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Rocket lady
Vanessa Clark makes things move. She’s an aerospace engineerLuftfahrtingenieur(in)aerospace engineer and expert for in-space propulsionWeltraumantriebin-space propulsion and power systems. After studying physics and aerospace engineering in her home country, Australia, Clark worked for Airbus and the German Aerospace Centre before moving to the US, in 2015, to join Lockheed Martin in Colorado. There, she worked on projects ranging from military satellites to human space flight.
In 2017, Clark co-found sth.etw. mitgründenco-founded Atomos Space with the goal of making space travel easier and more sustainablenachhaltigsustainable — essentially through ride-sharinghier: gemeinsame Satellitenstarts auf einer Raketeride-sharing. Clark told the website The Executive: “The primary reason for satellites needing to be replaced is not because they break down; it’s because they run out of propellantTreibstoffpropellant.” Atomos has developed “space tugRaumschlepperspace tugs” that take satellites, once they’ve been launch sth.etw. startenlaunched into low orbit, to their final destination. This allows them to save fuelTreibstofffuel and operate longer.
Clark is also working on next-generation technologies that will take humans well beyond earth’s orbit. When she was growing up, Clark says she was too embarrassedverlegenembarrassed to tell people that she wanted to be an astronaut. She may not go to space herself, but she’s making that dream come true for others.