What Space Skills and Workforce Do We Need to Go “Out There”?
If we want to go to space, we need a skilled workforce to get there. With a growing, global space economy forecast to be $1 trillion by 2030, we need skills and talent to get us “out there.” Without a larger pool of skilled talent to aid exploration, commercial opportunities, and economic growth, our space dreams could be grounded. Hear from an astronaut, a wrench-turning rocketeer, an educator, and a space workforce leader on the skills today’s space race demands and how teachers, internships and companies are working together to achieve liftoff for the space workforce of tomorrow.
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Michael López-Alegría
Axiom Space
Dr. Melissa Patton
Space Foundation
Alison Snyder
Axios
Via Van Liew
The Aerospace Corporation