• Question: What would you like be doing in 5 years time?

    Asked by anon-245285 to Sam, Samantha, Nicol, Lori-Ann, Liam, David on 6 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Liam Perera

      Liam Perera answered on 6 Mar 2020:

      Maybe working on a mission to either Europa or Enceladus

    • Photo: Lori-Ann Foley

      Lori-Ann Foley answered on 6 Mar 2020:

      I will have finished my studies, so I would like to be working on something to do with Mars – and maybe be preparing for a trip there myself! 🙂

    • Photo: David Sobral

      David Sobral answered on 6 Mar 2020:

      Using brand new data from the Extremely large telescopes (ELT, 39m in diameter!) and data from the successor of Hubble in space to understand what went on in the very first galaxies, discover and study the first stars and understanding how the very first black holes formed and grew.

      Most of all, I would like to be able to keep following my curiosity, posing questions, and being able to discuss and explore them with creative and positive people to solve some of the most challenging puzzles!

    • Photo: Samantha Faircloth

      Samantha Faircloth answered on 9 Mar 2020:

      The wonderful thing about science is the our understanding of ‘things’ can change almost daily. There is never a dull moment and what you might be doing on one day can be completely different to the next day. As a result, 5 years is a long time in science and what I think I might be doing in a year’s time might be completely unexpected! That said, I would love to be working at the Natural History Museum in London.

    • Photo: Sam Frampton

      Sam Frampton answered on 9 Mar 2020:

      I want to keep working on spacecraft design! Particularly for scientific exploration, I think the challenge of designing spacecraft to explore our solar system is something I want to be involved in for most of my career.

Comments

  • Photo: anon-245993

    anon-245993 commented on :

    Why do you want the 500

    • Photo: Samantha

      Samantha commented on :

      Hi race396paw, I would use the money to buy an enormous 3 meter inflatable Moon to be used at the Open University’s Moon Night 2020 in December! This is an interactive Moon science event where school children (from primary to secondary school) come to learn lots of exciting things about the Moon! A 3 meter Moon would fill most peoples living rooms quite easily and it would have all of the details of the Moon on it e.g. all of the craters and different shades of grey that we can see from Earth! Great fun!

  • Photo: anon-245993

    anon-245993 commented on :

    How old was you when you start science

    • Photo: Samantha

      Samantha commented on :

      I was 29 when I first started to properly study science. I did a distance learning undergraduate degree with the OU whilst I was still working full-time as a money manager! It’s never too late to get into science! 🙂