"Space Diplomat" Melissa Fleming interviews Simonetta Di Pippo - Awake at Night

The United Nations of Earth reporting on this issue: ""Space Diplomat" Melissa Fleming interviews Simonetta Di Pippo - Awake at Night"
The topics: “Going to space will become like taking a plane today; working in space, living in space, having a one-week holiday in space.” In this episode of Awake at night, we meet Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs. Trained as an Astrophysicist in her native Italy, Di Pippo was the first female director of the European Space Agency. Since then, her work has been integral in using space for our common wellbeing here on Earth - from monitoring soil and water through meteorological data so farmers can grow healthier crops to tracking climate change using satellites. Simonetta shares her passion for space being preserved as a global common benefiting all humanity and on the importance of ensuring peace in outer space. Listen to Full Episode: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/S4-E1-space-diplomat Screen-shot photo credit: ©UN Information Service Vienna


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