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Space Writer at ; former freelance writer & astrophysicist; former pres.; Muppets fan; Ramin’s Space newsletter:

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  1. 16 hours ago

    Well put. I feel the same way about my own space stories and reporting.

    4/ My job is to tell thoughtful, fair, and sometimes critical stories—and yes, takes, which are always grounded in actual reporting—on my beat. It is not to write free PR, whether for a space company or a space telescope.
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    22 hours ago

    a long one but good one by

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    22 hours ago

    “Decolonising space exploration is meaningless without decolonising Earth.” Happy to contribute to this must-read essay by in .

    We need a more egalitarian approach to space exploration
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    23 hours ago

    Is our society committed to finding the healthy, sustainable ways to expand human space activity? Read the article by in as I & other leaders share visions and concerns on “Decolonizing the cosmos”

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  5. Nov 12

    ICYMI, Hubble's hardware has been glitching, but NASA engineers hope the iconic space telescope will make a full recovery. Here's my latest story for WIRED!

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  6. Nov 12

    This doesn't sound good for the research hospital supported & promoted by SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission.

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  7. Nov 12

    I'm proud to share this opus I wrote for ! My essay's about colonialism in space and what we need to do to move toward a more egalitarian space exploration. It's the last piece I wrote before moving to WIRED.

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    We need a more egalitarian approach to space exploration

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  9. Nov 11

    If you're a map nerd, you'll love these resources.

    By 2050, 68% of the world population will live in urban areas🏙️🌆 The newly released / World Settlement Footprint dataset shows us how our cities look from space and how they have evolved over time: 📽️ urban evolution 1985-2015
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  10. Nov 11

    Apparently he had a wide range of things to say at this event.

    Big surprise! Jeff Bezos is part of the Ignatius event at the National Cathedral tonight. Bill Nelson is joining virtualy (and on tape) bc of upcoming Crew-3 launch, but Bezos is there along with the others.
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  11. Nov 11

    This is Jeff Bezos's vision: "Millions of people will move from earth to space over time, and that’s the vision of Blue Origin – millions of people living and working in space ... colonies. They may visit the Earth the way you might visit Yellowstone National Park."

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    Nov 10

    “In my opinion we need to democratize manufacturing the vaccines moving forward,” shared during , noting the need to get ahead of new diseases before they spread out of control. Watch the full conversation right here:

    RE:WIRED 2021: Dr. Nahid Bhadelia on Vaccine Distribution
    Dr. Nahid Bhadelia explores why vaccines haven’t always been getting to where they need to go during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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  13. Nov 10

    Good point by : Americans are more ambivalent about space travel than they were in the 1960s. NASA remains overwhelmingly popular, but it's the agency's climate science and efforts to stop killer asteroids that have most support.

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  14. Nov 10

    I totally agree with this opinion piece by . And for the record, I've been shouting about paid parental leave for a long time.

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    Nov 10

    The space telescope’s latest hardware problem has kept it offline for two weeks, raising concerns that the decades-old spacecraft is running out of time.

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  16. Nov 10

    Just a reminder that vaccine inequity continues today, with many African and West Asian countries having <1/4 of their populations vaccinated. So while healthy American adults are getting boosters, vulnerable people elsewhere have yet to get a single shot.

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  17. Nov 10

    NASA's leaders finally acknowledged what everybody already knew: Landing astronauts (again) on the moon by 2024, the Trump-era deadline, is totally unrealistic. Great coverage by .

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  18. Nov 10

    tl;dr Hubble Space Telescope is a millennial; it’s been feeling ill lately; but NASA engineers hope it’ll make a full recovery! Here’s my new story for ⁦⁦⁩!

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  19. Nov 9

    Great job by my friend ! She points out that this climate conference is a crucial one, something climate activists are well aware of. At the same time, we’re seeing both signs of vaccine inequity and environmental injustice at the .

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    Don’t get it twisted, is no boring conference. paints a picture of the climate summit’s “wild scene.”
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  20. Nov 9

    He’s making a cheesy smile, but he should be happy: my 5yo son just got his COVID shot! I’m thrilled and relieved too. Fingers crossed my daughter can get vaccinated next year.

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