This week we are thrilled to have a longform sit-down with Rob Manning, Chief Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, before we get a visit from the dwarf planet Ceres  (the amazing Ashley Comeau!), - all on this episode of REACH.
 
Hosts: Brian Holden and Meredith Stepien 
Written by: Sandy Marshall with Nate DuFort, Meredith Stepien and Brian Holden. 
Co-Created, Produced by: Nate DuFort and Sandy Marshall 
Edited by: Nate DuFort
Music composed by: Jesse Case
Logo by: Steven Lyons
 
Special thanks to Rob Manning, Chief Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. You can follow JPL on Instagram and Twitter at @NASAJPL.
Ceres was voiced by the incomparable Ashley Comeau, Ashley is not only one of our favorite humans, but you can also catch her as the science teacher on Degrassi:Next Class and the evil Jamie Jam on Odd Squad and Odd Squad Mobile Unit.
We’d also like to offer a special thanks to Kay Ferrari and Dolores Zawol at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and to everyone at NASA Space Place.
 
Rob Manning NASA Bio
https://mars.nasa.gov/people/profile/?id=23225
NASA JPL Missions
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions
Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity’s Chief Engineer, by Rob Manning and William Simon
https://www.amazon.ca/Mars-Rover-Curiosity-Curiositys-Engineer/dp/1588344037
All about Ceres
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/dwarf-planets/ceres/overview/