070  |  Rocket Science with Rachel Binx

We talk with Rachel Binx about developing data visualization software for NASA.

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Hey, we talk about space and spacecrafts in this episode!

We have Rachel Binx on the show to discuss her experience developing data visualization software for NASA JPL.

NASA operators need to look at telemetry data coming from spacecrafts to make sense of what is happening in our skies. Super fascinating topic.

On the show we talk about the project, the process for NASA data collection and analysis, and how to write code that goes into space!

You can find the transcript for this episode here. Enjoy the show.

This episode of Data Stories is sponsored by Quadrigram, a web based application designed to bring data stories to life. With Quadrigram you can create and share interactive data stories without the need of any coding skills.

LINKS

Rachel Binx: http://rachelbinx.com/
NASA JPL: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
Design notes on the Vortex project: http://rachelbinx.com/Vortex 
Sommer, Robin, and Vern Paxson. “Outside the closed world: On using machine learning for network intrusion detection.” Security and Privacy (SP), 2010 IEEE Symposium on. IEEE, 2010.
Rachel’s Project on MTV Music Awards w/ Stamen: http://rachelbinx.com/2012-MTV-Video-Music-Awards
React.js https://facebook.github.io/react/

Dealing with time / Moment.js http://momentjs.com/