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i see pictures of coastal inundation and

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flooding

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what might happen in the next hundred

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the 200 million plus people who live

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in those low-lying coastal areas all

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across the globe

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my name is barack vase and i do anything

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and everything

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that's needed to make sentinel 6 project

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sentinel 6 is all about water so this is

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behind this

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goes back 30 years i've worked on topex

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poseidon jason 1 jason 2 jason 3 and now

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all of them are the same series of

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it's a great feeling of satisfaction i

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right from childhood that somehow work

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industry i knew that i wanted to work in

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a difference this is the room where we

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6 instruments and then

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before we shipped it to germany

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seeing that come to fruition is a

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personal satisfaction

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and an emotional satisfaction the

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importance of this project and where it

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is on all walks of life all across the

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welcome everyone i'm marina with nasa's

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jet propulsion laboratory

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in southern california you may know nasa

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best for exploring other planets

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but we are also keeping a close eye on

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nasa is about to launch the u.s and

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yet on sea level and how it changes over

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jpl manages the sentinel 6 michael

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freilick mission for nasa

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program manager perroc vase is not only

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in charge of the sentinel 6

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satellite operations here at nasa jpl he

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and is excited for this satellite to

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continue that legacy

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he joins us live today to answer some of

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if you have any questions you'd like to

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ask you can leave them right here in the

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or post them to social media with the

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hashtag seeingthesees

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thanks so much for joining us today frog

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thank you i'm really happy to be here

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would love to to talk with everybody and

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give some feedback on on what it's been

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like to to work on these missions and

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especially looking forward to the launch

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of sentinel 6.

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we all are can't wait until november

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10th now perrag

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i know you've been involved with the

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mission studying sea level for 30 years

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why is it so important to have this

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consistent and continuous record of sea

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uh you know all the time because even

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we know the oceans are changing they're

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changing slowly but they are changing

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things are going up and down and those

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ups and downs as it's rising

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is very very important because it tells

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offering us another 10 years of

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observations so that's incredible

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tell me a little bit about what you

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think the neatest thing about this

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sort of the genesis of of the of the

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spacecraft itself it's really the story

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uh the building of it and um building

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with with isa and the european space

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agency you met said

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others uh to build this uh this

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continuity mission

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um is a challenge itself but uh you know

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engineering that's gone behind uh

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sentinel six we want to continue it

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and do it better get get uh better uh

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resolution better accuracies

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and and much more uh close uh

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observations of what's happening on the

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really understanding um you know what it

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such a system and really make it

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uh so that we can have data out there is

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challenging and extremely exciting and

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what has it meant for you personally to

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have been on this journey now for

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basically your entire career

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did you think this is where you would be

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yeah i did not think uh this is where i

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i was excited to work at

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the original contractor uh fairchild

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space which which

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uh built topex poseidon but

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as i continued working on it and

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particularly as i came to jpl to support

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i i think i got a much better picture of

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and got to work with uh you know all of

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that it takes to make this whole

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um fulfilling including the end users

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and and and understanding that really

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of missions uh but really be able to see

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and deliver and um you know uh

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help uh what's going to be happening uh

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in in understanding

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uh the future of our planet so it's that

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missions and continuing them

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uh for the future

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that's so wonderful prague and i know

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when we've had our conversations before

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that uses the data from this satellite

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and it impacts each and every one of us

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to to be able to to work uh particularly

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as i've i've done for the last uh

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uh 20 to 30 years that uh you know as i

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not only meet the scientists i actually

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who are using uh the data or i meet

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at different agencies who are are using

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the data in ways that i never

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imagined we always talk about sea level

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doing open houses or as we're

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talking to other agencies and they say

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and i'm using it you know as i'm

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planning my my fishing trips or

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companies tell us you know they're

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they're using it uh to plan

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managing their fisheries and other

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um so it's it's amazing the kinds of

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applications and the applications

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i i haven't i've seen every corner of

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rich countries poor countries it doesn't

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people are interested in using this data

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it uh free and accessible to everybody

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that's so amazing and it's so impactful

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to each and every one of us well let's

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get over to the social media questions

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nerdless on twitter asks it seems to me

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that the accuracy of a few centimeters

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that sentinel-6 is capable of will not

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be able to detect

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millimeter changes over its five-year

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yeah so um it you know we're not taking

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one direct measurement um i mean a lot

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and uh you know scientists are really

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those sorts of trends with those sorts

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of algorithms and

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averaging and analysis sometimes we even

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of our of our instruments and

