NZ Aerospace Summit 2024

Space Café WebTalk Recap: “33 minutes with Carla Sharpe”

Photo courtesy of the author.

This week’s Space Café WebTalk took place on 14 April 2020, featuring Carla Sharpe, Business Manager at SKA South Africa, in conversation with Torsten Kriening, co-publisher of SpaceWatch.Global and COO of ThorGroup GmbH.

Carla talked about her own career trajectory, and she also discussed the variety of space projects in Africa and her Foundation for Space Development, Women in Aerospace Africa and  Africa2Moon, a low cost solution for performing radio astronomy on the far side of the Moon.

Following her remarks, the online audience had the opportunity to ask questions of Carla.  

The Space Café WebTalks series is SpaceWatch.Global’s new webinar platform featuring global space experts.

You can view Carlas slides at 200414_SpaceCafeWT_CarlaSharpe

The complete video can be seen here:

Check Also

Rocket Lab electron vehicle. Credit Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab Set to Launch Kinéis’ Second of Five Missions

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has set the launch window for its 53rd Electron Launch which will be the second of five dedicated launches for the French company Kinéis. The ‘Kinéis Killed the RadIOT Star’ mission will tentatively launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand during a 14-day launch window that opens on September 17, 2024, NZST.