February 2019
Chaos and creation – cultural directions for the space industry
... Mark (which spans the duration of the course), explores the concept of an individual’s impact on collective contributions to human culture. It also highlights the role that intention and intuition play in its development. The premise is to work from...
August 2016
Are the days of innovation in global space over - or just beginning?
...as inspiration; while Star-Trek, Star Wars and other Hollywood sci-fi franchises owe outer space an enormous cultural debt. Innovation and inspiration promote technological advance and, in terms of military interventions, are precipitated by war. The...
March 2016
Multi-planet Civilizations in Popular Culture
... universe reminds us that a civilization can defiantly go on, provided it has both the technology and the will to do so. Alderaan culture and its people continued because when their home planet was destroyed, they were elsewhere. In light...
June 2018
Cosmic communications and the anthropology of outer space
... This framing piques anthropologists’ interest because it illustrates how the exploration of space is a rich terrain for human cultural experience. Staggering data The Breakthrough Listen team, led by Andrew Siemion and Dan Wertheimer, analyses radio...
August 2020
Revisiting the Drake Equation - a cultural addendum
... was written by Carl Sagan. About the author Savannah Mandel’s love of science fiction and interest in human culture drove her to combine the two passions into a career as an outer space anthropologist. Previously, she conducted research...
May 2017
Recipe for success on flights to Mars
... always most apparent during mealtimes when the normally jovial atmosphere became tense and quiet. Expression of culture Apart from nutrition, food affects us on so many levels; it’s hard to understate its importance on a mission. Not having enough...
