Review: This is (not) Rocket Science

What will commercial space travel bring? Will there be habitats and biospheres on the Moon and/or Mars, who will be allowed and want to live there? Is some kind of colonization of space imminent? Will we be able to export our collective memory, and if so, what of it? Are we also exporting environmental pollution into space? Who is allowed to research, design, build, co-design and control? Where are the women in space travel? These are some of the questions that the Sparkling Science project “This is (not) Rocket Science!” (under the direction of the Vienna Technical Museum) explored. The results have now been presented at the final presentation.

The event opened with a panel discussion, after which the participating pupils gave insights into their research together with an improvisational theater group. Minister Eva-Maria Holzleitner was present with a video message. In addition, on-site workshops invited visitors to join in and an expedition to Mars inspired many young (and old) space fans.

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