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measurements and we come back and

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reprocess that data so as we look at the

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you know sort of uh trends which is

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grown but how how quickly it's growing

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which which can be in in millimeter type

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running the instrument in the satellite

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our teams have put together

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uh algorithms to really be able to

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understand those returns

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uh and also be able to to provide some

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measurements of what's happening

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and bonita on facebook asks do you have

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certain

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expectations from ground research which

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you hope

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to be confirmed with data from the

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yeah so i think um you know uh getting

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these kinds of measurements somebody

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else was asking you know how do we

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look at uh centimetric or even

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millimeter types of

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scales and and part of that of course is

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um

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uh is what we're doing on the ground on

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on being able to

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to calibrate and validate it uh the data

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there's a calibration function

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uh where we might have specific features

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or targets that we

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we set up to be able to uh understand

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and calibrate exactly how

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good and and correctly we're making

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these measurements and then we have

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other campaigns

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where we're looking at validating that

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data we're using

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all kinds of uh you know ground-based or

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in-situ techniques right from

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ships to underwater gliders

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to moorings to all sorts of

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measurements and we're also taking

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measurements and looking at uh

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measurements from other satellites

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and combining all of these together we

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have a large science team who

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really helps uh to look at all this data

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combine it analyze it and and ultimately

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validate it

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so that we're uh we're able to really

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rely and and trust this uh

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this measurement and and the products

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that we're putting out

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and i think it's really fascinating how

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the altimeter works

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and stella c who's a fourth grader hey

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stella

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wants to know on youtube how can you

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measure

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yeah so um so stella is really great uh

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to hear you ask that question because um

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it's

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simple technique in in in principle

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because um

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really what we're doing um just like uh

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if you had your

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your cell phone or anything else that's

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uh really working wirelessly

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we're transmitting a basically a radio

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signal

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from space and just like you you might

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receive a signal back again on your

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radio and maybe now on on the internet

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or other ways

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um we're really trying to measure uh

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once that signal bounces off

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a surface like the ocean uh how long it

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takes

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to to receive that now you can do that

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very very simply and get a crude

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measurement but we are trying to do it

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very very precisely uh so we're we're

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trying to

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to basically use that same technique and

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really analyze

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closely how that signal is being

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reflected how long it takes

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and what it looks like and and with that

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basic principle we're able to make this

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measurement

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and and of course we've improved that

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over time

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not just in the last 30 years but things

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have been

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and going back to what you touched on

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just a little bit ago prague

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when it comes to this global community

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that you'd like to offer this data up

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for

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peter on youtube remarks what are some

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of the future applications you hope for

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with this data

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yeah so um let me uh before i answer

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exactly that question

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somebody asked me a while back you know

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what was the most

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unique and unexpected application of of

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this data

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and a few years ago i think everybody

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knows

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about the mh370 um disappearance of of

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the malaysian airlines uh

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uh jet and i was amazed to see

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how much um you know the australian

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agencies uh which we

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work with as one of our users

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uh had used this data to really map out

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what's happening with the ocean

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and applying it to even that mystery i

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hope one day

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they totally solved that mystery but uh

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you know there's

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applications i was talking to another uh

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representative of an ngo who was telling

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me hey

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um waterborne disease is is a big thing

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that they're working on

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and they love to help the the world uh

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community on that and understanding how

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water moves how it changes

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i never imagined that that's one of the

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things that

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could be helpful to that community to

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understand for example how

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waterborne disease spreads changes and

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changes over time

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and maybe again it's something that

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could be used to

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improve even in those areas which i

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yes now shea on facebook asks could you

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talk a little bit about your

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pre-industry life

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for example how did you end up with such

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an exciting job

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yeah so um i i would say my personal

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experience is

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um you know the small small events you

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know make uh

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make big changes um i uh i did have a

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fascination with uh

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working in this uh in this area but i

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didn't have uh

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you know a 20-year plan that i had

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planned right from uh

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from uh university but uh i i knew

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people who worked in this industry

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and particularly um at that time i was

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fascinated with

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satellite and satellite

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telecommunications so i actually first

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started working

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uh very very briefly uh in in the

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satellite telecommunications industry

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and and learned a bit more about how uh

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things work

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but then i was fortunate uh maybe

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through a life circumstance because

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actually our company uh was was bought

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out and merged

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and and i was looking for better

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opportunities and i was really lucky to

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be able to find one um at fairchild

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uh but the second part is really again

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in

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be able to work with people who

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really mentored me and and guided me

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along the way

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uh so i think uh that effort and

