Whats the coolest thing about the Deep Impact mission?
We will actually guide a projectile into a comet and learn more about its true nature and constituents. Hey, its kind of hard to hit something going 23, 000 miles per hour – imagine the brain power and test that goes into that! Where do you work and why do you like it there? I work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. It’s a great work environment and continually provides opportunities to do things that have never been done before. You feel like one big family working together to solve really difficult but exciting problems that few people ever get the chance to address. There is always something to do and you aren’t limited to any one particular area. How did you end up working in space exploration? I was working for a company in Arizona, in a non-space exploration role. I then had an opportunity to transfer to California with this same company, in a branch that was supporting the U.S. Air Force Space Command. I took the opportunity in order to return to college for my Masters degree and
