Weekly Space Hangout - Dr. Sian Proctor: Geoscientist, Space Artist, & Inspiration4 Astronaut/Mission Pilot

<p class="p1"><a href= "https://youtu.be/lQ0-s-Zsdoc">https://youtu.be/lQ0-s-Zsdoc</a></p> <p class="p1"><em>[I still don’t know why we have audio dropouts. I’m totally baffled. Bandwidth issues, probably, but that’s just a wild arse guess! It’s ones & zeros all the way down! - Rich]</em></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Host:</strong> Fraser Cain ( <a href="https://twitter.com/fcain">@fcain</a> )</span><span class= "s2"><br /></span><span class="s1"><strong>Special Guest:</strong></span> This week we are excited to welcome Dr. Sian Proctor, Inspiration4 Mission Pilot, to the Weekly Space Hangout. On September 16, 2021, the Inspiration4 all-civilian orbital mission to space launched from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A atop a Falcon 9 launch vehicle.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">Dr. Sian Proctor is a geoscientist, explorer, space artist, and astronaut. She is also an analog astronaut and has completed four analog missions including the all-female SENSORIA Mars 2020 mission at the Hawai’i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) Habitat, the NASA funded 4-months Mars mission at HI-SEAS, a 2-weeks Mars mission at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS), and a 2-weeks Moon mission in the LunAres Habitat.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">Through art and Space2inspire (<a href= "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmJRU3kwWm9rbl94MEMtZWVxT1ZXREdmdzhEUXxBQ3Jtc0tuWDNhc0FFM0JBZjkxYmkxNkhpcUstajFZMUpTY2RBVC10SFUzX0hBYWNBQTV4cDJfeERmci1iRl9Mc0FhYzR3SkJKSUNBR25Vb0RZdm5lQkdiVUtjVW53cDlqQXlfVno3LXRtWWZ4dDFqQVItTDhqMA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fmyspace2inspire.com%2F">https://myspace2inspire.com/</a>) Sian encourages people to use their unique, one-of-a-kind strengths, and passion to inspire those within their reach and beyond. Her goal is to help create a Just, Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive space (J.E.D.I. space) for all of humanity as we advance human spaceflight.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">Sian spent 21 years as a professor teaching geol