About
How do we become better stewards of “Spaceship Earth”?
Inspired by traditional spacecraft operations centers like NASA’s Mission Control Center at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, we collaborated with MIT and NASA to develop an operations center for “Spaceship Earth” that integrated Earth systems and economic modeling. This Earth science research center tracks the health and status of Earth’s ecological subsystems, enabling collaborative decision-making using both virtual and physical spaces.
Status
Past
Category
Policy and business | Media and public outreach
Environment
Earth
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Key accomplishments
- Developed a virtual reality prototype.
- Conducted initial user testing of the prototype.
- Cited in a World Economic Forum white paper.
- Awarded the Social Impact Award for Southwest Maker Fest.
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