people looking to start their career in another direction who
cool that there's there's so many different, you know ways
a large team with so many tests that have to get done on a
computer science and software development to the classical
globe, we have come together and co-located with the engineers at
other scientists on the team um get the best, plan the best
scientist that you know to be a scientist that's part of the
to meet today virtually and I appreciate you sharing your
relevant degree whether that's in the sciences or in
observations with our camera to get the data that they're
interdisciplinary the work is. so even me with the geology
working operations? Oh so many good stories but really um the
cool. Yeah. Wow. It sounds like it. So what are you going to be
wondering what would be your advice for young people or
small crater so those first images showed us sedimentary
that's a great question um well, obviously you need a
studying at Meridiani with opportunity, so she invited me
that history, so I know that there have to be a lot of uh
February. Yes. So how did you first get involved in Mars
formations as an analog to the hematite we were going to be
analyst and communication team lead at the USGS Astrogeology
investigations to answer the big questions. So I think it's
deadline. a big part of our training up to now has. And how
are interested in getting involved with future Mars missions? Oh,
history and some of your favorite moments and um all
pandemic affect operations for the Perseverance Rover? Oh uh
your favorite stories or memories that you have from
work that you do and thanks everyone for watching and we're
camera and um what's called the payload science leads so that
much for joining us today, Alicia. We have a couple of
in general. Um it was we were at JPL with the engineers and it
on science operations once the rover lands. so thank you so
Yeah. Well, I'm certainly glad that uh we had the opportunity
the Mars Rover Mission um that had spirit and opportunity so
well. Unfortunately, it means we can all be together and um
was very exciting to to successfully land and see those
doing on operations once the rover lands? Working for the MastCam Z
that we have to look forward to as you work on operations um
to get through those meetings efficiently and working on
that so given our current. How will the covid-19
camera and to make sure that the scientific intent of the
communications protocols because it is a large task.
JPL for operations and we can't do that. So like everyone else.
come February so thank you so much for your time and all the
teleconference to get the work done and with that, it is such
landing night for opportunity is a big highlight in my life
understanding math. I think uh you know to be involved in
observation was captured and then for uplink, we help the
it's just classic like mechanical engineering to
engineering and I think it's um important to realize how
historically even though the science team is all over the
Yes. So I know that there have to be a lot of people out there
background have to you know, learn quite a bit about
to that you could be involved. Yeah. Thank you for sharing
programming and you know working with data. you know,
robotic exploration, there's so many different fields, whether
great stories and memories. What would you say is one of
looking for. Definitely sounds like you're going to be busy.
bedrock for the first time on Mars and that was really really
person um helps to process the data that comes down from that
Wendy Calvin She was selected as a participating scientist on
first images come down. Opportunity rolled into a
looking forward to landing day Yay.
questions um as we're getting excited for landing in
along and we both worked for the mini-tes instrument, which
by a colleague of mine. Alicia Vaughn. Hello. Alicia is a
long ago um and I had been doing research on banded iron
collaborator and contractor for the USGS Astrogeology Science
we're you know utilizing virtual meeting software and
Rover Operations? I followed my adviser in Grad School Doctor
Center and she works on the MastCam Z instrument team for the
was a specter a thermal specter cool. Well. Thank you for
Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover and she's going to be working
Science Center in Flagstaff, Arizona, and today I am joined
Hi everyone. My name is Railyn Stokes and I'm a management