In Episode 40, Quinn & Brian ask: What would take a young woman from art school to NASA... and why might that change everything forever, for everyone, for good?

Our guest is Ariel Waldman, the author of What's It Like in Space? Stories from Astronauts Who've Been There, the founder of Spacehack.org, the global director of Science Hack Day (something she awesomely calls "massively multiplayer science"), and a member of the council for NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts – a program that nurtures radical, science fiction-inspired ideas that could transform future space missions. 

Ariel is helping to build a great new future full of exciting ideas, and she does everything in her power to invite others to collaborate and contribute themselves. She's doing all of the things, and while you don't have to do all of them too, Ariel is an inspiration for all of us to get out there and do SOMETHING! Plus, she is single handedly proving to parents everywhere that you can, in fact, do something with an art degree. 

Trump's Book Club:

• The Psychology of the Internet by Patricia M. Wallace

Links:

• Arielwaldman.com
• Spacehack.org
• Support Ariel on Patreon: patreon.com/arielwaldman
• Twitter: @ArielWaldman
• Instagram: @ArielWaldman
• Participate in Science Hack Day
• Read: What's It Like in Space? Stories from Astronauts Who've Been There
• Watch: youtube.com/arielwaldman
• Learn about Space Probes: spaceprob.es
• Watch: "When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions"

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