28 – Five Years of Being Curious (feat. Emily Lakdawalla)
WeMartians Podcast
English - August 15, 2017 12:08 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 113 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: 27 – The Policy of Mars (feat. Casey Dreier)
Next Episode: 29 – A Teenage Rover (feat. Mike Seibert)
It’s been five years since NASA’s Curiosity Rover touched down on the surface of Mars, and it’s been doing all kinds of science as it climbs the slopes of Mt. Sharp ever since. Taking a step back, what have we learned from this flagship mission so far? The Planetary Society’s Emily Lakdawalla joins Jake to discuss how Curiosity has pushed the limits of spacecraft engineering, operations, and science.
Links
Emily’s Twitter Account (@elakdawalla)
Emily’s Profile on the Planetary Society
7 Minutes of Terror Video
JPL’s 5 year review of Curiosity
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