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perseverance and persistence

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does pay off in one form or another

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and speaking of that guidance parag you

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were friends with the late dr michael

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freilich whom this satellite is

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named for that was a really incredible

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day then we all found out that it was

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going to be named after him

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yeah it's um it was definitely an

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incredible day and um

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you know one of the most deserving

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people that i would thank for this honor

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um he was i certainly worked with

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him over the course of many years um he

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has some history even at jpl even before

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uh some of the the altimetry projects

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but uh you know mike had

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um he led by example uh so i i think you

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know my

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most um uh memories in terms of getting

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uh

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personal advice um was really by by

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example

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and uh and guidance as we went through

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working um you know on these missions

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things don't always go

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uh smoothly and and things don't always

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go exactly to plan

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uh you know he was always um very um

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uh you know systematic at looking at

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whatever our challenge might be and um

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and and being part of the team

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to help us solve it um and and really

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that was an inspiration

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uh not only uh in terms of building and

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and promoting these programs for the

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future but

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really motivating the the uh the teams

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that are behind it

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um by by example mike was definitely a

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a a very um great spirit

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in terms of conveying that

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samiksha on facebook asks what are major

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observations that you would like to

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share

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when you started working on satellites

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then

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yeah i i think um you know uh

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the the satellite industry and the and

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satellite technology existed

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of course 30 years back um so that that

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wasn't very

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new um but uh some of the technology

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definitely is is things that have

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changed well over time

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um i think uh uh you know when i when i

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started working on topex one of the

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things i

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i worked on was the actual flight

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software uh on the topex satellite

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and um we did that all in in in the

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lowest form of computer programming that

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uh you know one could think of probably

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at that time in assembly language

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literally zeros and ones almost

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um and uh so that was a very unique but

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a very um uh much uh

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unstructured way of of doing things

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where we basically

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engineered things found the right

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solution but but didn't necessarily have

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let's say tried and true processes now

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as time has gone on

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uh you know the tools technology has

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grown but also the processes

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have grown and the processes being

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more standardized even with our

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international

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partners is something that really didn't

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exist at least that i remember but has

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really come a long way

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so that's one of the things that

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actually enables us to work with

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industrial partners but also

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international partners because we we

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apply

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a lot of standards um that we've all

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learned and prague this is the first

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nasa european space agency earth

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mission that's joint am i correct

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um you know of course nasa's been

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working with the european space agency

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in many many years but

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um this is the first with uh in earth

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science and in particular

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uh as part of their uh copernicus

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program which is a

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significant earth observation program um

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it has been um a tremendous

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collaboration i have to say

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uh right from all levels uh whether it's

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the agency management

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um but really at the project team and

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and also

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with um you know their industrial

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partner which is airbus

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we really um committed ourselves at the

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beginning of the project

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to work very very closely in a in a

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transparent collaborative manner

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and and i you know there's numerous

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instances

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as we've gone through the last few years

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where uh

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we've had challenges on one side or the

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other and

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and people have really stepped up as as

