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silicon valley live i'm your host abby

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tabor and if this is your first time

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joining us nasa in silicon valley live

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is a conversational show out of nasa's

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ames research center where we talk about

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all the nerdy nasa news you need to know

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so right now we are simultaneously live

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but if you want to join in the chat and

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nasa all right so today we are talking

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about how to get an internship at nasa

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and this is a fitting topic because it

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say hi and tell us a little bit about

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their time here awesome yeah nice job

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abby uh happy national interim day thank

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you so much

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my name is abel morales i'm also an

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excellent all across nasa

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that we do we're always asked the same

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professor more than a few days to write

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see you know what's there okay it's

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available so it's a rolling system yeah

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posted it is yeah all right yeah the

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this is a great time for you to

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highlight what stem or nasa experience

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you may have and again you know uh

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there's different people looking at your

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application us and also the mentors so

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again uh it's a great opportunity for

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you to mention what experience you have

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okay right and have some bullets of of

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interest to your applications yeah all

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right that makes sense okay so that's

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like the nitty-gritty the nuts and bolts

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of applying

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let's talk about why people should you

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know what's so great about being an

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intern at nasa yeah well for starters

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you're at nasa um

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great time here yeah you get to meet the

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most amazing people you get to see the

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most amazing things you get to really

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just like geek out for 10 weeks or

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however long you're here so it's yeah

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incredible experience first of all nasa

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aside but um the thing that's unique

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about our internship program

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is that interns they're working

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hands-on on projects actual nasa

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projects so you're paired with a mentor

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who's usually you know a project lead or

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some sort of expert in their field and

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they're

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and you're working on their project

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you're an integral part of it um so you

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get to do something you know that's

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actually a part of a nasa mission which

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is really cool yeah yeah yeah um so not

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just watching you're not standing by

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watching them we're not just getting

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coffee and you know checking emails like

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you're actually doing research um which

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is awesome and so it's exciting

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especially right now with the artemis

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program we have students who their work

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is you know directly related to the

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artemis program so they're helping to

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put the first woman and the next man on

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the moon by 2024 and right on to march

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so yeah it's a really exciting time to

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be an entrepreneur and they're also

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interning during the 50th anniversary

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yes this past week which a lot of our

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interns got to celebrate perfect timing

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lucky interns this summer excellent

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so i know that the work they're doing

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here could potentially lead to their

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future careers right and actually haley

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that's what happened for you

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tell us about your story of interning um

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so a few years ago i was actually an

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asset intern myself

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i

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the space launch system the new rocket

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that's coming and you really felt that

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excitement yeah so i totally understand

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the excitement for artemis that our

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interns are feeling now because i was at

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marshall i obviously wasn't working on

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the rocket or doing anything related but

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i just i felt a part of it and it was

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really exciting and it made me want to

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stay so so cool yeah good for you just

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want to add that these type of success

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stories are relatively common here at

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nasa it's amazing um and in my position

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as i mentioned i get to highlight a lot

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of these uh great uh intern highlights

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and um just on top of my head i know

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here at nasa ames research center our

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center director eugene tu was a former

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intern that's right you forgot that

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definitely

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um and i know we've also highlighted on

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our social media platforms that uh

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marshall space flight center um jody

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singer was also a former intern the

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director there yeah yeah yeah i'm in

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good company yeah

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uh

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and then lastly um our associate

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administrator for some engagement uh

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mike and kade was also a former intern

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as well so again you know so great the

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possibilities are endless right right

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this could be where it all begins

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outstanding

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well that is enough talk about the

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interns how about we meet one i know you

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guys brought some guests with you so

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let's go ahead and meet our first real

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hey

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welcome how are you thank you for having

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me i'm doing great how are you guys well

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we're great we're excited to talk to you

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about what you're doing here this summer

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at nasa why don't you tell everybody

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your name and where do you go to school

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what are you studying so my name is

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jordan garland i'm a biology chemistry

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double major with an emphasis in pre-med

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and a minor in psychology at kentucky

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wesleyan college

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okay not bad really impressive it's a

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long time

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outstanding so

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what are you working on here at nasa

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this summer so i am lucky enough to be

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working on this really cool project on

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the astrobiology and life support branch

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here at nasa ames working with the water

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group

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so the big issue for us is water is

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obviously very important in space

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and we use a lot for our technology for

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life support and so we're doing research

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on using nanoparticles to try to

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sterilize that water so then we don't

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run into any type of mutations that

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could damage the aircraft damage you

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know any of our life support systems

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okay so that's what i've been doing all

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summer so water is critical right

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because when you say life support that

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can be just drinking water right um but

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then also we can make rocket fuel gather

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from water so it's an important resource

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we're constantly recycling it and

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reusing it so we want to make sure it's

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clean nothing goes wrong um so that's

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where my job plays in all right

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excellent important stuff yes very

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important really cool yeah and you

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really do you feel like you're part of

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the mission because you're working

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you're contributing towards the artemis

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program do you feel that yes it's so

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insane and i was talking about it

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yesterday i mean my grandparents

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remember like the moon landing and the

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fact that my generation gets to be a

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part of something so amazing and this

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big milestone of the artemis program is

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incredible and with this internship you

