Space Stakes: The Business of the New Space Race Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/space-stakes-the-business-of-the-new-space-race The money, missions, and power shaping space. Space Stakes is a daily briefing on the business of the new space race — launches, contracts, constellations, and the capital behind them. Every episode cuts through the industry's hype: signed contracts vs. paper constellations, funded orders vs. "up to" ceilings, launch dates vs. track records. Who pays, who profits, and who actually delivers — told so both aerospace insiders and curious newcomers finish feeling it was made for them. Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, created and built by a real human, Brian Lampert. Nothing on this show is financial advice. © 2026 Brian Lampert 7d621bb2-028a-577c-98d5-68e9f3e8caa8 yes en Fri, 21 Aug 2026 06:49:17 -0700 Fri, 21 Aug 2026 06:50:10 -0700 https://img.transistorcdn.com/OvBx-nquiNu1xJBjnQEv5dETlIBug_q1nKTj5rICBto/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mZGY1/NTM1MDE3MTIwNjMx/ZDJhOGJmOGM4OGZl/ODFhOC5wbmc.jpg Space Stakes: The Business of the New Space Race episodic Brian Lampert The money, missions, and power shaping space. Space Stakes is a daily briefing on the business of the new space race — launches, contracts, constellations, and the capital behind them. Every episode cuts through the industry's hype: signed contracts vs. paper constellations, funded orders vs. "up to" ceilings, launch dates vs. track records. Who pays, who profits, and who actually delivers — told so both aerospace insiders and curious newcomers finish feeling it was made for them. Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, created and built by a real human, Brian Lampert. Nothing on this show is financial advice. The money, missions, and power shaping space. space, space business, rockets, satellites, launch, spacex, nasa, space force, aerospace, space industry, space race, space economy Brian Lampert No No August 21, 2026 — A Thousand Launches by 2030 — Without the Money to Build It 6 6 August 21, 2026 — A Thousand Launches by 2030 — Without the Money to Build It full 3da244b5-9e70-4f2f-8599-a431ff446bb4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/f547e90a The White House signed off on a new National Space Transportation Policy setting a goal of a thousand launches and reentries a year by 2030 — heavy on infrastructure directives, light on appropriated money. Plus: SpaceX's reported Louisiana Starship spaceport, Golden Dome's funding fight, Ariane 6's shelved Block 3 upgrade, Taiwan's first rocket test, and the Space Force's newest STRATFI awards.

Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

]]> The White House signed off on a new National Space Transportation Policy setting a goal of a thousand launches and reentries a year by 2030 — heavy on infrastructure directives, light on appropriated money. Plus: SpaceX's reported Louisiana Starship spaceport, Golden Dome's funding fight, Ariane 6's shelved Block 3 upgrade, Taiwan's first rocket test, and the Space Force's newest STRATFI awards.

Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

]]> Fri, 21 Aug 2026 06:49:17 -0700 Brian Lampert Brian Lampert 1071 The White House signed off on a new National Space Transportation Policy setting a goal of a thousand launches and reentries a year by 2030 — heavy on infrastructure directives, light on appropriated money. Plus: SpaceX's reported Louisiana Starship spaceport, Golden Dome's funding fight, Ariane 6's shelved Block 3 upgrade, Taiwan's first rocket test, and the Space Force's newest STRATFI awards.

Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

]]> space, space business, rockets, satellites, launch, spacex, nasa, space force, aerospace, space industry, space race, space economy No August 20, 2026 — Space Force's $71 Billion Ask, and Last Year's Missing $8 Billion 5 5 August 20, 2026 — Space Force's $71 Billion Ask, and Last Year's Missing $8 Billion full 5bb2cfb5-b13d-4391-9209-d3c878704dc1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/0c10537a The Space Force wants $71 billion for FY2027, more than double its current budget — but the number splits into a likely $59.2 billion in appropriations and a shaky $12.1 billion riding on an unprecedented third reconciliation bill, with last year's bookkeeping still missing $8 billion. Also today: Muon Space joins the satellite-manufacturing unicorn race, hypersonic missile startup Castelion raises over $1 billion, with investor Carlyle putting its valuation at $13 billion, NASA calls off its Swift observatory rescue, and Stoke Space keeps closing in on Nova's debut.

Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

]]> The Space Force wants $71 billion for FY2027, more than double its current budget — but the number splits into a likely $59.2 billion in appropriations and a shaky $12.1 billion riding on an unprecedented third reconciliation bill, with last year's bookkeeping still missing $8 billion. Also today: Muon Space joins the satellite-manufacturing unicorn race, hypersonic missile startup Castelion raises over $1 billion, with investor Carlyle putting its valuation at $13 billion, NASA calls off its Swift observatory rescue, and Stoke Space keeps closing in on Nova's debut.

Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

]]> Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:18:45 -0700 Brian Lampert Brian Lampert 963 The Space Force wants $71 billion for FY2027, more than double its current budget — but the number splits into a likely $59.2 billion in appropriations and a shaky $12.1 billion riding on an unprecedented third reconciliation bill, with last year's bookkeeping still missing $8 billion. Also today: Muon Space joins the satellite-manufacturing unicorn race, hypersonic missile startup Castelion raises over $1 billion, with investor Carlyle putting its valuation at $13 billion, NASA calls off its Swift observatory rescue, and Stoke Space keeps closing in on Nova's debut.

Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

]]> space, space business, rockets, satellites, launch, spacex, nasa, space force, aerospace, space industry, space race, space economy No August 19, 2026 — LandSpace Stuck the Landing — Now Comes the Hard Part 4 4 August 19, 2026 — LandSpace Stuck the Landing — Now Comes the Hard Part full 77d8bfe9-a0dd-4058-9a42-b5838374fd53 https://share.transistor.fm/s/2a3e4297 LandSpace lands the Zhuque-3 booster on its second flight, becoming the third organization on Earth to stick a leg landing — the show asks whether recovery is turning into reuse. Plus: Rocket Lab's Space Force network test, NASA's expanded processing contract, a nuclear heater booked for the Moon, SpaceX's salvaged Starship, a historic French spacewalk, and the Pentagon's dual-use debris cleanup research.

Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

]]> LandSpace lands the Zhuque-3 booster on its second flight, becoming the third organization on Earth to stick a leg landing — the show asks whether recovery is turning into reuse. Plus: Rocket Lab's Space Force network test, NASA's expanded processing contract, a nuclear heater booked for the Moon, SpaceX's salvaged Starship, a historic French spacewalk, and the Pentagon's dual-use debris cleanup research.

Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:27:30 -0700 Brian Lampert Brian Lampert 952 LandSpace lands the Zhuque-3 booster on its second flight, becoming the third organization on Earth to stick a leg landing — the show asks whether recovery is turning into reuse. Plus: Rocket Lab's Space Force network test, NASA's expanded processing contract, a nuclear heater booked for the Moon, SpaceX's salvaged Starship, a historic French spacewalk, and the Pentagon's dual-use debris cleanup research.

Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

]]> space, space business, rockets, satellites, launch, spacex, nasa, space force, aerospace, space industry, space race, space economy No August 18, 2026 — The Launch Crunch Reaches the Balance Sheet 3 3 August 18, 2026 — The Launch Crunch Reaches the Balance Sheet full fc402999-1dd9-4039-8eae-be3f8f496d47 https://share.transistor.fm/s/56956ce5 Launch scarcity stops being a talking point and starts showing up in corporate strategy: AST SpaceMobile tells investors it may need to buy or partner its way into launch capacity after New Glenn's May explosion and Vulcan's continued grounding collide with its BlueBird deployment plans. Plus: Rocket Lab's second national-security GEO satellite deal this year, ULA finally names a permanent CEO, the Pentagon funds deorbit-as-a-service designs, and the NRO makes HawkEye 360 an operational data supplier.

Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

]]> Launch scarcity stops being a talking point and starts showing up in corporate strategy: AST SpaceMobile tells investors it may need to buy or partner its way into launch capacity after New Glenn's May explosion and Vulcan's continued grounding collide with its BlueBird deployment plans. Plus: Rocket Lab's second national-security GEO satellite deal this year, ULA finally names a permanent CEO, the Pentagon funds deorbit-as-a-service designs, and the NRO makes HawkEye 360 an operational data supplier.

Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:15:06 -0700 Brian Lampert Brian Lampert 999 Launch scarcity stops being a talking point and starts showing up in corporate strategy: AST SpaceMobile tells investors it may need to buy or partner its way into launch capacity after New Glenn's May explosion and Vulcan's continued grounding collide with its BlueBird deployment plans. Plus: Rocket Lab's second national-security GEO satellite deal this year, ULA finally names a permanent CEO, the Pentagon funds deorbit-as-a-service designs, and the NRO makes HawkEye 360 an operational data supplier.

Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

]]> space, space business, rockets, satellites, launch, spacex, nasa, space force, aerospace, space industry, space race, space economy No August 17, 2026 — The Launch Bottleneck: Who Inherits SpaceX's Backlog? 2 2 August 17, 2026 — The Launch Bottleneck: Who Inherits SpaceX's Backlog? full 84ef1cea-c434-432a-ba8c-0f86e70c2d07 https://share.transistor.fm/s/de742639 SpaceX has effectively closed its Falcon 9 rideshare book past 2028, and satellite operators from Telesat to Amazon are scrambling for alternatives — the main story asks who inherits the launch business SpaceX built. Plus: an abrupt L3Harris CEO shakeup, real hardware from MDA Space's Globalstar replenishment fleet, and a busy day in direct-to-device satellite connectivity.

Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

]]> SpaceX has effectively closed its Falcon 9 rideshare book past 2028, and satellite operators from Telesat to Amazon are scrambling for alternatives — the main story asks who inherits the launch business SpaceX built. Plus: an abrupt L3Harris CEO shakeup, real hardware from MDA Space's Globalstar replenishment fleet, and a busy day in direct-to-device satellite connectivity.

Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:54:25 -0700 Brian Lampert Brian Lampert 902 SpaceX has effectively closed its Falcon 9 rideshare book past 2028, and satellite operators from Telesat to Amazon are scrambling for alternatives — the main story asks who inherits the launch business SpaceX built. Plus: an abrupt L3Harris CEO shakeup, real hardware from MDA Space's Globalstar replenishment fleet, and a busy day in direct-to-device satellite connectivity.

Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

]]> space, space business, rockets, satellites, launch, spacex, nasa, space force, aerospace, space industry, space race, space economy No August 16, 2026 — $60 Million Won't Break SpaceX's Satellite Grip 1 1 August 16, 2026 — $60 Million Won't Break SpaceX's Satellite Grip full 6c5a4abc-f96d-42df-a0a8-36bde25a6bcc https://share.transistor.fm/s/c24e1f70 The Space Force pays five companies — Amazon Leo, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rocket Lab, and York Space — sixty million dollars to prove they can plug into the $2.29 billion SpaceX-built Space Data Network, raising the question of whether that's real competition or just a hedge. Also today: Ukraine strikes Russia's only Soyuz rocket factory, SpaceX sets a launch-turnaround record, NASA eyes a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter successor, and the Pentagon taps three companies to design satellite deorbit services.

Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

]]> The Space Force pays five companies — Amazon Leo, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rocket Lab, and York Space — sixty million dollars to prove they can plug into the $2.29 billion SpaceX-built Space Data Network, raising the question of whether that's real competition or just a hedge. Also today: Ukraine strikes Russia's only Soyuz rocket factory, SpaceX sets a launch-turnaround record, NASA eyes a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter successor, and the Pentagon taps three companies to design satellite deorbit services.

Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

]]> Sun, 16 Aug 2026 06:55:00 -0700 Brian Lampert Brian Lampert 758 The Space Force pays five companies — Amazon Leo, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rocket Lab, and York Space — sixty million dollars to prove they can plug into the $2.29 billion SpaceX-built Space Data Network, raising the question of whether that's real competition or just a hedge. Also today: Ukraine strikes Russia's only Soyuz rocket factory, SpaceX sets a launch-turnaround record, NASA eyes a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter successor, and the Pentagon taps three companies to design satellite deorbit services.

Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.

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