77 – Persevering through ATLO (feat. Christina Hernandez)
NASA JPL Engineer Christina Hernandez joins Jake to talk about the Assembly Test and Launch Operations of NASA's Perseverance Rover as it heads to liftoff.
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Show Notes
The ATLO phase of a planetary mission (Assembly, Test and Launch Operations) is the most intense of any part of its development. Amid a global pandemic, Perseverance’s time at it is even more remarkable. NASA JPL’s Christina Hernandez, a systems engineer on the rover team, joins us to talk about what it’s like getting a flagship mission out the door and to the launch pad.
We talk ATLO for Mars2020 Perseverance
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