The Practicals of an Away Mission

Guest Speaker: Kim Steadman, Robotics Engineer (JPL) *Spoilers for Strange New Worlds Episodes 1-4* Want to know how NASA approaches its away missions to Mars and beyond? Do spaceships actually fly that way? Would it make those sounds in a brown dwarf? Robotics engineer and TOS fan Kim Steadman will tell you how! She is one of the engineers for the Mars Rover program, and she does interplanetary away missions daily! Join us as we talk about "Ghosts of Illyria", how she was inspired by science fiction to become like Hemmer, and how she faces actual problems when thousands of miles away.  Click here to learn more about NASA's Perseverance Rover, and her first year and a half in space, from the press conference on Thursday.  About our guest: Kim Steadman received both her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech. She has worked on several missions including the Mars Exploration Rover Mission, Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn, the Mars Science Laboratory, and the Mars 2020 Rover. Currently, Kim is a System Engineer for the Mars 2020 Rover and the Operations Lead for the SHERLOC instrument.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices