Podcaster: Ralph, Paul & Jenni
Title : Awesome Astronomy Extra: Libby Jackson & The UK Space Agency
Organization: Awesome Astronomy
Link : www.awesomeastronomy.com
Description: In this podcast extra episode we’re talking to Libby Jackson, physicist and engineer who is the Manager of Human Spaceflight and Microgravity at the UK Space Agency and was a European ISS flight controller and the spokesperson for Tim Peake’s spaceflight. In this interview we discuss:
- Being weightless
- The value of space research to everyday life
- Following your dreams
- Her new book: A Galaxy of Her Own
- Forgotten heroines of the world’s space programmes
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