Educational Downlink a stellar success
April 6, 2018
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Projected onto the same stage that he graduated on 23 years ago, Andrew (Drew) Feustel (PhD카지노 게임 컬렉션95) shared his expertise from 408 km above the Earth in the International Space Station (ISS) during Ask an Astronaut: a NASA Education Downlink event in Grant Hall.
A stellar lineup of speakers who took to the stage before the downlink began included NASA Postdoctoral Fellow and Planetary Scientist Michelle Thompson (Artsci카지노 게임 컬렉션11, Sc카지노 게임 컬렉션11) as well as Nobel Laureate Arthur McDonald, Nathalie Ouellette (MSc카지노 게임 컬렉션12, PhD카지노 게임 컬렉션16) of the Canadian Particle Astrophysics Research Centre (CPARC), and Nandini Deshpande from the School of Rehabilitation Therapy.
Dr. Thompson shared her experience applying to NASA and the Canadian Space Agency and about her research as a planetary scientist. Dr. McDonald explained how the SNOLAB and ISS have a lot in common as extreme environments for research. Dr. Ouellette shared her research in astrophysics, and how she works collaboratively with other research teams to unravel the mysteries of the universe. Dr. Deshpande walked through the research she conducts on astronauts to understand muscle atrophy and cardiovascular issues that affect astronauts in space.
The 20-minute video feed began just after noon when NASA connected Grant Hall to the ISS. Indira Feustel, Dr. Feustel카지노 게임 컬렉션s wife, greeted her husband and thanked Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s for the warm welcome after travelling from Houston for the event. She also shared a video from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who congratulated Dr. Feustel for his work and for inspiring the next generation of researchers.
Dr. Feustel answered 24 questions from the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s and Kingston community, ranging from local elementary and high school student to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s students, professors, and alumni.
카지노 게임 컬렉션One of the greatest impacts of my life has been how my perspective has changed on Earth, from up here on the space station. There카지노 게임 컬렉션s only one home for us now, and it카지노 게임 컬렉션s fragile,카지노 게임 컬렉션 said Dr. Feustel, answering Dr. Thompson카지노 게임 컬렉션s question about how his perspective on Earth and humanity카지노 게임 컬렉션s place in the universe has changed. 카지노 게임 컬렉션We would be in a different world if folks could see how I see it from the ISS; no borders, one Earth.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Other participants asked questions about how astronauts sleep in space, what to study to become an astronaut, and if astronauts play tag on the ISS.
The event wrapped up with a sign off from Dr. Feustel, thanking Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s for the chance to participate in the first Educational Downlink from NASA hosted by a Canadian university.
Grant Hall was decorated festively for the event, featuring life sized cutouts of Dr. Feustel for photos, big banners to sign to wish Dr. Feustel luck, and tables featuring displays from Graduate Studies and the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Reduced Gravity group.
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