Are women involved with the Mars Odyssey mission?
Yes there are. There are women on the spacecraft team who monitor the spacecraft, tell the spacecraft what to do, and analyze data returned from Odyssey. Women were involved in the design of Odyssey and in the construction and testing as well. I’m the Ground Data System Team Lead. That means my team is responsible for making sure all the data that gets to the Deep Space Network gets to the spacecraft team and the scientist. Also my team is responsible for all the software on the ground used to communicate with the spacecraft and for analyzing the data. I got to be in the Mission Support Area (MSA) for Odyssey’s launch and for the Mars Orbit Insertion.
