Mission: AstroAccess is Making Space Accessible for All
The first Mission: AstroAccess flight is paving the way for a truly accessible outer space, including people of all abilities!
The first Mission: AstroAccess flight is paving the way for a truly accessible outer space, including people of all abilities!
We went to SciAccess 2021 — and we have great recommendations to share about how to make your classroom, outreach event, conference presentation and more accessible to all.
We sat down with MIT Professor Sara Seager to ask her about her role in the new asteroid mining venture Planetary Resources, how it might change the field of astronomy, and what your odds are for getting a job there.
A coalition of willing billionaires, spaceflight professionals, and scientific advisors under the banner of Planetary Resources have announced their intention to go out there and mine themselves some asteroids. Are they serious? What’s going to happen? What does it mean for astronomers and planetary scientists? What contributions will the scientific community make, and what data do we stand to gain?