579
00:26:11,190 --> 00:26:08,480
true partners

580
00:26:13,190 --> 00:26:11,200
uh to help us solve that problem and and

581
00:26:15,029 --> 00:26:13,200
do it in a good way and and

582
00:26:16,310 --> 00:26:15,039
keep us on track which has been part of

583
00:26:21,190 --> 00:26:16,320
our

584
00:26:25,510 --> 00:26:23,269
and speaking of success we have a lot of

585
00:26:28,549 --> 00:26:25,520
questions coming in about basically how

586
00:26:30,549 --> 00:26:28,559
the satellite works six silverstones on

587
00:26:33,909 --> 00:26:30,559
twitter asks which orbit is this

588
00:26:38,110 --> 00:26:36,870
yeah so it's it's going into an orbit

589
00:26:41,269 --> 00:26:38,120
that's um

590
00:26:44,230 --> 00:26:41,279
1336 kilometers high um

591
00:26:45,269 --> 00:26:44,240
uh and it's it's an orbit um that's also

592
00:26:49,430 --> 00:26:45,279
inclined

593
00:26:51,990 --> 00:26:49,440
uh you know at uh it's at 66 degrees so

594
00:26:52,549 --> 00:26:52,000
um you know it's uh it's a particular

595
00:26:55,430 --> 00:26:52,559
orbit

596
00:26:56,310 --> 00:26:55,440
that was chosen in the days of topex

597
00:26:59,029 --> 00:26:56,320
poseidon

598
00:26:59,750 --> 00:26:59,039
um to have um to be able to cover the

599
00:27:02,470 --> 00:26:59,760
earth

600
00:27:02,789 --> 00:27:02,480
and in these tracks within 10 days uh

601
00:27:05,909 --> 00:27:02,799
but

602
00:27:07,909 --> 00:27:05,919
also to uh you know have um

603
00:27:09,430 --> 00:27:07,919
be able to use these measurements and

604
00:27:11,590 --> 00:27:09,440
correct for other

605
00:27:13,029 --> 00:27:11,600
features like tides and so forth when i

606
00:27:15,350 --> 00:27:13,039
when i described how we

607
00:27:16,789 --> 00:27:15,360
we literally take uh the sea surface

608
00:27:18,630 --> 00:27:16,799
height measurement that's true but

609
00:27:21,669 --> 00:27:18,640
there's a lot of factors

610
00:27:23,750 --> 00:27:21,679
uh that really um affect that

611
00:27:24,710 --> 00:27:23,760
the quality of that measurement and and

612
00:27:26,789 --> 00:27:24,720
accuracy

613
00:27:28,230 --> 00:27:26,799
and things like tides for example are

614
00:27:31,029 --> 00:27:28,240
are one of the factors

615
00:27:33,029 --> 00:27:31,039
which can be um corrected uh in this

616
00:27:33,990 --> 00:27:33,039
particular orbit so this this orbit was

617
00:27:37,029 --> 00:27:34,000
chosen

618
00:27:39,110 --> 00:27:37,039
very specifically for this particular

619
00:27:41,590 --> 00:27:39,120
uh type of measurement and then as a

620
00:27:42,389 --> 00:27:41,600
continuity we've kept that exact same

621
00:27:44,310 --> 00:27:42,399
orbit

622
00:27:48,149 --> 00:27:44,320
uh you know for all of the series of

623
00:27:51,110 --> 00:27:48,159
missions that we've been doing

624
00:27:53,590 --> 00:27:51,120
and myriarch on youtube asks what's the

625
00:27:57,029 --> 00:27:53,600
kind of scale of the data you look at

626
00:28:01,350 --> 00:27:59,909
yeah i mean um if if the scale means um

627
00:28:02,549 --> 00:28:01,360
something like you know what what sort

628
00:28:05,750 --> 00:28:02,559
of volumes of

629
00:28:09,190 --> 00:28:05,760
of data that we're we're looking at um

630
00:28:11,909 --> 00:28:09,200
but you know the the data that we're

631
00:28:13,590 --> 00:28:11,919
first measuring is is literally uh you

632
00:28:15,269 --> 00:28:13,600
know what we call level zero data it's

633
00:28:18,149 --> 00:28:15,279
literally the raw data

634
00:28:18,789 --> 00:28:18,159
as as the instruments are putting out

635
00:28:20,549 --> 00:28:18,799
and

636
00:28:22,549 --> 00:28:20,559
um the first challenge is collecting all

637
00:28:23,110 --> 00:28:22,559
of that data and transmitting it to the

638
00:28:26,630 --> 00:28:23,120
ground

639
00:28:27,669 --> 00:28:26,640
so uh you know over the course of a day

640
00:28:29,430 --> 00:28:27,679
of an orbit

641
