“This Week In Space” podcast: Episode 124 – Space for all
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In episode 124 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk to Czarina Salido about the underrepresentation of women in STEM fields.
Salido, a physics graduate of mixed Mexican and Native American descent, founded Taking Up Space in 2014. This nonprofit aims to address the underrepresentation of women, particularly Native American girls, in STEM fields. Based near Tucson, the organization provides mentoring, tutoring and space camp scholarships to underprivileged girls on a nearby reservation.
Salido’s initiative has gained recognition in the STEM community and inspired similar efforts across the country. Join us as we discuss the challenges and successes of her work in this episode of This Week in Space!
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About “This Week In Space”
This Week in Space is about the new space age. Every Friday we dive deep into a fascinating topic. What’s happening with the new race to the moon and other planets? When will SpaceX really send people to Mars?
Join Space.com’s Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik as they answer these questions and more every Friday afternoon. You can subscribe today on your favorite podcatcher.
Rod Pyle is an author, journalist, television producer and editor-in-chief of Ad Astra Magazine. He has written 18 books on space history, exploration and development, including Space 2.0, Innovation the NASA way, Interplanetary robots, Blueprint for a battle star, Amazing stories from the space age, First on the moonAnd Destination Mars
In a previous life, Rod produced numerous documentaries and short films for The History Channel, Discovery Communications and Disney. He also worked on visual effects for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the Battlestar Galactica Reboot and various sci-fi TV pilots. Most recently, he appeared in the NatGeo documentary about Tom Wolfe’s iconic book The right stuff.
Tariq Malik has been editor-in-chief of Space.com since 2019 and is responsible for Space.com’s editorial vision. He has been covering space news and science for 18 years. He joined the Space.com team in 2001, first as an intern and soon after as a full-time space reporter covering human spaceflight, exploration, astronomy and the night sky. He became managing editor of Space.com in 2009. As an on-air talent, he has presented space stories on CNN, Fox News, NPR and more.
Tariq is an Eagle Scout (yes, he earned the Space Exploration Merit Badge), Space Camp veteran (four times as a child, once as an adult), and has taken the ultimate “puke comet” flight while covering fires in zero gravity. Before joining Space.com, he was a staff reporter for the Los Angeles Times, covering urban and education issues. He holds degrees in journalism from the University of Southern California and New York University.
