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coming to work every day it's always

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really nice to know that the system that

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we're building will collect science data

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that will be spread publicly that the

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data will help people hi my name is

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Christine Jabara and I'm an integration

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test engineer at JPL

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SWAT is an Earth orbiting satellite it

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stands for surface water ocean

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topography and it'll give us more

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accurate data on how the water levels

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the fresh water and the salt water

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levels are changing with time

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the day-to-day varies a lot we're

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usually either setting up for a test

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testing breaking down from a test or

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moving the spacecraft the coolest parts

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of SWAT to me are the like the

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engineering bits that are slightly

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extreme so I've really enjoyed working

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on the Deployable antennas it's

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nerve-wracking but it's a well rehearsed

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dance and when the antennas actually

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deployed they're really beautiful

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they're moving slowly and intentionally

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I grew up in Houston Texas I was very

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lucky to be part of the Girl Scout

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sailing program where they taught us not

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only how to sail but they taught us the

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very basics of aerodynamics and how the

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sailboat worked I became an aerospace

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engineer because of that program the

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ability to say oh I know how this works

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and then going to implement it in like a

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way that was fun and exciting was really

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rewarding if I were to tell a little

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girl how to get into engineering I would

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tell her just to get started in whatever

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way feels exciting and natural it gets a

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lot easier once you just get started and

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start tinkering with things and building

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whatever excites you

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it's not lost on me at all that I grew

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up sailing and I still love the water

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and the the spacecraft that we're

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building will help us track our oceans

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and our lakes and our Rivers

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hopefully we'll be able to sail for much