00:28:31,110 --> 00:28:29,440
we're trying to downlink you know as

642
00:28:33,990 --> 00:28:31,120
much data as we can

643
00:28:35,830 --> 00:28:34,000
uh you know somewhere uh close to where

644
00:28:37,510 --> 00:28:35,840
we're we're trying to downlink um you

645
00:28:39,510 --> 00:28:37,520
know several hundred megabits

646
00:28:41,830 --> 00:28:39,520
per second which you know on your

647
00:28:43,909 --> 00:28:41,840
computer on google might not sound

648
00:28:46,549 --> 00:28:43,919
a lot if you know some of the the the

649
00:28:49,510 --> 00:28:46,559
specifications but doing it from space

650
00:28:51,269 --> 00:28:49,520
uh and we and and doing it you know in a

651
00:28:53,029 --> 00:28:51,279
timely manner in a robust manner where

652
00:28:55,430 --> 00:28:53,039
we also don't lose that data

653
00:28:57,909 --> 00:28:55,440
in the in the transmission uh is is

654
00:28:59,269 --> 00:28:57,919
quite a challenge and on sentinel 6

655
00:29:01,830 --> 00:28:59,279
because we've enhanced some of this

656
00:29:03,909 --> 00:29:01,840
capability uh you know that that data

657
00:29:05,750 --> 00:29:03,919
rate has grown significantly

658
00:29:07,190 --> 00:29:05,760
uh more than more than doubled or

659
00:29:09,110 --> 00:29:07,200
tripled what we've had

660
00:29:10,310 --> 00:29:09,120
in the in the past missions but our

661
00:29:12,230 --> 00:29:10,320
technologies have also

662
00:29:14,549 --> 00:29:12,240
improved so that we can process that

663
00:29:15,909 --> 00:29:14,559
data and also produce the products and

664
00:29:17,590 --> 00:29:15,919
transfer them

665
00:29:20,070 --> 00:29:17,600
you know really within within three

666
00:29:23,190 --> 00:29:21,590
that's really exciting what a great

667
00:29:26,389 --> 00:29:23,200
turnaround stitchin

668
00:29:27,190 --> 00:29:26,399
on youtube asks will sentinel 6 be able

669
00:29:30,789 --> 00:29:27,200
to measure

670
00:29:35,029 --> 00:29:33,350
yeah so this is not something sentinel 6

671
00:29:36,470 --> 00:29:35,039
can do

672
00:29:38,310 --> 00:29:36,480
in terms of being able to measure

673
00:29:40,950 --> 00:29:38,320
underneath sea ice but

674
00:29:42,470 --> 00:29:40,960
you know the study of sea ice um uh is

675
00:29:43,830 --> 00:29:42,480
being conducted by by a lot of

676
00:29:46,710 --> 00:29:43,840
scientists and

677
00:29:47,830 --> 00:29:46,720
uh they are all using measurements

678
00:29:49,669 --> 00:29:47,840
including they will be using

679
00:29:52,630 --> 00:29:49,679
measurements from sentinel six

680
00:29:55,510 --> 00:29:52,640
to really understand um what's happening

681
00:29:57,909 --> 00:29:55,520
at the at the very top layers of

682
00:29:59,830 --> 00:29:57,919
of the sea ice but also what's happening

683
00:30:01,590 --> 00:29:59,840
at the edges of of a lot of these sea

684
00:30:04,389 --> 00:30:01,600
ice because there's a lot of

685
00:30:04,789 --> 00:30:04,399
ocean interaction with with the sea ice

686
00:30:08,070 --> 00:30:04,799
and

687
00:30:10,789 --> 00:30:08,080
to

688
00:30:12,149 --> 00:30:10,799
help understand uh what that interaction

689
00:30:14,389 --> 00:30:12,159
is some of that

690
00:30:15,190 --> 00:30:14,399
you know is being looked at um in terms

691
00:30:18,389 --> 00:30:15,200
of

692
00:30:20,870 --> 00:30:18,399
how they're changing

693
00:30:22,310 --> 00:30:20,880
uh and and sometimes how they're

694
00:30:25,669 --> 00:30:22,320
diminishing

695
00:30:27,750 --> 00:30:25,679
so all of this data is very important

696
00:30:29,029 --> 00:30:27,760
and is is being utilized and is being

697
00:30:31,990 --> 00:30:29,039
planned to be utilized

698
00:30:35,430 --> 00:30:32,000
even further uh for for even study of of

699
00:30:37,990 --> 00:30:35,440
sea ice glaciers et cetera

700
00:30:41,510 --> 00:30:38,000
navid on youtube asks can we measure

701
00:30:43,990 --> 00:30:41,520
rivers using sentinel 6.

