Ariel Waldman
Ariel Waldman | |
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| Ariel Waldman at Inspirefest 2015 in Dublin Ariel Waldman at Inspirefest 2015 in Dublin | |
| Occupation | Author, Antarctic explorer, youtuber, science communicator |
| Notable works | "What's It Like in Space?: Stories from Astronauts Who've Been There" |
| Website | |
| arielwaldman | |
Ariel Waldman is an American NASA advisor, artist, Antarctic explorer, youtuber and author based in San Francisco. She is the global director of the Science Hack Day[1], for which she has been awarded grants from the Sloan Foundation. She is also part of the external council for NIAC[2].
In 2008 she created Spacehack.org, a directory of ways for anyone to participate in space exploration[3]. As such, she has participated as a member of the Committee on Human Spaceflight (part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine) to review the long-term direction of the US human spaceflight program and make recommendations how to make it sustainable over several decades[4].
In 2013, Waldman received an honor from the White House for being a Champion of Change in citizen science[2]. As a YouTuber, she includes in her channel[5] videos about her 2018 journey to Antarctica to research extremophiles, as well space exploration and science popularisation.
Works
- What's It Like in Space?: Stories from Astronauts Who've Been There ISBN 9781452144764 (April 2016), including illustrations by Brian Standeford.
References
- ^ "About Science Hack Day". July 8, 2019.
- ^ a b "NIAC External Council (NEC)". July 8, 2019.
- ^ "About Spacehack.org". July 17, 2019.
- ^ "Ariel Waldman, the Future of Human Spaceflight". July 17, 2019.
- ^ Ariel Waldman's channel on YouTube
External links
- Her TEDx talk: [1]
- Her website: arielwaldman.com