Tracy Drain Audio Diary: Part 1 of 3- The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will bring back more information than all the previous Mars missions put together. In our first audio diary, we follow Tracy Drain, a systems engineer for the orbiter project, on the journey to launch...and the white knuckle wait to see if the project will reach orbit and be successful. We learn not only what Tracy does, but also a little about who she is, and how her personal and professional worlds come together. Claes Adreasson, Producer. |
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Tracy Drain Audio Diary: Part 2 of 3 - The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Tracy Drain is an engineer who helped build the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Today we follow Tracy as she waits for the orbiter to reach the red planet. (9:42) |
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Tracy Drain Audio Diary: Part 3 of 3 - The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Tracy Drain is an engineer who helped build the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Today we follow Tracy as she waits for the orbiter to reach the red planet. (9:28) |
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Lori Polasek Audio Diary- Saving Harbor Seals - Alaska Sea Life Center. Part 1 of 3
Harbor seals were once a common site on the shores of Alaska....but in the last 30 years or
so, the population has declined by as much as 85 percent. Dr. Lori Polasek wants to know why. Polasek is studying harbor seals at the Alaska Sea Life Center in an effort to see if a shortage of high fat prey may be contributing to the decline by affects the seals growth. Today, we get a glimpse inside Lori’s life and work, in part one of her audio diary...( 7:43 )
Lori Polasek’s audio diary was produced in Alaska by Ashley Gross. We’ll hear part two of the diary next week. The audio diary project is funded by The National Science Foundation.
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Lori Polasek Audio Diary- Saving Harbor Seals - Alaska Sea Life Center. Part 2 of 3
Harbor seals were once a common site on the shores of Alaska....but in the last 30 years or
so, the population has declined by as much as 85 percent. Dr. Lori Polasek wants to know why. Polasek is studying harbor seals at the Alaska Sea Life Center in an effort to see if a shortage of high fat prey may be contributing to the decline by affects the seals growth. Today, we get a glimpse inside Lori’s life and work, in part two of her audio diary...( 7:46 )
Lori Polasek’s audio diary was produced in Alaska by Ashley Gross. We’ll hear part three of the diary next week. The audio diary project is funded by The National Science Foundation.
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Lori Polasek Audio Diary- Saving Harbor Seals - Alaska Sea Life Center. Part 3 of 3
Harbor seals were once a common site on the shores of Alaska....but in the last 30 years or
so, the population has declined by as much as 85 percent. Dr. Lori Polasek wants to know why. Polasek is studying harbor seals at the Alaska Sea Life Center in an effort to see if a shortage of high fat prey may be contributing to the decline by affects the seals growth. Today, we get a glimpse inside Lori’s life and work, in part three of her audio diary...( 7:46 )
Lori Polasek’s audio diary was produced in Alaska by Ashley Gross. The audio diary project is funded by The National Science Foundation.
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Jennifer Ellsworth Audio Diary- Could Fusion Help Solve the Fuel Crisis? - Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Part 1 of 3)
Hydrogen fuel is practically limitless and the resulting energy would be clean and would not contribute to global warming. In our third audio diary, we follow MIT grad student Jennifer Ellsworth, as she works on the nation’s newest approach to nuclear fusion. Jennifer and her team at MIT are working to create a new fusion device that will levitate a superconducting coil so that it floats on it’s own. This first of its kind experiment, will test whether nature's way of confining high-temperature gas might lead to a new source of energy for the world. In the course of this audio diary, we’ll learn about this project, and about what life is like for a grad student doing such important work. Maryanne Rahn-Erickson, Producer.Top
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Jennifer Ellsworth Audio Diary- Could Fusion Help Solve the Fuel Crisis? - Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Part 2of 3)
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Jennifer Ellsworth Audio Diary- Could Fusion Help Solve the Fuel Crisis? - Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Part 3of 3)
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