Finding Our Place in Space
STUDENT-LED IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
NotesFromOrbit helps high school students explore astrobiology and space exploration through expert interviews, verified opportunities, and practical field guides, created by a student close enough to the journey to explain what getting started really feels like.
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Podcast Interviews Coming Soon
Under Ice, Across Lava, Toward the Moon
Dr. Darlene Lim — Senior Research Scientist at NASA Ames
The First Homes on Mars May Be Grown From Fungus
Dr. Lynn Rothschild — NASA Ames Researcher, Adjunct Professor at Brown and Stanford
The First Harvest Beyond Earth
Dr. Gioia Massa — Project Scientist at NASA Kennedy Space Center
Rylan Patty (me!) and my brother Aidan Patty (Northwestern ‘30 Mechanical Engineering/Astronomy), chasing curiosity before we had words for it. This picture reminds me that exploration and learning should be grounded in fun.
About
As we look toward a future beyond Earth, I’ve become fascinated by the science of what it would actually take to live on another world. How would we grow food, protect the human body, build habitats, and survive in places that were never designed for us? But the deeper question is not really about if we can live beyond Earth but whether we can do it better.
If humanity gets the chance to begin again on the Moon, Mars, or somewhere even further away, will we carry the same habits that damaged parts of our own planet? Or could space exploration force us to rethink how we live, how we use resources, how we treat other environments, and how we define progress? Future generations will live with the consequences of decisions made before us and this podcast explores questions around what kind of future we want to build next.
Finding Our Place in Space is a student-led podcast exploring the future of life beyond Earth through conversations with scientists, researchers, educators, and space thinkers. As a Chabot Space and Science Center Galaxy Explorer and student interested in biology, environmental science, and science communication, I want each episode to connect big space questions back to life here on Earth. From Mars habitats and space nutrition to astrobiology, human health, and the ethics of exploration, this podcast asks: if we reach new worlds, can we become better stewards of them?
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