“Well, it isn’t necessarily what I planned, but it certainly sounds like an exciting job.” An Interview with Melissa Trainer

“Well, it isn’t necessarily what I planned, but it certainly sounds like an exciting job.” An Interview with Melissa Trainer

Recorded June 28, 2021 Archived June 28, 2021 49:04 minutes
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Description

Melissa Trainer is a planetary scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and is working on the upcoming Dragonfly mission. We talked to her about pitching Dragonfly and finding out whether it got accepted on TV, accepting opportunities you didn’t plan for, and how to keep going when faced with seemingly impossible problems.

Participants

  • Melissa Trainer
  • AGU Narratives

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