{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Space Stakes: The Business of the New Space Race","title":"Space’s Freedom Proclamation Meets the Funding Question — November 4, 2026","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":693,"description":"Today’s episode looks at the difference between declaring American space ambitions and funding the missions behind them. We also cover a supplier conflict raised by Globalstar, an AT&T–AST network handoff test and Sceye’s agreement with SoftBank.\nThe American Declaration of Freedom in Space — The White House\nGlobalstar Questions Supplier Relationship With Rocket Lab When Iridium Acquisition Closes — Via Satellite\nAT&T and AST SpaceMobile Demonstrate Handoff Between Cellular, D2D Networks — Via Satellite\nExclusive: Sceye Signs Deal to Fly HAPS Fleet for SoftBank — Payload\nStatement on Starlink-like systems — @ZelenskyyUa on X\nChapters\n00:00 Today's headlines\n00:44 Rocket Lab's supplier role, FCC review\n02:18 AT&T and AST SpaceMobile phone handoff test\n03:39 SoftBank Sceye airship fleet over Japan\n05:05 Germany building its own system too\n05:43 Trump's space proclamation and its limits\n08:10 Proclamation sets goals but no funding yet\nSource links\n@ddiamond on X\nSpace Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.\nFollow Space Stakes: subscribe on YouTube · Apple Podcasts · Spotify\nMore from Brian Lampert: Quickly Quantum, the daily quantum computing briefing, and Concrete Compute, the daily AI infrastructure briefing. Transcripts and every episode: space-stakes.kngoworld.chatgpt.site.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/nyaLFXa2ttfx9M9mPzUM3GElEJH7pfmkmAcNiSR-ELQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mZGY1/NTM1MDE3MTIwNjMx/ZDJhOGJmOGM4OGZl/ODFhOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}