Priyanka Dhopade
@drpriaero.bsky.social
Aerospace Engineer | Research @ Uni of Auckland & Uni of Oxford | 👩🏽🚀 She/her | ssi.org.nz @ssinz.bsky.social
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Exciting day today. Not only is it Halloween, but my crowdfunding campaign is also live! Please support me by making a pledge and/or sharing on all your socials and with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks to everyone offering rewards. You rock! www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
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Support Dr Siouxsie to recover some of the money she spent fighting her legal case to protect employees experiencing online abuse
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October 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Exciting day today. Not only is it Halloween, but my crowdfunding campaign is also live! Please support me by making a pledge and/or sharing on all your socials and with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks to everyone offering rewards. You rock! www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
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To replace the self-fulfilling prophecy that space is “congested, contested and competitive”, we need a new mantra, one that offers solutions: “Communication, cooperation and collaboration”. Check out my Substack this week and say the mantra with me. open.substack.com/pub/spacecit...
Communication, Cooperation and Collaboration in Space
Why these words matter
open.substack.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
To replace the self-fulfilling prophecy that space is “congested, contested and competitive”, we need a new mantra, one that offers solutions: “Communication, cooperation and collaboration”. Check out my Substack this week and say the mantra with me. open.substack.com/pub/spacecit...
Reading this with my 7-month-old 🚀
Told him the astronaut growing plants in space was @sakessans.bsky.social 👩🏼🚀
Told him the astronaut growing plants in space was @sakessans.bsky.social 👩🏼🚀
August 28, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Reading this with my 7-month-old 🚀
Told him the astronaut growing plants in space was @sakessans.bsky.social 👩🏼🚀
Told him the astronaut growing plants in space was @sakessans.bsky.social 👩🏼🚀
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Hey folks - if you missed it at the Writer's Festival #TheCovidResponse is heading back to Auckland. Join Toby Manhire, @siouxsiew.bsky.social and me to hear about the book and what the future holds at Auckland Uni on August 25 from 6pm (doors open at 5.30) www.bwb.co.nz/events/the-c...
'The Covid Response' by Shaun Hendy - BWB Talks, Auckland! - BWB Bridget Williams Books
Bridget Williams Books invites you to a BWB Talk in Auckland with Shaun Hendy in conversation with Siouxsie Wiles and Toby Manhire, discussing hi...
www.bwb.co.nz
August 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Hey folks - if you missed it at the Writer's Festival #TheCovidResponse is heading back to Auckland. Join Toby Manhire, @siouxsiew.bsky.social and me to hear about the book and what the future holds at Auckland Uni on August 25 from 6pm (doors open at 5.30) www.bwb.co.nz/events/the-c...
Happy International Moon Day! 🌕👩🏼🚀
📸 taken with my 🔭
📸 taken with my 🔭
July 20, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Happy International Moon Day! 🌕👩🏼🚀
📸 taken with my 🔭
📸 taken with my 🔭
Spaceportopia now officially has a Wikipedia page! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacepo...
P.s. If you haven't read "Astrotopia" by Mary-Jane Rubenstein, I highly recommend it.
P.s. If you haven't read "Astrotopia" by Mary-Jane Rubenstein, I highly recommend it.
July 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Spaceportopia now officially has a Wikipedia page! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacepo...
P.s. If you haven't read "Astrotopia" by Mary-Jane Rubenstein, I highly recommend it.
P.s. If you haven't read "Astrotopia" by Mary-Jane Rubenstein, I highly recommend it.
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Their comments arise from our latest findings on Aotearoa NZ's aerospace sector and sustainability with @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social & team: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Sustainability within Aotearoa New Zealand’s aerospace sector: current state and implications for the future
Aotearoa New Zealand's rapidly growing aerospace sector is still in its infancy, which presents us with the unique opportunity to incorporate sustainability as a key performance parameter from the ...
www.tandfonline.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Their comments arise from our latest findings on Aotearoa NZ's aerospace sector and sustainability with @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social & team: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Our members @drpriaero.bsky.social and @catherineq.bsky.social quoted in @thespinoff.bsky.social on NZ's MethaneSat involvement:
thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin...
thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin...
