u/NoPerspective8350

Hiya, I'm in the UK and trying to figure out if ESA accepts Psychology qualifications. This is the criteria on their website:

"Applicants must have a minimum of a Master’s degree from a recognised academic institution in natural sciences (including physical sciences; Earth, atmosphere or ocean sciences; biological sciences), medicine, engineering or mathematics/computer sciences, with at least three years of professional experience after graduation. This could include working in a lab, conducting research in the field or working in a hospital. A PhD or equivalent degree, or additional Master’s degrees in the aforementioned subject areas, are considered an asset."

Psychology is a natural and social science, so is it considered for this? or do they see it as medicine? OR is it not considered at all. Hoping anyone would be able to shed some light on this, I've had very little luck figuring it out :')

(also the qualification I'm about to pursue is BSc Psych, accredited by the BPS)

Hiya, I'm in the UK and trying to figure out if ESA accepts Psychology qualifications. This is the criteria on their website:

"Applicants must have a minimum of a Master’s degree from a recognised academic institution in natural sciences (including physical sciences; Earth, atmosphere or ocean sciences; biological sciences), medicine, engineering or mathematics/computer sciences, with at least three years of professional experience after graduation. This could include working in a lab, conducting research in the field or working in a hospital. A PhD or equivalent degree, or additional Master’s degrees in the aforementioned subject areas, are considered an asset."

Psychology is a natural and social science, so is it considered for this? or do they see it as medicine? OR is it not considered at all. Hoping anyone would be able to shed some light on this, I've had very little luck figuring it out :')

(also the qualification I'm about to pursue is BSc Psych, accredited by the BPS)

So I just found out that the ISS uses UTC time (equivalent to GMT) meaning that for half the year in the UK you could wake up at 6am, and somewhere - spinning around the globe at 17000mph - the astronauts aboard the ISS would be waking up at that same 6am, getting their breakfast, carrying out their morning routine just as we do. The same two minutes you spend brushing your teeth, someone floating in space might be brushing theirs, looking down at the planet itself. Might be just me but I think that's pretty neat!

Hiya all, I decided to post my Artemis 3 crew predictions 12hrs ahead of the announcement! (and also so that if anyone would like to post theirs/contest these they may :D)

Okay so:

Commander - NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson (this is because of her seniority & experience, plus she was scheduled to go on a mission in 2024 but was unable to due to technical problems and therefore is loooong overdue on a mission!)

Pilot - I believe the pilot is going to be JAXA. This is because in the trailer the second astronaut shown lacked an American flag, and given the rank order the Artemis 2 astronauts were placed in I believe this would make them the pilot. I think they'll be JAXA as a CSA astronaut took part in the last mission, and I think that we're more likely to see an ESA astronaut in later Artemis missions as an exchange for the integral part ESA's played the Artemis program technologically.
Yui Kimiya, while the most experienced Pilot, is unlikely to be on this mission due to his recent mission that finished just this January. This makes the other highly qualified astronaut, Onishi Takuya, my top pick (though his last mission was also pretty recent).
(also just a note, if this isn't a pilot but is still a JAXA astronaut I think Kanai Norishige would be a good candidate for a mission specialist- his last mission was in 2018 and I think he'd probably specialist in the life support systems. This could be a later Artemis mission, though.)

Mission specialist 1 - Raja Chari - this decision was pretty simple, I've heard Raja has some really in depth knowledge on lunar landers (making him perfect for this mission) plus his last mission was in 2021 so he's pretty overdue!

Mission specialist 2 - Andre Douglas. As back up astronaut for Artemis 2 he probably has extensive training already and so is a great pick (plus like its his time to shine!). (honestly I actually think that hes more likely to be in a later artemis mission but I've been writing this for 45+ mins so yep) he has extensive experience in engineering

ALSO:
- Andre Douglas and Onishi Takuya have worked together before on spacewalk procedure development
- Takuya has also done training with Stephanie Wilson & has worked together on the ground with Raja Chari
- (it also seems that the four of them have all trained together/at least become acquainted due to the artemis program!)

TLDR: (my predictions)
Commander - Stephanie Wilson
Pilot - Onishi Takuya
Mission Specialist - Raja Chari
Mission Specialist - Andre Douglas

HELLO this is my third time posting this question to yet another subreddit (when did reddit get so hard to use? 🥲)

So I recently played this game (which was SO good!) called Project Hercules - its an educational game that teaches you astronomy and how to do things like basic photometry? I really enjoyed this but its not really related to anything I do in real life, and I don't own the materials to do this by myself. Is there any way that I can do this in real life? like volunteer to figure out the distance and heat or classification of stars - or do something online using pre-existing data that just needs to be sorted. Might be a silly question but I thought it might be worth asking

Hi! So I recently played this game (which I will be playing again because it was soo good!) called project Hercules - its an educational game that teaches you astronomy and how to do things like basic photometry. I really enjoyed this but its not really related to anything I do in real life, and I don't own the materials to do this. Is there any way that I can do this in real life? like volunteer to do this or do it online using pre-existing data that just needs to be sorted or something. Probably a silly question but I thought it might be worth asking?