Women in Space: Sandra Haeuplik-Meusburger

As a lecturer, she researches and teaches at the Vienna University of Technology and leads the Space course for the Science Academy Lower Austria. Furthermore, she develops individual space and architecture solutions. She also develops individual space and architecture solutions with her team in the office space-craft architecture. Her latest book 'Designing for [Space] Habitability - New solutions for Isolated and Confined Environments' will be published by Springer Verlag this fall.

Häuplik-Meusburger likes to share her knowledge, because knowledge multiplies when it is shared. Doing so is also one of her tips to children and young people who want to follow in her footsteps or are generally interested in a career in the space sector.

Opportunities for careers in this field abound in Austria. "Austria is home to companies that are world leaders, many because of innovative high-tech products." In her work as a teacher and motivator, the architect particularly enjoys guiding her graduates to find their own path and follow it, becoming successful as a result.
She says of herself that it was and is always essential for her work that there is a practical implementation (already during her studies, for example, a concept for a luxury store in Vienna) and at the same time a theoretical deepening in special areas (example research activities: living in space.) Aspects from which Häuplik-Meusburger's students also benefit.