Welcome to the First Talking Space of 2024!
The Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission is the second flight of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) missions. Its purpose is to have commercial entities be responsible for sending NASA science payloads and eventually cargo to the lunar surface to support human exploration of the Moon. NASA isn't the lead of the mission, but simply one customer of many. This new way of getting to the lunar surface opens a new door for not only researchers but also other non-traditional businesses who may never have thought of participating in spaceflight before to make their first bold steps into the space business.
Bolted to the side of the Intuitive Machines NOVA-C IM-1 lander set for its lunar voyage is sculpture called “Moon Phases” conceptualized and designed by artist Jeff Koons. Consisting of 125 small and unique lunar phase sculptures, each one dedicated to someone who contributed to humanity for good in some way. It’s bolted to the side of the spacecraft set to be the first sculpture on the lunar south pole. But it was a long road from concept to the launch pad.
Enter Chantelle Baier who founded 4Space in 2018 to take free thinkers, artisans, and non-traditional space companies, and help them take their talents and abilities to a higher level: above the Karman Line.
In this installment, we talk to Ms. Baier about the journey Koon’s sculpture took, how 4Space was able to help a non-traditional entity take that step into the final frontier, and what the company can do for others who want to embark on that journey. We also discuss what may be on the horizon for 4Space in the future.
Chantelle Baier has served on the boards of the Moon Village Association, the AIAA Technical Committee, Hewellet Packard’s Mars Home Planet Advisory Panel, Yuri’s Night Special Relations, and is a senior executive on the National Space Society’s Board of Directors where she serves at the organization’s Director and Creative Director. She also holds professional backgrounds in the areas of science, space, and fashion.
Host: Mark Ratterman
Panelist: Gene Mikulka
Guest: Chantelle Baier
Podcast Editor: Mark Ratterman
Episode 1608: Good Things Come To Those Who Wait
Episode 1607: Staying Healthy in Space: Unpacking the GEARS Experiment
Episode 1606: Delta 4 Heavy Recap; Coping with Mars Sample Return Budget
Episode 1605: Getting the NAC of Things
Episode 1604: Starship Flight 3 Recap; How to Safely Enjoy the Eclipse
Episode 1603: IM-1 Lunar Mission Recap; Interview with Launch-Viewing Rookie
Episode 1602: IM-1 Lunar Lander Launches Successfully; Deep Cuts at JPL a Heartache
Episode 1515: What Do Aussies Think About Space?
Episode 1514: Starship vs. the Fish People, MSR Woes and a Powerful Tale from ASCEND
Episode 1513: What’s a WR? How does it Affect Starship’s Next Launch Date?
Episode 1512: Pretty Plasma Trail, But Not from Starship Anytime Soon?
Episode 1511: Looking Outside the Bubble – A Conversation With Nathan Price
Episode 1510: Artemis III – A Different Mission?
Episode 1509: Starship Launch Delays – a Triple Whammy?
Episode 1508: Starship, ULA & STEM news
Episode 1507: A Secret Mission and … OceanGate’s Titan?
Episode 1506: Shocking Answers to Your Starship Lawsuit Questions
Episode 1505: SpaceX Can’t Slow Down; Starliner’s Pet Black Swan
Episode 1504: Space Debris Risks – Perception vs. Reality With a Little Human Nature Thrown In
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