15 episodes
Mission Eve Center for Space Commerce & Finance
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5.0 • 13 Ratings
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The Mission Eve podcast is dedicated to the inspiration and empowerment of the woman who will lead our species to settle new worlds. From a terrestrial perspective, achieving gender parity may be helpful, beneficial, or even profitable, but the space industry has an entirely different problem when it comes to permanent human settlements in space. Settlements (true, sustaining, long-term settlements) will need a minimum of 51% women for biological reasons, among many others.
Currently women only represent 25% of all Aerospace employees, and to date, only 11% of the people who have explored space have been women. At Mission Eve, we believe that the most important contribution we can make to increasing the number of women working, and eventually living in space, is through sharing the journeys of the women who are already doing it. By sharing these stories, we hope that the next generation of women - those who will actually settle new worlds - will find the role models, mentors, and inspiration they need today so that they can be the founders of new human settlements of tomorrow.
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Alana Bartolini
Alana Bartolini is the ISS and International Education Operations Coordinator at Vitrociset for the European Space Agency. In this final episode of Mission Eve, Season 1, learn how growing up amongst the diversity of Canada, her teachers, dance, the unique experience she had at University (and so much more) led to her career in Space with the perfect balance of inspiring students and science.
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Dr. Mary Lynne Dittmar
Dr. Mary Lynne Dittmar is the Coalition for Deep Space Exploration president & CEO. Supportive parents & being part of the Apollo generation fostered her love for space. But it wasn’t until later in her career that she believed she could have a professional impact on the industry. Fast forward to today and she’s one of the most renowned strategic thinkers in Space & a highly regarded technical expert with a boldness you’ll respect, admire & love. Discover how she did it & how she continues to pay it forward.
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Harriet Brettle
Harriet Brettle is a business analyst at Astroscale, a commercial space company dedicated to cleaning up orbital debris. Her journey into the Space industry began when, as a young girl, her dad let her down easy: being a witch was not a viable career option. But she could get excited about the planets, sciences and math, which is just what she did. Discover how Harriet went from graduating from university with a degree in mathematics, to a career in finance, to Outreach Coordinator of the Planetary Society, to that fateful day when she landed a major role as part of the Astroscale team. Harriet's story will make you laugh, feel inspired, and most importantly, remember to never doubt yourself. Space needs Harriet. And space needs you.
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Dr. Tanya Harrison
Dr. Tanya Harrison (aka "Tanya of Mars") is a manager of science programs at Planet. Her undergraduate degree is in Astronomy; her Masters and Ph.D. are in Geology with a specialty in Mars. She's a photographer of both Earth and Mars, a Trekkie, and the youngest member of the National Space Society's Board of Government. She makes space swag, works with "150 other satellites that are adorable", is an advocate for science communications, the disabled, and an all-around awesome role model for women who want to trail-blaze the industry. Follow her journey @TanyaOfMars on Twitter.
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Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides
Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides is the author of "The New Right Stuff: Using Space to Bring Out the Best in You" which shares career hacks to guide tomorrow's Space leaders. She's also the co-creator of the international celebration "Yuri's Night", and a Virgin Galactic astronaut. From her impressive career starting as a NASA astronaut office intern, to conducting safety reviews on the ISS, to her field work in the Arctic (and so much more) there's nothing Loretta can't do, and there's nothing you can't either.
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Sarah Cruddas
Sarah Cruddas is a space journalist, broadcaster, author of the children's book "The Space Race," and host of the Discovery Channel show "CONTACT." She joins us on "Mission Eve" to discuss how space camp inspired her to join the industry, the power of storytelling, and how her career evolved from a reporter at the BBC to her career in space (plus the incredible risk and failure it took to get there). Ladies, as Sarah reminds us, we are all extraordinary. And more than ever, the time is now to take a seat at the table.
Customer Reviews
Amazing Podcast
It’s inspiring. Hearing personal stories about how individual women got into the burgeoning space industry alongside their opinions about the most important current issues within it gives more than a glimpse into this fascinating area of cutting edge technology. It humanizes our struggle as a species to advance - fascinating - especially for an industry onlooker.
Worth Subscribing To
Very good mix of interesting content and practical advice. This podcast is worth subscribing to even if you aren't in the space industry. The host Meagan is fascinating.
Unlike any podcast in the space biz!
Love that this podcast features REAL women who talk about their personal experiences, and offer tips for young professionals and students. Also really unique: its call for professionals IN ADDITION TO ENGINEERS. Space is a business and to succeed it needs professionals that can make a significant and diversified cultural contribution. Well done, Mission Eve! Can’t wait to hear future episodes.