Featured Guests Bios:

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Martina Dimoska: Martina Dimoska is an awarded published research scholar, an engineer, and a pioneering figure in space exploration nationally, regionally, and internationally. She is the first Macedonian and female Balkan analog astronaut, serving as a commander on Lunares' M08 SELENE, serving on ESA-funded ICEE. Space and Astroland Interplanetary Agency APICES and NASA supported UND ILMAH 14. She is a Senior NASTAR Ambassador with Suborbital Space Flight Certification.

Martina is an Internationally recognized Space Pioneer by many distinguished programs, organizations, and entities such as Forbes, Bloomberg Adria, Huffington Post, UNDP, UN, UN Women, EU (Europe House), OSCE, and  many notable others.

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Eiman Jahangir: I was born in Iran and moved to Nashville, TN at age four. I have been fascinated with space and medicine since I was a child and pursued a career in medicine and space exploration. I earned Bachelor of Arts at George Washington University and a Medical Doctorate from the University of Tennessee. I then went on to train in Internal Medicine at Boston University Medical Center and a Cardiovascular Fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. I also completed my Master in Public Health.  Currently I am a Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University teaching students and housestaff. Clinically I am a Cardio-oncologist helping manage people who have cardiovascular side effects from cancer treatments. I also continue to do research and have published over 40 peer reviewed manuscripts.
I have pursued his interest in human space flight for over 15 years, including two finalist interviews for NASA's Astronaut Candidate program. I have training in various aspects of space exploration and served as the medical officer for the Inclusion 1 mission at Biosphere2's Space Analog for the Moon and Mars.
I am a Blue Origin Astronaut flying on New Shepard-26 as a member of the MoonDAO community. I am the first commercial physician astronaut, the first Metro Nashville Public School Graduate, and the first man of Persian descent to go to space.

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Karl Aspelund: Karl Aspelund is Associate Director of the Honors Program, Associate Professor of Design at the University of Rhode Island, and Visiting Associate Professor in Ethnology and Museum Studies at the University of Iceland. A Ph.D. in Anthropology and Material Culture at Boston University followed twenty years designing for theater, film, and public art. Karl's work within 100 Year Starship focused on long-duration spaceflight’s textile needs, before expanding to human factors and circular economies in space and Earth. Karl has authored three design textbooks, and his co-authored volume of essays on Icelandic culture-creation was nominated for the 2017 Icelandic Literary Prize.

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Samuel Coniglio is a space futurist, writer, photographer, inventor, and space industry advocate. His new book “Creature Comforts in Space” guides designers to create an enjoyable and sustainable off-world lifestyle onboard next generation space stations.

More about my new book: This is a popular science book about the challenges of living in space and using them as design constraints for better off-world living. Book Synopsis: (94 words / 615 characters) After 50 years of space exploration, off-world living is still like going on an extreme camping trip. Living out there is uncomfortable at best. This book tackles the challenge of Creature Comforts: those hard-to-describe things that make life more enjoyable, have mental health benefits, and are fun! Using the analogy of building a homestead on the high frontier, early space settlers need to develop long term sustainability techniques with limited resources. This book isn't just about making life better beyond our planet; it's a blueprint for enhancing life on Earth through thoughtful, space-inspired design.