What went wrong with MethaneSat – and who should answer for it?
New Zealand’s first publicly funded space mission has ended with a lost satellite and a debate about how we spend our money in space.<br />
thespinoff.co.nz
July 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Our members @drpriaero.bsky.social and @catherineq.bsky.social quoted in @thespinoff.bsky.social on NZ's MethaneSat involvement:
thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin...
thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin...
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Read the latest paper on successful launch site planning co-authored by our lead @drpriaero.bsky.social
🗞 csps.aerospace.org/papers/space...
🗞 csps.aerospace.org/papers/space...
July 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Read the latest paper on successful launch site planning co-authored by our lead @drpriaero.bsky.social
🗞 csps.aerospace.org/papers/space...
🗞 csps.aerospace.org/papers/space...
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Successful spaceports need to work not just for rockets — but for people and places, too.
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Excited to share our latest paper on spaceport site selection, co-authored with the brilliant Karen L. Jones & Dr. Lindsay DeMarchi @ Aerospace Corporation + expert contributors from across the sector.
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Successful spaceports need to work not just for rockets — but for people and places, too.
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Excited to share our latest paper on spaceport site selection, co-authored with the brilliant Karen L. Jones & Dr. Lindsay DeMarchi @ Aerospace Corporation + expert contributors from across the sector.
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July 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Successful spaceports need to work not just for rockets — but for people and places, too.
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Excited to share our latest paper on spaceport site selection, co-authored with the brilliant Karen L. Jones & Dr. Lindsay DeMarchi @ Aerospace Corporation + expert contributors from across the sector.
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Successful spaceports need to work not just for rockets — but for people and places, too.
🚀🌏
Excited to share our latest paper on spaceport site selection, co-authored with the brilliant Karen L. Jones & Dr. Lindsay DeMarchi @ Aerospace Corporation + expert contributors from across the sector.
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New paper day! In 'Near-future rocket launches could slow ozone recovery', we show that scaling up use of launch vehicles 🚀 has a point where the healing of the ozone layer is affected 🧪🛰️
Open access, free to read & share
Open access, free to read & share
Near-future rocket launches could slow ozone recovery
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - Near-future rocket launches could slow ozone recovery
rdcu.be
June 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
New paper day! In 'Near-future rocket launches could slow ozone recovery', we show that scaling up use of launch vehicles 🚀 has a point where the healing of the ozone layer is affected 🧪🛰️
Open access, free to read & share
Open access, free to read & share
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Exclusive: New Zealand government sued over ‘dangerously inadequate’ emissions reduction plan
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
New Zealand government sued over ‘dangerously inadequate’ emissions reduction plan
Exclusive: In the first legal challenge to the plan, top climate lawyers claim the government relies too heavily on forestry and failed to consult the public
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Exclusive: New Zealand government sued over ‘dangerously inadequate’ emissions reduction plan
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
This was such an interesting project to supervise and I got to work with the best student 😊 Can't wait to see this work published soon. 🛰🚀🌏
Huge congrats to Ronda Geise on completing her Master’s in Mechanical Engineering @UniAuckland! Her futures-focused research analysed global space strategies for sustainability. Now being submitted to Earth System Governance Journal—well done, Ronda! 🚀🌍 #SpaceSustainability #STEM
May 17, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This was such an interesting project to supervise and I got to work with the best student 😊 Can't wait to see this work published soon. 🛰🚀🌏
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Why should NZ care about space sustainability? Our research lead @drpriaero.bsky.social introduces our work in this research impact video commissioned by Uni of Auckland.
