BlueSciCon Episode 46: Involve me and I learn: Is the future of space exploration crowdfunded?
Guest: Wojciech Gładysz
Topic: Will the future of space exploration be crowd funded?
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BlueSciCon Episode 45: Sniffing Alien Atmospheres: Exoplanet spectrophotometry (from ground-, airborne- and space-based observatories)
Guest: Dr. Daniel Angerhausen
Subject: Sniffing Alien Atmospheres: Exoplanet spectrophotometry (from ground-, airborne- and space-based observatories)
Discussing Astronaut Radiation Health with Engineers
BMSIS Young Scientist Sneha Shirsat visited the College of Engineering in Pune, India (COEP) Astronomy Club to discuss the radiation risks astronauts face on long journeys. Sneha’s engagement was part of her Communications requirements for the BMSIS Young Scientist Program. BMSIS is continuously committed to engaging the public in the wonders of Space Exploration and the Earth System. Our Young Scientist Program continues this tradition by engaging local communities around the world. Read Sneha’s impressions below: As young scientist program […]
Read moreImplications of Radiation Risk for Astronauts
Sneha Shirsat shares her ethics & society case study, which she completed as part of our Young Scientist Program. Humankind is on a fast track to venture out into horizons of the universe. The concept of space missions creates a picture of extraterrestrial travel, trips to Mars and even beyond our solar system. It is important that these technological advances have some ethics embedded in them. Along with factors like duration of space travel, accompanying resources and fuel consumption, it […]
Read moreBlue Marble Space Featured in Inc. Magazine
Inc. magazine recently featured an interview with Sanjoy Som about Blue Marble Space in an article titled “How Space Travel Will Save the World (And the People Living on It).” A tall order indeed, but we are grateful for the support we continually receive from other scientists, educators, and journalists who share our vision of using space exploration to improve our home on Earth. [read the article at Inc.]
Read moreNew Paper: Sovereignty on Mars
Sara Bruhns and Jacob Haqq-Misra recently published a paper titled “A pragmatic approach to sovereignty on Mars” in the journal Space Policy. Sara performed this work during her participation in the BMSIS Young Scientist Program. Below is a short summary of this idea. National space agencies and private corporations have declared plans to send humans to the red planet, with longer-term planets of settlement and resource extraction likely to follow. Such actions may conflict with the Outer Space Treaty, which […]
Read moreSelecting Humans: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Gökçe Senger shares her ethics & society case study, which she completed as part of our Young Scientist Program. The term eugenics is derived from the Greek term Eugene, meaning ‘well-born.’ In 1883, it was first used by Sir Francis Galton, a British scholar and cousin of Charles Darwin1. He realized that high-quality intelligence and abilities were inherited through generations with an efficiency of 20%1. He then theorized that the human population could be improved by selecting individuals with desirable traits and encouraging […]
Read moreBlueSciCon Episode 44: The specialization of the proto-mitochondrion as the respiratory organelle of eukaryotes
Guest: Dr. Sergio Muñoz-Gómez
Subject: The specialization of the proto-mitochondrion as the respiratory organelle of eukaryotes
Space Biology Outreach
BMSIS Young Scientist Mohit Nalavadi visited a high school in San Jose, California for a space biology outreach event. Mohit’s engagement was part of his Communications requirements for the BMSIS Young Scientist Program. BMSIS is continuously committed to engaging the public in the wonders of Space Exploration and the Earth System. Our Young Scientist Program continues this tradition by engaging local communities around the world. Read Mohit’s impressions below: On Thursday April 7th and 15th I went to Alpha […]
Read moreFirst Short Story Collection Released
We are pleased to announce that the first volume of the Blue Marble Space Short Story Collection is now available! This volume, titled Tales From Spaceship Earth, includes stories from six of our scientists and is the first in an ongoing series of science-informed fiction. This collection of stories reflects an intersection of each author’s knowledge of science and vision of the future. These unique perspectives range from the near-term evolution of the space station program, to the beginnings of […]
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