Melissa LaBarbera

I'm an Aerospace Engineer interested in getting us back to space and keeping us there.

[Melissa LaBarbera @melissaschaffer]

@SexyCongress Gross. It is not okay that this site exists. People get judged enough by their looks when they're trying to do a job.

[Melissa LaBarbera @melissaschaffer]

Fantastic article about the possibility of extra-terrestrial intelligence: http://t.co/g7EeW7nw10

[Melissa LaBarbera @melissaschaffer]

Lovely. http://t.co/l6PEIf0nfx

[Melissa LaBarbera @melissaschaffer]

"NASA Awards Contract for Next Generation Electric Propulsion Components" Congrats @ZINTechnologies! http://t.co/6iit5QlXyK

[Melissa LaBarbera @melissaschaffer]

"Stop looking for happiness...go find 'the Hitler' inside of ourselves and...wrestle him to the ground." @aasif http://t.co/vbh7rkoirk

[Melissa LaBarbera @melissaschaffer]

All truth passes through 3 stages. 1. Ridiculed. 2. Violently opposed. 3. Accepted as being self-evident. - Arthur Schopenhauer, twittified

[Rizen Creative @rizencreative]

"Culture eats strategy for breakfast" #WomensBusinessSymposium

[Melissa LaBarbera @melissaschaffer]

Great article about the errors we make when talking about science. http://t.co/71G6DpO7vD

[Melissa LaBarbera @melissaschaffer]

I somehow didn't know that science or engineering would be male-dominated until I was 16. I think I probably benefited from that fact.

[Melissa LaBarbera @melissaschaffer]

Let's build a survey: if you could ask a thousand women that have a career in STEM one question, what would it be?

[Melissa LaBarbera @melissaschaffer]

#spacesammich http://t.co/xPkBeHoNw1

[Melissa LaBarbera @melissaschaffer]

Space Invaders on ISS! #spaceart http://t.co/LtKNdwOlt4

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Happy Birthday Wernher von Braun, 1 of the fathers of rocket science, Saturn V architect & SpaceX conf room namesake

[Megan Amram @meganamram]

Does this optic nerve make me look?

[Melissa LaBarbera @melissaschaffer]

I have been wondering why Ceres photos haven't made the rounds yet @badastronomy http://t.co/ZtYB4TWGBA

[Melissa LaBarbera @melissaschaffer]

: "Flight to Totality: How I Chased the Total Solar Eclipse of 2015 on a Jet" http://t.co/r9jX7KX9SW

[Melissa LaBarbera @melissaschaffer]

A new cup for @astro_Pettit to use on ISS! RT @SPACEdotcom: This Zero Gravity Cocktail Glass http://t.co/nTnZbR0czw

[Melissa LaBarbera @melissaschaffer]

RT @Astro_Ron: Getting close 2 Intl @spaceapps Challenge time again I'll b hanging w/.....@SpaceAppsNYC....http://t.co/SSRRc4DH9k

[Mike Fossum @astro_aggie]

Wow - very cool!
“@fcain: Thierry Legault Captures ISS Transit of the Sun - During Eclipse! - http://t.co/WljyjU0iva”

[Melissa LaBarbera @melissaschaffer]

A prof told me that nothing can be learned from visualizing 5D data. I get the sentiment, but disagree; heres why: http://t.co/zLFbkOuzVC