• Question: does your work improve my life

    Asked by anon-246852 to Megan, Katherine, Jesse, Dave, AJ, Amelia on 15 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Dave Constable

      Dave Constable answered on 15 Mar 2020:

      Maybe not directly. It does improve our understanding of the planets in our solar system, and might require changing our knowledge of fundamental physics. Beyond that, it can let us understand how planets are behaving in other solar systems, and if our solar system is unique.

    • Photo: Arjuna James

      Arjuna James answered on 15 Mar 2020:

      Potentially, we’ll have to wait and see.

    • Photo: Megan Maunder

      Megan Maunder answered on 16 Mar 2020:

      Directly, probably not. However, Space Weather is a huge international threat and the long-term applications of work like mine in forecasting, should help mitigate consequences of large events which may have consequences to life.

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