702
00:30:46,070 --> 00:30:44,000
yeah so uh i was mentioning earlier you

703
00:30:47,990 --> 00:30:46,080
know this is one of the things um

704
00:30:49,110 --> 00:30:48,000
that's not part of our our normal

705
00:30:51,110 --> 00:30:49,120
mission uh

706
00:30:52,389 --> 00:30:51,120
objective we're really focusing on the

707
00:30:54,789 --> 00:30:52,399
on the oceans and

708
00:30:55,750 --> 00:30:54,799
uh and so forth but we are taking data

709
00:30:58,149 --> 00:30:55,760
over um

710
00:30:59,190 --> 00:30:58,159
surface waters rivers being one of them

711
00:31:01,269 --> 00:30:59,200
um now

712
00:31:02,230 --> 00:31:01,279
our satellite and the instruments aren't

713
00:31:04,149 --> 00:31:02,240
tuned to

714
00:31:05,430 --> 00:31:04,159
to measure you know every water body

715
00:31:07,669 --> 00:31:05,440
that's there so

716
00:31:09,669 --> 00:31:07,679
uh we are able to take uh measurements

717
00:31:12,870 --> 00:31:09,679
on rivers particularly if they're

718
00:31:14,630 --> 00:31:12,880
uh very large rivers uh and and be able

719
00:31:16,870 --> 00:31:14,640
to use those and those measurements are

720
00:31:18,710 --> 00:31:16,880
being taken and and being used

721
00:31:20,310 --> 00:31:18,720
uh you know there will be future

722
00:31:23,269 --> 00:31:20,320
technologies uh one of the

723
00:31:24,950 --> 00:31:23,279
the projects i'm also excited about is

724
00:31:28,710 --> 00:31:24,960
called swat in the future

725
00:31:30,870 --> 00:31:28,720
uh which will really look at much more

726
00:31:32,950 --> 00:31:30,880
precise measurements uh you know

727
00:31:36,549 --> 00:31:32,960
particularly on surface waters but this

728
00:31:38,470 --> 00:31:36,559
data from sentinel 6 will be a very big

729
00:31:39,669 --> 00:31:38,480
pathfinder towards being able to to

730
00:31:43,430 --> 00:31:39,679
fully uh

731
00:31:46,630 --> 00:31:45,750
now 2020 has given a lot of us many

732
00:31:48,870 --> 00:31:46,640
curveballs

733
00:31:50,310 --> 00:31:48,880
russ on facebook asks what is the

734
00:31:53,990 --> 00:31:50,320
biggest surprise

735
00:31:55,110 --> 00:31:54,000
2020 has given your team

736
00:31:58,149 --> 00:31:55,120
right well i think it's the biggest

737
00:32:01,509 --> 00:31:58,159
surprise uh the world has experienced

738
00:32:04,549 --> 00:32:01,519
of course with uh with the pandemic and

739
00:32:06,710 --> 00:32:04,559
um uh you know it was also another

740
00:32:07,669 --> 00:32:06,720
spirit of of cooperation when that

741
00:32:11,190 --> 00:32:07,679
happened because

742
00:32:14,230 --> 00:32:11,200
um i think uh the first reaction

743
00:32:15,509 --> 00:32:14,240
from um uh from our our partners and our

744
00:32:18,230 --> 00:32:15,519
project team

745
00:32:19,430 --> 00:32:18,240
wasn't um you know how how do we throw

746
00:32:21,590 --> 00:32:19,440
up our hands and give up

747
00:32:23,909 --> 00:32:21,600
it was actually exactly the opposite is

748
00:32:24,789 --> 00:32:23,919
yes we we want to be safe we want to

749
00:32:27,509 --> 00:32:24,799
keep everybody

750
00:32:28,389 --> 00:32:27,519
safe but are there ways that we can work

751
00:32:31,190 --> 00:32:28,399
together

752
00:32:33,029 --> 00:32:31,200
to to continue our progress so i think

753
00:32:35,830 --> 00:32:33,039
right from i remember about march

754
00:32:37,269 --> 00:32:35,840
22nd i remember it very well in terms of

755
00:32:40,389 --> 00:32:37,279
the exact date

756
00:32:43,269 --> 00:32:40,399
we worked very closely with our partners

757
00:32:43,669 --> 00:32:43,279
to figure out ways and and i have to say

758
00:32:45,750 --> 00:32:43,679
uh

759
00:32:47,110 --> 00:32:45,760
you know in the past when under normal

760
00:32:50,149 --> 00:32:47,120
circumstances

761
00:32:52,470 --> 00:32:50,159
uh when i might talk to um a person

762
00:32:55,110 --> 00:32:52,480
whether it's because of i.t

763
00:32:56,389 --> 00:32:55,120
issues challenges the answer would be no

764
00:32:58,310 --> 00:32:56,399
and now the answer

765
00:32:59,830 --> 00:32:58,320
you know pretty much from everybody is

766
00:33:02,310 --> 00:32:59,840
you know how can i help

767
00:33:03,190 --> 00:33:02,320
uh and that was really the spirit um

768
00:33:06,149 --> 00:33:03,200
that helped us

769
00:33:06,950 --> 00:33:06,159
continue uh you know it it uh it did

770
00:33:10,149 --> 00:33:06,960
take effort

771
00:33:11,190 --> 00:33:10,159
sacrifice uh long hours of things that

772
00:33:13,830 --> 00:33:11,200
had to be done

773
00:33:15,669 --> 00:33:13,840
maybe more slowly but really the

774
00:33:17,430 --> 00:33:15,679
objective was always you know how can we

775
00:33:18,789 --> 00:33:17,440
help to keep things moving forward which

776
00:33:21,990 --> 00:33:18,799
was amazing

777
00:33:24,630 --> 00:33:22,000
um because this was really a

778
00:33:26,950 --> 00:33:24,640
another demonstration of our partnership

779
00:33:28,710 --> 00:33:26,960
spirit

780
00:33:30,710 --> 00:33:28,720
and especially since you had so many

781
00:33:32,470 --> 00:33:30,720
different time zones to work throughout

782
00:33:35,830 --> 00:33:32,480
so you guys did an amazing

783
00:33:37,509 --> 00:33:35,840
job now gerard on youtube asks how many

784
00:33:39,990 --> 00:33:37,519
total years of data

785
00:33:42,149 --> 00:33:40,000
do you have and parag maybe you can also

786
00:33:44,230 --> 00:33:42,159
go into the future now that there are

787
00:33:46,310 --> 00:33:44,240
