Jul 9, 2026 · 40 min · 11 segments
In this episode of the Space Minds podcast, David Ariosto talks with Victoria Coleman, the former chief scientist for the U.S. Air Force who now serves as associate provost of the Berkeley Air & Space…
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David AriostoHostThis is Space Minds from Space News.
In this episode of the Space Minds podcast, David Ariostel talks with Victoria Coleman, the former chief scientist for the U.S. Air Force, who now serves as associate provost of the Berkeley Air and Space Center at the University of California, Berkeley.
They discuss how space represents the convergence of disparate scientific fields such as computing, AI, physics, and materials, combined with humans' inherent curiosity about exploration.
They also talk about operationalizing and disrupting new space technologies, and what it takes to maintain a symmetry in military technologies.
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This is Space Minds from Space News.
In this episode of the Space Minds podcast, David Ariostel talks with Victoria Coleman, the former chief scientist for the U.S. Air Force, who now serves as associate provost of the Berkeley Air and Space Center at the University of California, Berkeley.
They discuss how space represents the convergence of disparate scientific fields such as computing, AI, physics, and materials, combined with humans' inherent curiosity about exploration.
They also talk about operationalizing and disrupting new space technologies, and what it takes to maintain a symmetry in military technologies.