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Interesting-Ad7020 t1_jaelpky wrote

Would recomend the books An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by astronaut chris hadfield and Endurance by Scott Kelly. Since you are from Europe I would recommend visiting ESA’s web page. Also there are great podcast like “off nominal” and “the space above us”. Last I would check out the polish space agency and see if they have any events planed.

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Drotkowski OP t1_jaemsga wrote

Thank you very much, I heard about Mr. Hermaszewski. Unfortunately Poland doesn't really have space agency, but I will definitely check the books and podcasts. I can't believe how fascinating our Universe is.

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Bipogram t1_jaenctt wrote

No agency as such, but a great many skilled workers and companies.

One instrument I worked on in the 90s had a crucial element (four titanium wires as thin as hairs stretched across a gap of 50mm, and all that inside thin-walled titanium cans with walls no thicker than playing cards) that was made in Poland.

<TIL: the first head of Polsa, Prof Banaszkiewicz, is the lead scientist of this very device I'm describing! He's done well!>

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Ape_Togetha_Strong t1_jaes4m6 wrote

Personally, I think the best way to learn about what we know now is to learn about the history of our knowledge of astronomy and space. It's a lot easier to understand why certain things were significant and the train of thought that went into them with historical context.

Check out the book "The Watershed" by Arthur Koestler. The invention of the telescope was a true turning point for our understanding of the universe. Humans were fascinated (and confused) by the sky and the stars and planets for 10s of thousands of years, and then suddenly we could see things like moons orbiting Jupiter, mountains casting shadows on the moon, and crescent lighting on Venus. Everything became more real and tangible and open to scientific exploration, and really helped push people towards the idea that we are not the center of the universe.

Astronomy really was the spark for the scientific revolution.

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Bitter_Gur931 t1_jaetj1h wrote

On this line I'm completely obsessed with the youtube channel History of the Universe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtRFmSyL4fSLQkn-wMqlmdA

I'm very much a layman, but they're really fantastic long form videos and part of what makes them so engaging is they cover not just our current models and theories, but the evolution of those models and the stories of the scientists that made the discoveries. Top-notch content all around and for all the research involved they put out new videos pretty frequently too.

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stewake t1_jaeuj8d wrote

Some American shows that are amazing 😍

  • Cosmos (Neil Tyson)
  • The Universe (Morgan Freeman)
  • Strange Rock (Will Smith)
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_Hexagon__ t1_jaf19xf wrote

Youtuber Scott Manley and Everyday Astronaut for fun and interesting lessons on space, rockets and how it all works. The video game Kerbal space program for a fun and refreshing way to learn complicated things like orbital rendezvous or interplanetary missions in an easy and fun way. Books like "Carrying the fire" by Michael Collins or "Failure is not an option" by Gene Kranz to learn about the space race, the life of an astronaut and the Apollo program. TV shows like "From the earth to the moon" from HBO, "For all mankind" from appleTV and movies like Apollo 13 and First Man.

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