--- description: Why the United Nations will launch a space program, speaking multiple dialects might make you smarter and more. title: Why the United Nations Will Launch a Space Program image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Why the U.N. Will Launch a Space Program by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 29, 2016 4:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 29, 2016 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**Why the United Nations will launch a space program.**](http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-un-announced-its-first-ever-space-mission "undefined") By Daniel Oberhaus in Motherboard **2\.** [**Speaking multiple dialects — code-switching — might make you smarter.**](https://aeon.co/essays/do-dialect-speakers-get-the-same-benefits-as-bilinguals "undefined") By Michael Erard in Aeon **3\.** [**Look out middle managers: Excess management is costing American businesses trillions.**](https://hbr.org/2016/09/excess-management-is-costing-the-us-3-trillion-per-year "undefined") By Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini in Harvard Business Review **4\.** [**Why faster wireless tech is vital to unlocking the cities of the future.**](https://morningconsult.com/opinions/get-smart-cities-first-need-5g-networks/ "undefined") By Chelsea Collier in Morning Consult **5\.** [**How to make high school computer science more inclusive from the ground-up.**](https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/09/28/how-to-start-and-build-an-inclusive-computer-science-program/ "undefined") By Deborah Farmer Kris at KQED’s MindShift  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4513036/why-the-u-n-will-launch-a-space-program/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4513036/why-the-u-n-will-launch-a-space-program/"},"headline":"Why the U.N. Will Launch a Space Program","datePublished":"2016-09-29T16:00:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:27.466Z","description":"Why the United Nations will launch a space program, speaking multiple dialects might make you smarter and more.","url":"https://time.com/4513036/why-the-u-n-will-launch-a-space-program/","keywords":["Innovation","Education","Technology","Business topic","United Nations","language"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4513036/why-the-u-n-will-launch-a-space-program/","name":"Why the U.N. Will Launch a Space Program"}}]}] ```