LaunchPad talks are like ‘TED-talks’ for space, and consist of brief 7-minute, high-level and engaging talks on novel and innovative work in space exploration and development today, and are geared towards a general space audience. A fixture of ISDC since 2015, the LaunchPad has attracted an impressive array of speakers and projects in previous years, from astronauts to entrepreneurs to moonshot ideas.

Session Chair Dr. Pandya completed scientist-astronaut training with Project PoSSUM and tested the first commercial spacesuit in microgravity. She is also a physician, entrepreneur, motivational speaker and university lecturer on technology and innovation.