# Why the world needs more astronauts

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxManhattanBeach
- Speaker: Sirisha Bandla
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Astronomy and space
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/sirisha_bandla_why_the_world_needs_more_astronauts)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In all of human history, only a select few have ever left our planet’s atmosphere–but with the rise of commercial spaceflight, that’s about to change. Space travel is a growing industry with a burning question: who gets to go? Sirisha Bandla, an aeronautical engineer and the fourth person of Indian descent to travel to space, shares why space should be for everyone.

## Lectures

1. [Why the world needs more astronauts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/sirisha_bandla_why_the_world_needs_more_astronauts/a05d394a9b8a), 11 min (TED's player)