Podcaster: Host: Pamela Gay. Guest: Tim Weise, Dan Moyers, Kristina Larson, Ken Starr, Mana Salami, Keri Bean.
Title: Drivin’ a Spacecraft
Organization: CosmoQuest
Link : http://cosmoquest.org
You can watch the video in: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/dawncommunity/google_hangout_08_15_2014.asp; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0YH6cWxYwk
Description: Join members of the Dawn’s Flight Team at mission central at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. With Deputy Mission Manager, Tim Weise at the helm, meet other team members and find out just what goes into driving a robotic explorer [fired by ion engines…just saying].
Bio: Dr. Pamela Gay is a professor at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville and Project Director of Cosmoquest
Tim Weise, JPL–Deputy Mission Manager and leads NASA’s Dawn mission flight team which operates the Dawn spacecraft throughout the mission, from launch through cruise to asteroid operations.
Dan Moyers, JPL–Spacecraft Systems Engineer. Dan previously worked on the Mars Exploration Rover and Mars Science Laboratory missions.
Kristina Larson, JPL–Spacecraft Systems Engineer. Kristina’s tasks include building/reviewing/testing sequences, and commanding the spacecraft.
Ken Starr, JPL–As Flight Software and Fault Protection Engineer on the Dawn mission, Ken is involved with the Command, Telemetry, Control, Operating Systems, Fault Protection, Navigation and System Engineering areas.
Mana Salami, JPL–Attitude Control System Engineer. Mana’s tasks include uplink sequence review and downlink analysis from the spacecraft attitude determination and control perspective.
Keri Bean, JPL–Mission Operations Engineer. Keri’s tasks include sequencing & planning and assisting in operating the three instruments on the Dawn spacecraft.
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