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Our guest today is N2K Networks president Simone Petrella, and we’re chatting about  women in the STEM workforce. A perfect topic for today!
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Selected Reading
Viasat and Rocket Lab Partner to Showcase On-Demand, Low-Latency Data Relay Services for LEO Satellites 
Astra Space, Inc. To Be Taken Private
Japanese private-sector rocket to be launched Saturday | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Space Force reimagines training, operations as conflicts intensify 
VENUS AEROSPACE ROTATING DETONATION ROCKET ENGINE ACHIEVES LONG-DURATION RUN
5800 pounds of batteries tossed off the ISS in 2021 will fall to Earth today | Space 
Atom Bombs in Space Are Back to Scare Us Again
‘Space: The Longest Goodbye’ explores astronauts’ mental health 
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