The document provides career advice and resources for pursuing a career in the space industry. It recommends joining space organizations, attending space events, volunteering with space non-profits, getting hands-on experience through analog missions and hackathons, and provides links to space incubation programs, education opportunities, and do-it-yourself space hardware projects. The overall message is that there are many pathways to a career in the growing space sector and opportunities for people from all backgrounds.

1. Space4Women Show
Space Careers Webinar
6 June 2020
Presentation by Remco Timmermans

2. Careers in Space Webinar
27 May 2020
Presentation by Remco Timmmermans

3. My career observations
• It matters less WHAT diplomas you have, as long as you have them
• Your future job probably does not yet EXIST while you are in school
• Knowledge from your education LOSES 30% of its use every year
• It’s NEVER too late to change a career that doesn’t make you happy
• FUN is the most underrated career objective
• Your career should be about what makes you HAPPY
• If you do what you love, you WON’T WORK a single day in your life
• The magic happens outside your comfort zone – just DO IT

4. My observations regarding careers in Space
• I came for the rockets, I stayed for the PEOPLE
• Space is all about PASSION (less about money)
• Space is one of the most INTERNATIONAL and interdisciplinary
industries in the world
• Space is NOT (just) rocket science
• Space will need THOUSANDS of new people in the next decade
• Space needs people from ALL backgrounds and countries
• Becoming active in space is EASIER than you may think
•There is a place in space for EVERYONE

5. Career tips (1/2)
• Build a space network early:
Join SEDS, SGAC (Space Generation Advisory Council), Women in Aerospace, etc.
• Get in touch with space workers:
Lots of nice people who want to talk to you. Find your mentor! The UNOOSA Space4Women
network!
• The number of countries active in space is growing:
No space organisations in your country? Help build them! Examples: Project Irazu (Costa Rica),
ESTCube (Estonia), MIR-Sat1 (Mauritius)
• Not good at maths? Some niche specialisations in space:
Space Law, Space/STEM communications, Space Data Science, Space Medicine, Space Art, Space
Architecture, etc.
• Attend space events near you (webinars!):
See spaceagenda.com for everything going on. Why not organise your own webinar?
• Transitioning from another industry?
Go back to school and combine your experience with new space knowledge!
The International Space University (ISU) did it for me: www.isunet.edu

6. Career tips (2/2)
• Hackathons are a great entry point for non-space professionals:
See Copernicus Hackathons, NASA Space Apps Challenge, Act In Space, COVID
Challenges
• Have your own idea for a new business in space?
There is a LOT of support at space incubators (e.g. ESA BIC, Copernicus
Incubation) and through competitions
(e.g. Copernicus/Galileo Masters)
• Volunteer in Space and STEM organisations – Make your CV a SPACE CV:
World Space Week, BIS, Space Society, SpaceUp, STEM Ambassadors, SEDS, SGAC,
Solar System Ambassadors, model rocketry clubs, astronomy clubs
• Want to be an astronaut but don’t want to wait to be accepted or go through 10
years of training?
Become an analogue astronaut! Lots of initiatives, including the Austrian Space
Forum, the Mars Society MDRS (Mars Desert Research Station), D-MARS (Desert
Mars Analog Ramon Station), Lunares, etc.

7. Website links for YOUR space career
Organisations to join as (active!) member:
• Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC): spacegeneration.org
• Students for Exploration and Development of Space: seds.org (US)
ukseds.org (UK), sedsindia.org (India), Canada, Singapore, UAE, Turkey
• British Interplanetary Society (BIS): www.bis-space.com
• The Planetary Society: www.planetary.org
• Women in Aerospace: www.womeninaerospace.org
• Women in Aerospace Europe: www.wia-Europe.org

8. Website links for YOUR space career
Analogue Missions:
• OEWF (Austria): www.oewf.org
• MDRS (USA): mdrs.marssociety.org
• D-MARS (Israel): www.d-mars.org
• Lunares (Poland): lunares.space
Developing space nation projects:
• MIR-Sat1 (Mauritius): spacemauritius.com
• Proyecto Irazu (Costa Rica): irazu.acae-ca.org
• ESTCube (Estonia): estcube.eu
• Space in Africa: africanews.space

9. Website links for YOUR space career
Formal Training:
• International Space University (ISU): www.isunet.edu
• International Institute of Air and Space Law: iiasl.aero
Volunteering opportunities:
• Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC): spacegeneration.org
• Students for Exploration and Development of Space: seds.org (US) ukseds.org
(UK), sedsindia.org (India), Canada, Singapore, UAE, Turkey
• World Space Week (global): www.worldspaceweek.org
• British Interplanetary Society (BIS): www.bis-space.com

10. Website links for YOUR space career
Events:
• Space Agenda: www.spaceagenda.com
• SpaceUp Unconferences: www.spaceup.org (organise your own!)
Hackathons:
• NASA Space Apps Challenge: www.spaceappschallenge.org
• Act in Space: actinspace.org
• Copernicus Hackathons: hackathons.copernicus.eu

11. Website links for YOUR space career
Business Incubation (startups):
• ESA Space Solutions: business.esa.int
• ESA BIC network: spacesolutions.esa.int/business-incubation.html
• Copernicus Incubation: copernicus-incubation.eu
• Seraphim Space Camp: spacecamp.vc
• Parsec Accelerator: parsec-accelerator.eu

12. Website links for YOUR space career
Getting your hands dirty (DIY):
• Pocket Qube: www.albaorbital.com
• AmbaSat: ambasat.com
• Open Cosmos OpenKit: www.open-cosmos.com
• UBO Satellite: buildubo.co.uk
• CanSat (ESA): esa.int/Education/CanSat
• CanSat Cometition (AAS-US): cansatcompetition.com