{"id":450,"date":"2025-03-03T16:06:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T05:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/?p=450"},"modified":"2025-11-20T13:15:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T02:45:32","slug":"from-space-policy-to-ski-days-vienna-internship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/2025\/03\/03\/from-space-policy-to-ski-days-vienna-internship\/","title":{"rendered":"From Space Policy to Ski Days &#8211; Vienna Internship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Written by Claire Wilson, Intern for the Vienna Space Internship Program for 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-451 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/03\/VIP-4-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/03\/VIP-4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/03\/VIP-4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/03\/VIP-4-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/03\/VIP-4-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/03\/VIP-4-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As our final week at European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) fast approaches, I find myself reflecting on the incredible experiences I have had, and I am filled with gratitude for the opportunities and connections I have made along the way.<\/p>\n<p>At work, I\u2019ve been fortunate to contribute to a project on space-based data centres, a concept that is as fascinating as it is promising. The possibility of enhancing our environment through space is so exciting, and the potential to have sustainable data centres through this means has been thrilling to explore. I have also been working once again on the insights, however this time for the Industry and Business section. I have loved this task, as it is a perfect opportunity to truly know all the major space events and trends currently happening.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-452 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/03\/VIP-3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/03\/VIP-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/03\/VIP-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/03\/VIP-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/03\/VIP-3-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/03\/VIP-3-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Outside of work, Ellie and I joined the ESPI colleagues for a day at Stuhleck ski resort. While I had dreams of gracefully skiing, my skill level didn\u2019t quite satisfy such goals. Despite my below average ski skills, it was such a wonderful day. From drinking hot chocolate, to enjoying the atmosphere and creating the ultimate diva snowgirl, it was really a day to remember.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-453 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/03\/VIP-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/03\/VIP-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/03\/VIP-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/03\/VIP-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/03\/VIP-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/03\/VIP-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This weekend I will be lucky enough to experience one of Vienna\u2019s most cherished traditions, attending a ball. The Juristenball (Lawyer\u2019s Ball) will be taking place at the Hofburg Palace, which I have (very luckily) been invited to attend. I am thrilled to experience this aspect of the Viennese culture and just hope my waltzing skills are better than my skiing skills.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is to the final week with ESPI, to those who have made this experience what\u00a0it is, I will forever be grateful.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Written by Claire Wilson, Intern for the Vienna Space Internship Program for 2025 As our final week at European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) fast approaches, I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6423,"featured_media":454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[623,601],"tags":[594,602,637,202,587,276,656],"class_list":["post-450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internships","category-vienna","tag-defence-security-and-space","tag-espi","tag-flinders-internships","tag-intern","tag-space","tag-study-overseas","tag-vienna"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/jeff-bleich-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}