29 June 2019
Episode 4
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Fourth in a five-part series from Zürich’s Starmus festival. Nasa astronaut Nicole Stott tells us about painting the first watercolour in orbit and Kaspersky’s Marco Preuss discusses protecting computer systems in space.
29 June 2019
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Former Nasa astronaut Nicole Stott discusses the challenge of communicating her experiences of space and why she founded the Space for Art Foundation.
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Like other computer systems, spaceships and satellites are prone to cyber attacks. Marco Preuss tell us how to protect them.
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