Hello hello hello and welcome to talk nerdy it's Monday May 1st and I'm your host

Kara Santa Maria and this week I talked to one of the coolest chicks I think I've ever

had on the show Ariel Ariel Waldman, but before we jump

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All right, I'm super excited about this week's guest.

Her name is Ariel Waldman. She sits on the

Council for NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts. She is the co-author of a

National Academy of Sciences report on the future of human spaceflight. She's the author of the book

What's it Like in Space? Stories for Astronauts who have been there. She's also the

founder of SpaceHac.org and the Global Director of science hack day and we're going to

dive into all of that, dive and jive I suppose it's kind of a weird hybrid way to

say that we're going to dive into all of that right now on the show. So without any further ado, here

she is Ariel Waldman. Well Ariel, thank you so much for joining me today.

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