
The future of space travel is the future of spacesuits
Inhabiting space stations, moving around the outside of spaceships or colonizing planets is, in part, a textile problem.
Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Harvard-MIT Health, Sciences, and Technology MIT
Dava Newman, served as Deputy Administrator of NASA in the Obama administration, from May 2015 through January 2017. Dava’s research includes space flight experiments, ground-based simulations, mathematical modeling, and field analogs. Some recent projects focus on advanced planetary space suit design, dynamics and control of astronaut motion, Earth systems for ocean and climate impact, and policy analysis.
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Inhabiting space stations, moving around the outside of spaceships or colonizing planets is, in part, a textile problem.
The expert advocates for a radical change in math education: less manual calculation, more computational thinking, and real-world connection.
If we can understand the brain, we will be able to address diseases and disorders that have so far eluded us.
Low Earth orbit (LEO) offers unique microgravity opportunities for research and technology advancement, as well as for developing new drugs through future space projects.