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Impact stories | Creating research impact with Dr Priyanka Dhopa
YouTube video by University of Auckland - Website video repository
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March 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Why should NZ care about space sustainability? Our research lead @drpriaero.bsky.social introduces our work in this research impact video commissioned by Uni of Auckland.
youtu.be/gnI8x2UUR1Q?...
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The start of a new adventure! With our newest crew member of Spaceship Earth, William, who landed on 28th January 2025 🥳
February 27, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The start of a new adventure! With our newest crew member of Spaceship Earth, William, who landed on 28th January 2025 🥳
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From Ngāi Tahu Kaiwhakahaere Justin Tipa's powerful Waitangi speech: 'When there’s an absence of true leadership, voices that represent comparatively simpler and shallower viewpoints, begin to shine through.'
ngaitahu.iwi.nz/connect-2/co...
ngaitahu.iwi.nz/connect-2/co...
Ngāi Tahu Kaiwhakahaere Justin Tipa Hui Whakaū I Te Tiriti ki Ōnuku Waitangi Day 2025 Commemoration Speech
ngaitahu.iwi.nz
February 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
From Ngāi Tahu Kaiwhakahaere Justin Tipa's powerful Waitangi speech: 'When there’s an absence of true leadership, voices that represent comparatively simpler and shallower viewpoints, begin to shine through.'
ngaitahu.iwi.nz/connect-2/co...
ngaitahu.iwi.nz/connect-2/co...
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Powerful oral submissions opposing the Treaty Principles Bill this morning - listen live: www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
(Don’t want to share the photo of Seymour feat. on the RNZ link... so here's a 2017 kōrero w. Moana Jackson on constitutional transformation www.converge.org.nz/pma/mjdec201...)
(Don’t want to share the photo of Seymour feat. on the RNZ link... so here's a 2017 kōrero w. Moana Jackson on constitutional transformation www.converge.org.nz/pma/mjdec201...)
www.converge.org.nz
January 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Powerful oral submissions opposing the Treaty Principles Bill this morning - listen live: www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
(Don’t want to share the photo of Seymour feat. on the RNZ link... so here's a 2017 kōrero w. Moana Jackson on constitutional transformation www.converge.org.nz/pma/mjdec201...)
(Don’t want to share the photo of Seymour feat. on the RNZ link... so here's a 2017 kōrero w. Moana Jackson on constitutional transformation www.converge.org.nz/pma/mjdec201...)
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Spotlight on our recent analysis: "The intersection of space and sustainability: the need for a transdisciplinary and bi-cultural approach"
Space sustainability is a complex issue, & as we watch burning rocket bodies light up the sky, space debris mitigation tends to dominate the discussion. [1/9]
Space sustainability is a complex issue, & as we watch burning rocket bodies light up the sky, space debris mitigation tends to dominate the discussion. [1/9]
January 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Spotlight on our recent analysis: "The intersection of space and sustainability: the need for a transdisciplinary and bi-cultural approach"
Space sustainability is a complex issue, & as we watch burning rocket bodies light up the sky, space debris mitigation tends to dominate the discussion. [1/9]
Space sustainability is a complex issue, & as we watch burning rocket bodies light up the sky, space debris mitigation tends to dominate the discussion. [1/9]
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We don’t need better stories. We need to be humble. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The effect of seeing scientists as intellectually humble on trust in scientists and their research - Nature Human Behaviour
Across five pre-registered studies, Koetke et al. find that perceptions of scientists’ intellectual humility positively affect the perceived trustworthiness of scientists and their research.
www.nature.com
January 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Comfort watching Contact 🌌🛸
Poet Jodie Foster GIF
Alt: Jodie Foster in the film Contact looking to outer space while saying "It's so beautiful. They should've sent a poet."
media.tenor.com
January 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Comfort watching Contact 🌌🛸
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'In 1956, the National Science Foundation even published an article with the title: “Women are NOT for Engineering.” 🧪
Pearl Young, the first woman to work in a technical role at NASA, overcame barriers and ‘raised hell’ − her legacy continues today
Many of her male colleagues believed Pearl Young had an attitude problem based on her efforts to advocate for herself and her team.
theconversation.com
January 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
'In 1956, the National Science Foundation even published an article with the title: “Women are NOT for Engineering.” 🧪
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Welcome to the Sustainable Space Initiative! We are a multidisciplinary research initiative, formed in 2022, hosted by the University of Auckland.
