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On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is talking to NASA pilots David Nils Larson and...
Dooner and The Dude talk today’s headlines and hear from an author who detailed the life of a railroad great
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The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index is still in favor of the carriers at 80 after last week’s holiday and tender...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/big-trucks-and-big-bucks-what-the-truck-with-video
The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, Swift Transportation founder Jerry Moyes has returned as the interim CEO of less-than-truckload carrier Central Freight Lines. Plus, XPO has made the decision to split the company into separate businesses, and FreightWaves’ SpaceWaves event focuses on the logistics of space exploration.
Jerry Moyes takes over Central Freight LinesLess-than-truckload carrier Central Freight Lines has reshuffled some...
Determining how government jurisdiction will extend past Earth’s gravitational pull
Who governs space? And how do they get the jurisdiction to govern it?
Those are questions that haven’t quite been answered yet but are at the front of the conversation with commercial space flight on the near horizon.
Alexander Salter hears these questions and more from his students at Texas Tech University, where he teaches economics.
Salter says the existing rules for...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/spacewaves-avoiding-celestial-anarchy-with-video
SpaceWaves: Bank of America’s Ron Epstein talks the true value of the space market
Andrew Cox and Seth Holm wrap up SpaceWaves with a special edition of Great Quarter, Guys.
Keeping the “You care or nah?” segment short Thursday with only four topics, the guys actually care about every single one.
Momentous announced it will be joining the public market by SPAC, making it the second pure play space company to do so.
It currently has no revenue but...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-valuable-is-the-space-market-great-quarter-guys-with-video
Dooner and The Dude learn how carrier DHL will fit into the commercial space world
DHL is one of the largest logistics companies on Earth, and it aims to take its presence into space as well.
Justin Baird is the vice president and head of innovation for the DHL Asia-Pacific sector. He joined Dooner and The Dude to discuss the projected footprint in space.
Baird says DHL produces a two-year research program called a Trend Radar, which...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/spacewaves-dhls-place-in-space-logistics-with-video
Dooner and The Dude learn how keeping orbital space clean is a growing business
What goes up must come down, or so they say; but what happens to the stuff that gets sent into space, orbits the Earth and never comes back?
Dave Fischer, vice president of business development and advanced systems for Astroscale, tells Dooner and The Dude how he is working to give space a clean sweep.
“In the next 10 years you could see tens of thousands...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/spacewaves-cleaning-up-the-junk-in-lower-orbit-with-video
Dooner and The Dude discuss going to the stars with Franklin Chang-Diaz
Many people dream of going to space once in their lives, but Franklin Chang-Diaz has left Earth’s surface seven times in his career as an astronaut.
He answered some questions from a very curious Dooner about what it’s like to have the privilege of leaving the atmosphere.
“Being in space is a total sense of liberation of things that we are...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/spacewaves-seven-trips-out-of-the-atmosphere-with-video
SpaceWaves keynote speaker Mark Wiese answers questions about the role of NASA and private space investment
No one knows how the space market is going to pan out, but three NASA leaders recommend venture capitalists look for opportunities that are commercially viable as well as beneficial to governments.
During the SpaceWaves virtual forum Thursday, Dooner and The Dude chatted about commercial opportunities in space with Mark...
Why artificial intelligence development on Earth matters right now
Krystain Gebis has lofty goals for the use of artificial intelligence when it comes to space exploration.
As the founder of Autobon AI, he has started building a company geared to drive autonomy of cold chain logistics.
This can be relevant to the space industry as the space environment is unforgivingly cold.
Autobon AI is working to automate the terrestrial...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/spacewaves-ai-automation-on-earth-before-space-with-video