An Interview with Astronaut Christina Koch

What if… …examining barley seeds in microgravity could help us grow food in space and improve crop growth back on the ground? …sending mice into orbit could teach us how to prevent human bone and muscle loss on Earth? …researching how cells grow in spaceflight could help patients on Earth living with Parkinson’s disease and…

“I’m watching the greatest YouTube series in…ever. This girl – she’s our age – got to meet the CEO of an ice-cream company AND a scientist making burgers of the future and then PICKED ONE to be her life-long mentor! It’s called #FastForwardGirls and you HAVE to see it.” Words that will be spoken by….

What would happen if we used robotics to heat and cool only the occupied areas of a building? Super smart way to reduce energy waste! What if a revolutionary train system could run solely on renewable energy? Um, transportation emissions would go way down!  And what if we could reduce our need for antibiotics, predict wildfires before they…