Crystal Forrester

If you want to know more about my Space journey then check out this great profile piece Professionals Australia have done on me 😀 #SuperstarsofSTEM @DefenceScience @ScienceAU professionalsaustralia.org.au/blog/reachingf…

@OfTheBoards Oohh I love #Flamecraft. I always play as the Pink Fancy Dragon, she is my favourite!!!

If you love #Flamecraft as much as me, here's your chance to win a promo! To enter - follow me, like this post, and comment which dragon you always play as! I will contact winners (1 from each social media platform) 10/9!

WHOOOO! Australia will host the 2025 IAC!! Congratulations to the organising team! Come join us in beautiful Sydney in 2025 & explore the thriving & rapidly growing Space Society!! As well as all the culture, food, drink & landscape Australia has to offer #IAC2022 #IAC2025

Last day of #IAC2022 it has been a fantastic week meeting new people, learning about innovative research and technologies, and getting to know all things Space!!! LETS GO!!

The #IAC2022 is growing every day! Now a record breaking 9000 delegates from 150 countries with 3000 presentations!!! Tonight is definitely the biggest event i've been to at IAC... the Young Professional & International Space Uni @ISUnet & @SGAC night! It is packed!!

Franklin Chang-Diaz... 'You don't want to plan your career on what you see now! You need to plan based on what may be in the Future!' It will be very different in the future for astronauts in government, commercial and tourists withdifferent jobs! #IAC2022

Now for the highlight of every IAC is the Astronaut panel!!! Discussing Training, Accommodation & Operations in Space Reinhold Ewald, André Kuipers @ESA Jay C Buckey, Franklin Chang-Diaz, Janet Kavandi, Michael Lopes-Alegria @NASA Soichi Noguchi @ISAS_JAXA_EN #IAC2022

What skillsets do we need on long term missions e.g. Mars? A. depends on # of astronauts we have... if we only small # then need to be multiskilled, if have lots of people can have specialists. Also depends on the skillset e.g. may need a fully trained Medic. #IAC2022

Even in Space experiments sometimes don't go to plan... Jay C Buckey explains a funny story where they were doing experiments on Rats in space and lost one. They had to go find it and discovered it had floated up into one of the ducts. #IAC2022

@BillNye discusses how to defend Earth.... we need to get people interested and participating. The Planetary Society @exploreplanets provides grants and programs for amateur astronomers to help find and track asteroids. #IAC2022

How do we defend Earth from Asteroids? We are about to find out with an amazing panel at #IAC2022 with @BillNye; Patrick Michael from Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Betsy CONGDON from John Hopkins Uni; and Bhavya Lal from @NASA

Patrick Michel: How do we predict how we can deflect asteroids or how to take samples? We experiment & study the surface & composition of asteroids! We model the asteroids and collisions, but can only model what we know. We get data from experiments like Hyabusa Dart & HERA

Make sure you follow along and watch the DART impact at dart.jhuapl.edu And sign up as a Plantary Defender: dart.jhuapl.edu/Planetary-Defe… The mission will be monitored by Telescopes around the world (including Aus) as well as Hubble and JWST. #IAC2022 @JHUAPL

"Cooperation is key" need to collaborate to ensure we are all on the same page in understanding where satellites are and the risk they pose to us. This includes the in-space early warning NEOMIR which will detect asteroids quickly! Richard Mossi, Planetary Defence @esa #IAC2022

Bhavya Lal explains @NASA's strategy to Defend Eart from Asteroids... . Search, Detect & Track - characterise - Plan & Coordinate - Assess - Mitigate Need to use a range of methods to detect eg IR to detect 'dark' asteroids we can't see in the visible spectrum #IAC2022

Marta Gonçalves, Portugal Space Agency @portugalspace Runs activities including Rocketry competition & other activities including 'Zero G Portugal' gave 31 students opportunity to undertake a parabolic flight to understand how space can help their future careers #IAC2022

How do we inspire the next generation of Space Professionals, scientists and engineers? Come listen to the fantastic Future of Space Outreach panel on now! #Iac2022

Brenan Dew at #IAC2022 outlining some Aussie outreach including the Australian Space Discovery Centre, the @AYAAInc Rockety competition, @UniofAdelaide Rover competition, and an upcoming satellite competition run by the @AusSpaceAgency Learn more: bit.ly/3r7zZjZ

Melissa K Force @Spaceport_NM - Spaceport America's rocketry competition covers all aspects from design, propulsion, payloads, launch/mission execution, and recovery! This year they has 150 teams from 20 nations! learn more: spaceportamericacup.com #IAC2022

Andiswa Mlisa (interim CEO) South African National Space Agency @SANSA7 discussing the many activities including rocketry competition, helping schools start robotics science clubs, and developing programs to encourage those who have not had opportunities before. #IAC2022