two satellites that sentinel is a part

788
00:33:52,149 --> 00:33:46,320
of

789
00:33:53,750 --> 00:33:52,159
the data record as it stands today you

790
00:33:55,590 --> 00:33:53,760
know started back with uh

791
00:33:57,909 --> 00:33:55,600
topex poseidon and as we've been saying

792
00:34:00,549 --> 00:33:57,919
we've got almost 30 years of data

793
00:34:02,310 --> 00:34:00,559
um you know our plan for sentinel 6 is

794
00:34:04,630 --> 00:34:02,320
is to have two satellites built

795
00:34:06,310 --> 00:34:04,640
one launched now and and then the other

796
00:34:07,190 --> 00:34:06,320
put in storage and launched five years

797
00:34:10,470 --> 00:34:07,200
from now

798
00:34:11,829 --> 00:34:10,480
uh so uh the primary mission life of of

799
00:34:13,750 --> 00:34:11,839
each of these satellites

800
00:34:14,950 --> 00:34:13,760
is is at least five and a half years

801
00:34:16,230 --> 00:34:14,960
although um

802
00:34:18,230 --> 00:34:16,240
i think every single one of our

803
00:34:18,550 --> 00:34:18,240
satellites that we built uh thankfully

804
00:34:23,669 --> 00:34:18,560
has

805
00:34:27,109 --> 00:34:23,679
plan is is basically to

806
00:34:30,149 --> 00:34:27,119
operate um and and get at least um

807
00:34:32,710 --> 00:34:30,159
11 years of of total mission um

808
00:34:34,389 --> 00:34:32,720
life and continuity out of it we're

809
00:34:36,710 --> 00:34:34,399
expecting that um

810
00:34:38,550 --> 00:34:36,720
sentinel six uh mike freilich is is

811
00:34:39,349 --> 00:34:38,560
gonna not only last the five and a half

812
00:34:41,270 --> 00:34:39,359
years but

813
00:34:43,430 --> 00:34:41,280
actually go beyond that um we're

814
00:34:45,270 --> 00:34:43,440
expecting uh probably for another two

815
00:34:47,829 --> 00:34:45,280
year extension as a goal

816
00:34:48,310 --> 00:34:47,839
uh for each of these so in all total you

817
00:34:52,389 --> 00:34:48,320
know

818
00:34:54,389 --> 00:34:52,399
if uh if we're somewhat

819
00:34:55,990 --> 00:34:54,399
have done a great job on the engineering

820
00:34:58,390 --> 00:34:56,000
side and somewhat lucky

821
00:34:59,750 --> 00:34:58,400
uh you know we're really expecting uh

822
00:35:01,589 --> 00:34:59,760
things to go out

823
00:35:03,030 --> 00:35:01,599
maybe up to 15 years but that doesn't

824
00:35:05,750 --> 00:35:03,040
mean that

825
00:35:06,870 --> 00:35:05,760
we want to rely on that and and that

826
00:35:09,190 --> 00:35:06,880
only

827
00:35:10,550 --> 00:35:09,200
because we really like to have this

828
00:35:12,710 --> 00:35:10,560
overlap between

829
00:35:13,829 --> 00:35:12,720
an existing uh satellite and a new

830
00:35:15,510 --> 00:35:13,839
satellite so

831
00:35:17,270 --> 00:35:15,520
part of that you know anywhere between

832
00:35:19,990 --> 00:35:17,280
11 and 15 years is

833
00:35:21,030 --> 00:35:20,000
is making sure that we are have a have a

834
00:35:24,390 --> 00:35:21,040
good overlap

835
00:35:27,430 --> 00:35:24,400
and that we can um ensure continuity and

836
00:35:29,589 --> 00:35:27,440
continuity of how precise and accurate

837
00:35:31,270 --> 00:35:29,599
the measurement is

838
00:35:33,430 --> 00:35:31,280
yes as we've said over and over a

839
00:35:36,150 --> 00:35:33,440
continuity consistency

840
00:35:37,670 --> 00:35:36,160
that's what makes it move forward when

841
00:35:39,349 --> 00:35:37,680
it comes to understanding

842
00:35:41,430 --> 00:35:39,359
sea level rise we've got a great

843
00:35:44,710 --> 00:35:41,440
question from reese on facebook

844
00:35:45,349 --> 00:35:44,720
hi parag rhys from orbital here will

845
00:35:48,150 --> 00:35:45,359
there be

846
00:35:51,990 --> 00:35:48,160
coincident science between sentinel 6

847
00:35:56,710 --> 00:35:55,030
um you know i i think uh i i don't know

848
00:35:59,990 --> 00:35:56,720
the exact answer to that so

849
00:36:02,150 --> 00:36:00,000
i'll be uh direct but what i do know

850
00:36:03,750 --> 00:36:02,160
is and and what we are trying to do

851
00:36:06,069 --> 00:36:03,760
across all of these um

852
00:36:07,270 --> 00:36:06,079
these systems is we're of course trying

853
00:36:09,910 --> 00:36:07,280
to gather data

854
00:36:11,670 --> 00:36:09,920
uh about um continuity of the of the

855
00:36:14,230 --> 00:36:11,680
oceans and sea surface height

856
00:36:14,950 --> 00:36:14,240
but really um you know what i've seen as

857
00:36:20,790 --> 00:36:14,960
a change

858
00:36:21,270 --> 00:36:20,800
emphasis particularly in the last five

859
00:36:25,670 --> 00:36:21,280
ten

860
00:36:28,630 --> 00:36:25,680
scientific community

861
00:36:31,030 --> 00:36:28,640
is really the combination of uh of

862
00:36:34,390 --> 00:36:31,040
measurements from various platforms

863
00:36:34,950 --> 00:36:34,400
not just satellites uh like oco2 but but

864
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the the

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the answer is is that people ultimately

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sort of the holy grail thereafter

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is really trying to understand how the

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earth works and that means

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uh it's the atmosphere it's it's the uh

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it's the ocean and understanding that

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connection and

