Darshan Vigneswaran

Founder of Spaceinterface - the human side of space tech.

[Darshan Vigneswaran @darshanvv]

Some cheery news before the holidays 🎄 . Michalina Nowakowska will be moving forward into a part time position with Spaceinterface. Michalina has been quietly powering our dissemination for months,
We ❤️ how she describes her new role 🔥 :
https://t.co/CLE2L2dAGF

[Darshan Vigneswaran @darshanvv]

Astronauts don't fly spacecraft! Ground control is in charge. But as exploration takes crews outside of real time communication with earth somebody - or some THING - will have to take the stick. Aiko's agents bring autonomous driving from the streets to the cosmos.

[Darshan Vigneswaran @darshanvv]

A spacecraft that takes off from Schiphol? Yesterday we spoke to one of the contenders for the #stellarlifeaward. Alexander Kopp from POLARIS Spaceplanes, told us: not yet, but its coming. @SpaceTechExpoEU

[Space Tech Expo Europe @SpaceTechExpoEU]

The excitement is building, quite literally! 🏗️

As the stands take shape and the halls transform, the stage is being set for the leading B2B space event.

Register in advance for free: https://t.co/8et546A3SR

[Darshan Vigneswaran @darshanvv]

The history office has so much amazing material to translate the raw energy of a launch sequence into human stories that allow us to step inside and relate

[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

Apollo 12 was struck by lightning twice in the first minute after launch #OTD in 1969, causing a major power outage in the spacecraft

A 24-year-old mission controller named John Aaron proposed a solution that saved the mission: “Try SCE to AUX.”

[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

Apollo 12 was struck by lightning twice in the first minute after launch #OTD in 1969, causing a major power outage in the spacecraft

A 24-year-old mission controller named John Aaron proposed a solution that saved the mission: “Try SCE to AUX.”

[Darshan Vigneswaran @darshanvv]

Ready for Bremen! @SpaceTechExpoEU

[Darshan Vigneswaran @darshanvv]

The roadtest of our StarWalks concept at Noordwijk Space Expo

[EJIR (European Journal of International Relations) @EuroJournIR]

How do foreign policies and transnational projects become resistant to critique?

Read about it in @darshanvv, @SoderbergNora, @NWelfens and @saskiabonjour’s latest EJIR article!

You can find the full publication here: https://t.co/Oy7yh8XT10

[Darshan Vigneswaran @darshanvv]

@anja_franck photos!

[Darshan Vigneswaran @darshanvv]

Not a sea change in British politics but a splintering of the right. I guess I'll take it?

[Darshan Vigneswaran @darshanvv]

@beste_isleyen @UvA_AISSR Loving that Amy is representing AISSR

[Darshan Vigneswaran @darshanvv]

I can promise, Joel is much more than a beard and moustache. Looking forward to having him in Amsterdam! Amazing scholar, super generous with early career scholars.

[Darshan Vigneswaran @darshanvv]

Can't wait for this first opportunity to present some of the work @Enrikevw and I are doing as part of our Decolonising Outer Space project - and in conversation with an amazing artist and author. Should be fun!

[Liza Mügge @LizaMugge]

Still time to register for the 'Democratic Futures' seminar at IAS, June 13th. Organized by @thijs_bol and me https://t.co/hUeNERhscJ

[Liza Mügge @LizaMugge]

Still time to register for the 'Democratic Futures' seminar at IAS, June 13th. Organized by @thijs_bol and me https://t.co/hUeNERhscJ

[BISA - British International Studies Association @MYBISA]

#DidYouMiss we are delighted to announce that #RIS50 is out NOW! 🎉

Featuring articles from:
@martincoward
@h_k_richards
@toni_erskine
@lacy_mark
@Enrikevw
@darshanvv
+ more!

Read the latest issue here 👉 https://t.co/EZAaqkt760
@CUP_PoliSci @TheRealistHom @CianODriscoll79

[RIS @RISjnl]

🎉 Vol 50(3) is out!🎉

"Global Politics: The Next Fifty Years" looks back at the discipline and forward at what is to come.

Articles from:
@BendfeldtLuise
@FionaAdamson
@EnzeHan
@claudia_aradau
@btansel
@Tilley101
& many more!

📚Read Here ➡️ https://t.co/FE5HI2iRSg

[Enrike van Wingerden @Enrikevw]

Over the last two years or so @darshanvv and I have started debating, exploring, and worrying about the colonial and material politics of outer space. In our new @RISjnl piece we lay out why! ⭐️ https://t.co/yRx9H47Z9b

[Natalie Scholz @nataliescholz.bsky.social @NatalieScholz]

Dear @UvA_Amsterdam, who was responsible for the decision to call the police on Monday night? Who is responsible for the decision today?
As a bare minimum, your students and your staff deserve a statement that does not contradict other official sources.

[Harry Pettit 🇱🇧🇵🇸 @HarrygPettit]

A comprehensive little video showing the unbelievable violence unleashed by the @UvA_Amsterdam board on their own students.