The event is dedicated to those who championed Inclusive Space in Scotland since the early 2000s with the NASA outreach team, now the Scottish Space School at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. At its peak in 2007 ‘NASA in Scotland’ brought 15 NASA Astronauts and Engineers and Russian Cosmonauts to Scotland. They toured the length and breadth of Scotland inspiring 22,000 young Scots. It surely primed and continues to prime our current national enthusiasm in the Scottish Space industry.
Space Café Scotland Angela Mathisand her guests Kenzie Young, fresh from the Scottish Space School this summer, and Mick O’Connor, Programme Director at Prestwick Spaceport – explore the challenges and some local initiatives to achieve inclusion. How to help people feel they can be included in Scotland’s Space journey. That there could be a job in space with their name on it no…