Space Technology Contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals

Danielle Wood, PhD Assistant Professor, MIT Media Lab Director, Space Enabled Research Group

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Inspiration Space from Satellite Technology Research & Communication Transfer Education

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Space Enabled applies the six Research Methods and the six Space Technologies in collaborative projects with organizations at four levels

Multilateral Organizations

National Governments

Regional and City Governments

Universities, non-profits and companies

Advancing justice in Earth's complex systems using designs enabled by space Space Enabled employs six research methods in support of the Sustainable Development Goals

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Complex Data Systems Satellite Science Modeling Engineering

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Data Science Art

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Complex Systems Modeling

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