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Virginia Tech researcher questions sending more humans to space

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Savannah Mandel is an outer space anthropologist and doctoral student at Virginia Tech .

She worked in the commercial space industry and conducted fieldwork at Spaceport America .

She recently channeled her work into her first book, “ Ground Control: An Argument for the End of Human Space Exploration” Mandel wants systemic change in the industry before humans go to space.

Anthropologist: We should focus on creating a sustainable planet, managing climate change, and achieving a better living situation on Earth instead of striving for more or better elsewhere.

Social scientists should be telling the public about the work social scientists are doing in space, technology, and science.

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