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How does space exploration and development impact progress towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals?
The aerospace industry has historically neglected the environmental and social impacts of space technologies. This comes with tremendous risk for humanity, as the industry seems primed to expand at an exponential rate. There is a complex network of agents necessary to coordinate on driving change, including governmental, corporate and technical actors. SESD focuses on research that can be practically implemented by the aerospace industry and aerospace engineers, and the Space for Humans YouTube channel seeks to expand the audience for that research so that these issues can be better understood and considered by all the actors necessary to drive societal change.
Status
Active
Category
Research and science | Policy and business
Environment
Earth
Contact
Eric Stribling
Interim Lab Director and Assistant Teaching Professor
Interplanetary Initiative
Key accomplishments
- The Ars Electronica Festival Director invited members of the team to display at their Interplanetary VR Sustainable Futures exhibition in Linz, Austria.
- VR exhibit featured in the ESPRONCEDA – Institute of Art & Culture “Digital Awareness Exhibition: From Education to Social Impact and Human Identity,” June 10 – June 18, 2022, in Barcelona, Spain.
- “Space Exploration and Sustainable Development” at the IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society 2022 (ISTAS22), Nov. 10-12, 2022.
- Presented a paper titled, “From Apollo to Artemis: A product archeology study of gender-inclusive technologies for human spaceflight” at the Society for Social Studies of Science Conference from Nov. 8-11, 2023 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Presented their CSR framework at the “Responsible Space. A Nexus” event in Washington D.C. on Feb. 20, 2024.
I wanted to be a part of this project because it was a great opportunity to learn more about transformative space technology and share it in a creative way.
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