How does being off Earth impact the concept of self?
Inspired by the Shoah Project and early measurements of sea surface temperatures to track climate change, this project seeks to develop and validate a tool that measures one’s “sense of self”. This indicator will track the transformation of one’s self-perception during off-world experiences. Video interviews will be produced documenting individuals’ sense of self assessments with the goal of launching an archive of evolving self-perceptions in off-world environments.
Key accomplishments
- Coming Soon
Team members
Team leads:
Kari Love
Inga Popovaite
Funding years:
2024-2025
Dr. Inga Popovaitė
Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Social Science Co-lead
Dr. Virginia Kwan
ASU
Psychology Advisor
Jordana Blacksberg
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Advisor
Tracy Drain
Flight Systems Engineer, Jet Propulsion Labortory
Tracy Drain has over 20-years of experience, and has helped to develop, test and operate a variety of robotic spacecraft to explore our Solar System. A life-long learner, she loves encouraging people of all ages to nurture their curiosity and to explore the wonders that science and technology make available to us.
Linda Elkins-Tanton
Vice President
Lindy Elkins-Tanton is the vice president of the Interplanetary Initiative at ASU and Principal Investigator of the NASA Psyche mission. She received her doctorate from MIT in 2002.
Expertise Areas:
Planetary Sciences, Higher and Postsecondary Education