaceX blasted off to the Int. Space Station with NASA. SpaceX's first commercial manned flight to the ISS.But, believe it or not the Russians beat America by a decade or so, in offering commercial space exploration. And, Washington's Jeffrey Manber talks to Back Story's Dana Lewis on the challenges ahead in space and business. Manber heads up a company which is one of the main commercial users of The Int. Space Station and says Trump's Admin. started to back out of business in space, wha...
2020-11-2045 min
Deep Space PodcastEntrepreneurs in Space: Episode 4 - Nanoracks, Jeffrey ManberIn this week’s episode of the Deep Space Podcast, Nanoracks CEO Jeffrey Manber, a true pioneer of space entrepreneurship, joins the Coalition for Deep Space Exploration CEO and President Dr. Mary Lynne Dittmar to discuss how the space sector has evolved from having mostly government actors to having both governmental and private players working together to advance exploration.Nanoracks has provided cost savings to private individuals wanting to use the International Space Station (ISS) for various technological and scientific purposes. The company has also enabled commercial use of the U.S. side of the ISS to in...
2020-08-0420 min
Source MaterialJeffrey Manber-Lincoln's Wrath: Fierce Mobs, Brilliant Scoundrels and a President's Mission to Destroy the PressIn the blistering summer of 1861, President Lincoln began pressuring and ordering the physical shutdown of any Northern newspaper that voiced opposition to the war. These attacks were sometimes carried out by soldiers, sometimes by angry mobs under cover of darkness. Either way, the effect was a complete dismantling of the free press.
In the midst stood publisher John Hodgson, an angry bigot so hated that a local newspaper gleefully reported his defeat in a bar fight. He was also firmly against Lincoln and the war--an opinion he expressed loudly through his newspaper.
When his press...
2019-11-0254 min
Casual SpaceNanoRacks CEO Jeffrey Manber; Commercial Space Entrepreneur and PioneerJeffrey discusses with Beth: How Jeffrey became a entrepreneurial pioneer, becoming one of the first (commercial) space contractors (working on the Russian space program on MIR and Soyuz, and later with the international Space Station). About starting the first commercial space company, NanoRacks and what's on the horizon for the company's (international) future… About bringing whiskey to space! And so much more, including Jeffrey's perspective on: About space exploration's public and private partnership About loving space exploration at a young age and why space is alive now more than ever! How space is not the first or...
2019-09-2648 min
Age of Infinite: A Project Moon Hut SeriesSpace is Just Another Place to Do Business: It's Not a Unique Frontier w/ Jeffrey Manber #15In This Episode
Join David Goldsmith as he welcomes Jeffrey Manber, CEO of Nanoracks, to explore the evolving landscape of commercial space exploration. With over 30 years of experience in the industry, Jeffrey shares his insights on why humanity has not returned to the moon in 50 years and discusses the changing roles of space agencies. He emphasizes the importance of government as a customer in fostering a commercial space marketplace.
Throughout the conversation, Jeffrey recounts personal stories from his career, including his pivotal role in privatizing the Russian space program and leasing the Mir space station. He also...
2019-04-151h 05