Our work takes a holistic approach to space sustainability across four main areas: systems thinking, policy, public engagement and technical solutions.
Our work takes a holistic approach to space sustainability across four main areas: systems thinking, policy, public engagement and technical solutions.
January 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Welcome to the Sustainable Space Initiative! We are a multidisciplinary research initiative, formed in 2022, hosted by the University of Auckland.
Our work takes a holistic approach to space sustainability across four main areas: systems thinking, policy, public engagement and technical solutions.
Our work takes a holistic approach to space sustainability across four main areas: systems thinking, policy, public engagement and technical solutions.
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Submissions for the Regulatory Standards Bill close at 11.59pm TONIGHT, friends. Have you made a submission? Here are some tips / useful resources - the @etangata.bsky.social article below is a great start too #kikorangi
It’s also important to make 2 submissions one on the Treaty bill AND one also on the Regulatory stds bill- it’s hard to defend regulations- no one likes them so this again sounds beguiling: why not remove red tape? Because it defends NZ democracy & Indigenous rights e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
The ‘dangerous’ bill flying under the radar | E-Tangata
“Individually or together, these two bills would entrench libertarian preferences in New Zealand’s constitutional framework. They would also obstruct the consideration of Te Tiriti in future lawmaking...
e-tangata.co.nz
January 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Submissions for the Regulatory Standards Bill close at 11.59pm TONIGHT, friends. Have you made a submission? Here are some tips / useful resources - the @etangata.bsky.social article below is a great start too #kikorangi
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This is a long, in-depth read into the troubling issues that have emerged in an extreme environment here on Earth: Antarctica.
Issues that require resolution, and a huge shift in behaviours/cultures.
Imagine wanting to send people to Mars (even for exploration) without resolving these issues. 🔭🧪
Issues that require resolution, and a huge shift in behaviours/cultures.
Imagine wanting to send people to Mars (even for exploration) without resolving these issues. 🔭🧪
Jane Willenbring was the first to blow the whistle on sexual harassment and assault in Antarctica. Years later, women are still coming forward with tales of horror as a government investigation unfolds.
These Women Came to Antarctica for Science. Then the Predators Emerged
Jane Willenbring was the first to blow the whistle on sexual harassment and assault in Antarctica. Years later, women are still coming forward with tales of horror as a government investigation…
buff.ly
December 29, 2024 at 10:09 PM
This is a long, in-depth read into the troubling issues that have emerged in an extreme environment here on Earth: Antarctica.
Issues that require resolution, and a huge shift in behaviours/cultures.
Imagine wanting to send people to Mars (even for exploration) without resolving these issues. 🔭🧪
Issues that require resolution, and a huge shift in behaviours/cultures.
Imagine wanting to send people to Mars (even for exploration) without resolving these issues. 🔭🧪
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Good piece by @natureportfolio.bsky.social. The erosion of thinking time—driven by admin, bureaucracy, industry agendas, and unrealistic output targets—stifles curiosity-led science. These pressures undermine innovation and the intellectual freedom vital for real progress. 🧪🌱🌍 #ScienceIsNotBusiness
December 26, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Good piece by @natureportfolio.bsky.social. The erosion of thinking time—driven by admin, bureaucracy, industry agendas, and unrealistic output targets—stifles curiosity-led science. These pressures undermine innovation and the intellectual freedom vital for real progress. 🧪🌱🌍 #ScienceIsNotBusiness