Your Guide to Navigating the Non-Tech Space Job Landscape
Navigating the space sector often conjures images of scientists and engineers at work. However, the industry also heavily relies on a diverse array of non-technical professionals to reach its goals. At weworkinspace.com, we recognize this significance. The space sector extends far beyond just rockets and missions. Legal teams, marketing professionals, financial experts, and many others contribute extensively to its success. Each of these non-tech roles plays an integral part in both the preparation and execution of space initiatives, from regulatory compliance to effective communication strategies. This quick guide intends to shed light on these vital yet often overlooked roles in the space sector per category. Using examples from WeWork space, our goal is to help you explore potential careers and understand that the space industry offers opportunities for all!
Unleashing Africa’s Cosmic Potential: The Rise of Space Exploration on the African Continent
Africa has long been linked with its rich cultural heritage, diversified landscapes, and thriving communities as the cradle of humanity. But underneath its earthly splendour is a celestial story waiting to be told—a story of Africa's unrealized promise in space exploration.
A Busy Decade for Lunar Exploration
Given how busy the next decade will be for lunar exploration, issues related to interoperability, safety, and sustainability will likely need to be addressed and solved for necessity’s sake.
How New Mexico Serves as a Model in the Globalized and Commercialized Space Economy
At the event horizon, a table is set to celebrate an imminent celestial venture. Plates shaped from meteor impacts rest atop vibrant mineral tablemats, while an array of silverware sits poised on rolling dunes of white napkins. Volcanic ranges of clay pottery line the table but a touch away from the shimmering edge of the Milky Way galaxy. This lunar mesa is not a mere table, but the magnificent landscape of a southwest state intertwined with the cosmos since time immemorial. Bienvenidos a Nuevo México, the bridge to space.
Exploring the Impact of Art and Design in Space Science Communication
Visual Voyages: Exploring the Impact of Art and Design in Space Science Communication
‘Sustainable and Low Cost Transportation on the Mars’
Mars is known to have the most suitable geological features and atmospheric conditions for future human spaceflight. Based on the data from orbiters and rovers sent through deep space, Mars has the most active volcanic mountains and the highest impact craters of all the planets. Strong evidence via rover measurements moots that liquid water may have poured across the surface of Mars billions of years ago.
Interview with Niklas Nienaß
In this edition of our Global SGAC Newsletter, we are honoured to feature an exclusive interview with Niklas Nienaß, a prominent figure in the field of space policy and politics. As a distinguished member of the European Parliament representing the German Green Party, Niklas brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table.
Global Satellite Tracking Initiative Gets Academic Institution Recognition in Zimbabwe
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS-Zimbabwe), a club at the Midlands State University (MSU), unveiled a Satellite Ground Station Kit which they received from the Space Generation Advisory Council, at an unboxing ceremony held at the University’s Campus in Zimbabwe on the 16th of June 2022.
The SGAC Alumni Programme Lifts Off!
The SGAC community is fortunate to include a huge number of distinguished alumni and the outstanding power of the SGAC community is clear in forging lasting friendships, inspiring business ideas, as well as launching future career opportunities. Alumni can serve as shining examples of the people that make up the SGAC community. Maintaining communication channels with alumni means SGAC can keep them informed of current achievements and make them part of SGAC’s future, not just its past. Good alumni relations benefit alumni as well as SGAC: by helping SGAC grow, alumni are also enhancing the value of their own SGAC experience.
AWS Space Accelerator (September 2022)
Raleigh Wooldridge met with Alchemist Accelerator Managing Director Rachel Chalmers to discuss AWS’s Space Accelerator. Rachel provided background on the program as well as an overview of companies selected in the 2022 cohort. Most useful to SGAC members, she gave a glimpse into what characteristics startup accelerators, specifically AWS and Alchemist, look for in startup founders. If you want to learn more about the AWS Space Accelerator and potentially submit an application in April 2023, you can find information at the Alchemist website.
