Virginia Tech researcher questions sending more humans to space
October 01, 2024
October 01, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 1 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
Houston stop the countdown.
The space industry is accelerating deeper into the cosmos. But a researcher at Virginia Tech wants to hit the brakes and recalibrate.
An outer space anthropologist and doctoral student at Virginia Tech, Savannah Mandel's core argument is that space exploration is an extension of humanity as it exists, rather than an escape from planetary problems.
Houston stop the countdown.
The space industry is accelerating deeper into the cosmos. But a researcher at Virginia Tech wants to hit the brakes and recalibrate.
An outer space anthropologist and doctoral student at Virginia Tech, Savannah Mandel's core argument is that space exploration is an extension of humanity as it exists, rather than an escape from planetary problems.