1 Space for Women Defining Career Lessons

Shelli Brunswick

Space Foundation, USA

DOI: 10.1201/9781032679518-2

1.1 Opening Doors and Ensuring Women Walk through Them

The space race began as a logical progression of the eternal quest for advantage over our international rivals that comes from holding the high ground. It has expanded into wondrous achievements of exploration and invention that have transformed our world and our lives. Private enterprise has seized the opportunity and is fueling growth, limited only by the same weakness that threatens the future of innovation: workforce development.

In 2022, “woman” was the word of the year, according to Dictionary.com. We’ve seen it attached to many efforts that place specific emphasis on bringing ...

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