In this episode of Science Sisters, Richard Ghail (professor at Royal Holloway, University of London) and I talk about the new space mission EnVision to Venus on which Rich is the lead scientist. How do you start with planning a space mission? How do you actually make sure that it gets flown? How big is the team? How long does this process take? In answering these questions, we particularly look at how you can effectively manage a large, interdisciplinary team and what constitutes a good leader. Also, we talk about the ridiculous notion of Venus being a female planet and wonder if there could be life on Venus...

(Don't!) Stalk Rich: https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/richard-ghail(a2ddf183-a73b-473b-af37-9532b6063b6f).html

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Resources*: EnVision website: https://envisionvenus.eu/envision/

• Note: very incomplete. These are just some suggestions for starting points.

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Secret paper: Wirp et al., 2021 (Frontiers): 3D Linked Subduction, Dynamic Rupture, Tsunami, and Inundation Modeling: Dynamic Effects of Supershear and Tsunami Earthquakes, Hypocenter Location, and Shallow Fault Slip https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.626844

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