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Warwick Holmes - the Rosetta Mission's Aussie Avionics System Engineer
Warwick Holmes - the Rosetta Mission's Aussie Avionics System Engineer
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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Jan 21, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
We rarely get to hear "insider's" stories of extraterrestrial discovery. Doctor Karl meets Warwick Holmes - avionics systems engineer on the Rosetta mission that orbited comet seeking the chemical signatures of life. He gives us a blow by blow account of extraterrestrial exploration in the 21st Century. How do you test hardware to fly by the sun and withstand comet dust. How does a lad from South Australia land the best job on earth ? Beam us up Warwick !
Released:
Jan 21, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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