# 255: Jellyfish Are Pretty Badass (Repeat)

- Show: [Embedded.fm](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm)
- Published: 2021-02-12
- Length: 1h 03m
- Episode: 255
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-02-12-255-jellyfish-are-pretty-badass-repeat
- Listen: https://makingembeddedsystems.libsyn.com/255-jellyfish-are-pretty-badass-repeat

## Summary

Ariel Waldman, founder of spacehack.org and global director of Science Hack Day, discusses her journey from graphic design to making science more inclusive and accessible. She explains how Science Hack Day breaks down barriers by allowing scientists, artists, and technologists to prototype together without the pressure of traditional credentialism. Waldman also details her role on the external council for NASA's NIAC program, which funds futuristic, sci-fi-inspired concepts for future space missions, and shares insights on the non-exponential nature of space exploration breakthroughs.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-02-12-255-jellyfish-are-pretty-badass-repeat#t=7) Introduction and Ariel Waldman's Background
- [15:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-02-12-255-jellyfish-are-pretty-badass-repeat#t=918) Breaking Down Barriers in Science and Citizen Science
- [32:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-02-12-255-jellyfish-are-pretty-badass-repeat#t=1972) How Science Hack Day Works and Its Impact
- [51:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-02-12-255-jellyfish-are-pretty-badass-repeat#t=3074) NASA NIAC and the Future of Human Spaceflight

## Topics

- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)
- [Marketing & brand](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/marketing-and-brand)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- spacehack.org (other)
- Science Hack Day (other)
- NASA (company)
- NIAC (other)
- What's It Like in Space? (other)
- Voyager one (other)
- Anousheh Ansari (other)
- Enceladus (other)
- Nautilus (other)

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