5 Space Newsletter Subscriptions We Recommend (Pt. I)
We’re incredibly lucky to work in such an innovative and fast-paced industry. The space industry changes by the minute, and we don’t want to miss a beat. Collectively, our team members subscribe to dozens of newsletters curated and written by the best and brightest where space, business, and entrepreneurial possibilities intersect.
As Epsilon3 evolves, we try to stay one step ahead of clients’ needs. These newsletters have helped us design a product that’s relevant and keeps our clients competitive and creative in a fast-growing industry.
In no particular order, here are 5 of many more newsletters we’ll be highlighting in hopes they’re helpful for you and your team as well:
SpaceDotBiz by Ian Vorbach
Jatan.Space by Jatan Mehta
Rocket Report from Ars Technica
THE ORBITAL INDEX
The Ortibal Index is a weekly concise and technical newsletter that highlights developments in space science and exploration, NewSpace startups, and related content. Andrew and Ben started the newsletter as a way to curate and share some of the most interesting articles and resources they come across while pursuing their personal interests in space and space startups.
Andrew Cantino is an experimentalist and consultant who enjoys creating open source software and writing about space. He works with Astera Institute developing high leverage technologies that can lead to massive returns for humanity. They focus on longevity, AGI, metascience,software for space, and frontier engineering.
Ben Lachman is the co-founder of Nice Mohawk, a digital product studio in San Francisco. He has 15+ years experience building technology products and businesses, from the minutia of creating high quality user experiences to scaling apps to hundreds of thousands of users.
In their most recent newsletter, they explore black holes and dark matter. They came across some tantalizing evidence that shows how dark energy is tied to black holes.
PAYLOAD SPACE
Payload Space covers the business and policy of space with relevant perspectives for a fast-growing industry. The newsletter helps leaders in the industry keep up on major industry announcements, new investment opportunities, and other timely information. Their mission is to keep industry leaders in the loop as they navigate a quickly evolving playing field.
You can read through their most recent stories, which include:
Japan and China Select New Astronaut Candidates
SpaceX Increases Rideshare Prices
Astroscale Brings in $76M
Predicting SpaceX’s 2023 Revenue
Sovereign Constellations Make Progress
They also have a weekly podcast, Pathfinder, where host Ryan Duffy interviews astronauts, administrators, founders, CEOs, military minds, policymakers, and more. Their most recent episode, Space as a Service, with Joel Spark of Spire, explores “space-to-cloud” data and analytics.
SpaceDotBiz
Ian Vorbach writes SpaceDotBiz to help people invest in the space industry. At a unique time in history when private individuals and companies are building new technologies beyond the earth’s surface for the first time, Ian shares his thoughts and expertise on how to find investing opportunities in this emerging industry.
Ian grew up in New Jersey where his favorite destination was New York City’s Hayden Planetarium. This early passion led him to study space-related academics in the sciences and engineering. He has held operating roles in business development and scaled startups outside the space industry. Ian has also worked as a propulsion engineer on multiple rocket engine development programs. He’s an angel investor both inside and outside the space industry.
Ian interviews insiders and experts to help you navigate the quickly-expanding space industry. There are so many opportunities, and so many pitfalls to be aware of as people consider investing in such a promising industry. Most recently, he sat down with Seyka Mejeur of AdAstra to discuss what to do and not do when it comes to space startup recruiting.
JATAN.SPACE
Jatan writes about the moon and Indian space progress. Every Monday, he writes about moon exploration history and emergent technology and missions. Topics cover everything from Chandrayaan 3 testing and building for upcoming moon missions to ESA-catalyzed lunar landings and Artemis updates. His journalistic approach is reliable and relevant.
Jatan’s writing makes space technology and missions accessible to the greater public, which helps potential investors and stakeholders understand exactly what they’re getting into and why it’s so important. Check out one of his weekly moon articles here.
ARS TECHNICA’S ROCKET REPORT
The Rocket Report includes information on small-, medium-, and heavy-lift rockets as well as a quick look ahead at the next three launches on the calendar.
In the most recent report, they highlighted the current cost of a SpaceX sending a 50-kilogram smallsat to Sun-synchronous orbit on its Transporter rideshare missions, the fate of the Georgia spaceport effort, the future of small satellite launch companies, The Alpha rocket’s upcoming launch in May 2023, and making room for increasing launches and air travel.
