Director of ISSS – Indonesia Space Science Society.
Venzha Christ is the founder of HONF Foundation, v.u.f.o.c. lab, Indonesia Space Science Society (ISSS), the International SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Conference, and VMARS (v.u.f.o.c Mars Analogue Research Station). In collaboration with artists, scientists, astronomers, astrophysicists and engineers in Indonesia, he has established the ISSS as a framework for the exploration of space from a different perspective. Providing a compelling encounter with space through its focus on Space Science and Space Exploration research, the ISSS actively collaborates with more than forty countries and institutions, space agencies, observatories and universities in this field worldwide such as NASA, VIRAC, OCA, LAM, NARIT, JAXA, CEOU, SCASS, KARI, SpaceX, SETI, CSC, CERN, CPPM, IRAM, KEK, ELSI, CNES, ESA, etc. Recent projects include VMARS, a Mars Analogue (2020-present), Simulation of Human Isolation Research for Antarctica-based Space Engineering – SHIRASE (2019), MARS Desert Research Station – MDRS (2018), Resident Researcher at IMeRA – Institute for Advanced Study (2017) and the exhibition of NASA – “A Human Adventure” (2016). Through these projects, the ISSS attempts to uncover space as a continuous source of inspiration that compels practitioners from all disciplines to understand the universe we live in, using tools and ideas from both space science and art.