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relation is something i definitely know

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will be utilized by by by the science

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community

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by the way nice to hear from somebody at

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orbital which

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uh was uh was somebody an organization i

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worked with as part of

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of topex poseidon so nice to hear from

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you

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and our last question's from barbara on

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facebook she wants to know will this

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data be shared with zooniverse

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to give citizen scientists the

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yeah so i'm i'm not very familiar with

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uh with that particular

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um outlet but um what i what i would say

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is that um you know our objective is to

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make this data uh fully and freely

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available

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so you know we're really trying to

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not only promote and advertise where

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this data is available

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but also that you know this data can be

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downloaded hosted in in many different

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areas and

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platforms uh by many different um

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organizations so uh you know if we are

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not making that connection

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uh please reach out to us because we're

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very excited to make a connection

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with anybody and everybody and

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00:38:08,630 --> 00:38:05,200
facilitate that

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well thank you so much for all of you

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folks who reached out on social media

906
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and joined us today and thank you so

907
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much for joining us prague

908
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you're welcome it was a pleasure uh it

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was really great to talk about this

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project and

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uh look forward to the launch we are all

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looking forward to the launch

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the sentinel 6 michael freilick

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satellite is a true international

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collaboration as you heard parag

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mentioned

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it is being jointly developed by the

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european space agency

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nasa the european organization for the

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exploration of meteorological satellites

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and the national oceanic and atmospheric

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administration with funding support

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from the european commission and

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technical support from the french

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space agency canes the sentinel 6

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michael freilix satellite is scheduled

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to launch on november

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10th for the latest on the mission

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follow at nasa earth on twitter

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00:39:05,349 --> 00:39:03,599
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of the behind the spacecraft video

932
00:39:09,829 --> 00:39:07,760
profiles on the nasa 360

933
00:39:11,829 --> 00:39:09,839
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a's with sentinel 6 michael freilick

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satellite team members on wednesday

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for the next couple of weeks so please

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