Five, four, three, two, one, and lift-off!

Who controls space?

And how does that impact life here on planet Earth?

Is the next military battlefield up in the stars?

And how is space tech already shaping your everyday life,

whether you know it or not.

I'm Mike Greenlee, CEO of MDA Space.

And I'm Mike Massimino, Columbia Engineering Professor and former NASA astronaut.

We're the hosts of Season 2 of Next Giant Leap, a podcast from GZero's Blue Circle Studios and MDA Space.

This season, we're launching back into the space world with conversations with experts on

everything from national security.

Do people really understand this issue?

Absolutely not.

If they fully got it, that their cell phones might not work and their banks would close and aircraft would collide, maybe that would get people's attention.

To space defense. You can't compete with an adversary who's willing to put a thousand military satellites in space. What do we need to do to be able to be responsive or resilient in the face of that threat?

To how orbit could unlock new frontiers in medicine.

There's no flying emergency room in space. So there's a lot of things we have to do in space

that require us to think differently about the delivery of health care.

Four fascinating episodes drop starting July the 10th. Follow next giant leap wherever you get your

podcasts. And get ready for a liftoff.