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You don't need to be astronaut to go to space ft. Joshua Skurla | Ep 72 | Aleena Dissects
29 Oct 2025
Dissect Channels - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleenadissects/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aleena-gandhi/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/socialmediadissect/ Website: https://www.socialmediadissect.com SERA: https://www.sera.space/ In this episode of Aleena Dissects, we sat down with Joshua Skurla, Co-Founder of SERA, to talk about making space travel accessible to everyone.We discussed the rise of citizen astronauts, how people can earn a seat to go to space, and why India was chosen for a reserved spot on their mission. Joshua also shared what an 11-minute suborbital journey looks like and how such an experience could change our perspective on life on Earth.The episode also explores the growing space economy, open research, and what it means to build a future where space is within reach for all.What we discussed:0:00 - Intro1:53 - What is SERA?3:07 - Why is it important to go to space?8:23 - Media and space10:50 - Orbital vs. suborbital space11:41 - Learning about space15:04 - Sending people to space21:35 - How to enter the contest to go to space24:40 - Opportunities after going to space27:38 - Is space travel expensive?31:33 - Training to go to space33:13 - The risks of going to space37:06 - Earth vs. space42:45 - Conspiracy theories about the moon landing43:35 - Movies vs. space45:27 - SERA’s mission to take people to space48:55 - Outro🎧 Listen To #AleenaDissects On Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/068WQm4eojgG1rajx3l6ZA?si=eed3cf0451ac42b6 Also available on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Gaana | JioSaavn ----------------------------------------------About Aleena Dissects:In the pool of content you see today, it has become extremely difficult to find the content worth spending your time on. Which is why, Social Media Dissect, research and review the advertising and marketing industry to put the best content in front of our community of 3,00,000 followers with a monthly reach of 30 million users. Aleena Dissects by Aleena curates the best thoughts, experiences and lessons by people across the media, entertainment, business, advertising space and more.So Subscribe to this channel because we spent hours researching the content that you should be watching and dissecting content that you should be consuming so you don’t have to!
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