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really feel like you're doing work that

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has purpose where um you're actually

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hands-on and we're doing real research

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and we're not just getting coffee or

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filling out paperwork and it's very

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special i know everyone here all the

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interns have been

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freaking out and just loving it that we

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feel like even if it's a tiny role we

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get to have some sort of role for the

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future

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in space

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i think everybody at nasa feels that so

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i'm really glad you're getting that this

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summer even yeah and i almost forgot

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that we had a little animation to show

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of the kinds of things

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your work could support of humans

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working on mars so if we have that

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available we could run that while we

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talk a little bit more about your works

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can you describe a little bit about your

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water purification or

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or how you feel you're contributing yeah

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it's really crazy water is used in so

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much in space with you know the artemis

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mission from moon to mars working with

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life support working with

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just the technologies that they run you

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know you need to filter water through

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that so it's

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my job is using nanoparticles and

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different type of like chemical

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reactions to try to find ways to avoid

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any mutation so that we can make sure

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everything's safe and running so that's

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like if there's bacteria in the water

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yeah if there's any bacteria or anything

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like that um it's really a special thing

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to be a part of and like i said you feel

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like you're doing like real work and

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that's so exciting and the energy here

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is just so high being able to you know

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work at nasa and

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be able to

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have work that matters it's very very

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special

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i can imagine

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are you at all surprised to hear this or

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is this typical of interns reactions

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intern experiences yeah this is really

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typical when we meet with our interns

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you know they

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they tell stories about their friends

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who are maybe working somewhere else and

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they're like you know they just they

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don't have an experience like this they

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don't get to do something that's real

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that you know will be used at nasa for

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years and years and years so yeah yeah

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you're part of something that that

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continues even after you finish your

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internship which is pretty cool that's

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amazing so yeah someday you know you'll

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get to say those astronauts they're

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using something that i worked on it's

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basically i'm

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really helping out i'm making a big

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difference

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it was all you

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everybody is no one else yeah it's

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always empowering hearing stories like

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this so yeah this is what you make

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possible definitely awesome what was

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your reaction when you found out you

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were going to get an internship at nasa

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yes it was the day after my birthday

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funnily enough and i was with my best

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friend in the car and i get this email

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from haley saying like congratulations

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we selected you and yeah i was like a

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wreck like crying my eyes out like who

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doesn't dream of working at nasa like

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it's so incredible

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and i remember i was like on the phone

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with um all my family my mom my dad like

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freaking out i was texting everyone

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i was like a complete wreck and i that

519
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excitement has not died down even from

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being here like every day i wake up and

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i'm like oh my goodness like i'm at nasa

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like it's so cool who wouldn't want to

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say that i get to go to work i get to go

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to the gym so exciting that's

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so cool

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what was your first impression then when

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you got here were you intimidated

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when i first got here i'm a little

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emotional i will say that i um was

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driving and i saw the big like hanger

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and i just freaked out my mom was smith

532
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was with me and i was like oh my gosh

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mom like this is real like this is nasa

534
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i was just flipping out and i was

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texting my roommate here and she cried

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too so i felt a lot better

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and then it was very overwhelming when

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we had orientation and we got to meet

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our mentors and just everyone here is so

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excited and passionate and they're so

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nice i thought you know i'm an intern

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they're not going to take me seriously

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they're going to brush me aside but

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everyone was very like open arms very

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excited about like what we can do and

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what we bring to the table

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so it was really nice to feel like

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valued and important here at the center

549
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for sure yeah i always hear that around

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the center interns are actually really

551
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valuable members of the team right

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definitely yeah excellent do you have

553
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any advice for students who are thinking

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about applying

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so my advice would be

556
00:20:12,310 --> 00:20:10,159
to be confident um i for sure never

557
00:20:13,430 --> 00:20:12,320
thought that i would get this but i just

558
00:20:15,110 --> 00:20:13,440
applied

559
00:20:16,870 --> 00:20:15,120
um i think when you're doing your

560
00:20:19,590 --> 00:20:16,880
application they have a lot of like

561
00:20:21,750 --> 00:20:19,600
short answer type of questions i think

562
00:20:23,590 --> 00:20:21,760
you should really let your personality

563
00:20:26,230 --> 00:20:23,600
shine through because they're definitely

564
00:20:27,990 --> 00:20:26,240
looking for genuine people and if you

565
00:20:29,909 --> 00:20:28,000
are passionate about something if you

566
00:20:31,029 --> 00:20:29,919
love science and you

567
00:20:33,510 --> 00:20:31,039
make that

568
00:20:34,710 --> 00:20:33,520
very like your forefront i think a lot

569
00:20:36,789 --> 00:20:34,720
of people

570
00:20:39,190 --> 00:20:36,799
can't like really pick up on that so i

571
00:20:40,710 --> 00:20:39,200
would say all the mentors here they're

572
00:20:42,630 --> 00:20:40,720
really looking for

573
00:20:45,110 --> 00:20:42,640
you know an authentic

574
00:20:46,630 --> 00:20:45,120
well-rounded person so i would say

575
00:20:48,230 --> 00:20:46,640
definitely just

576
00:20:50,149 --> 00:20:48,240
be confident in yourself put your

577
00:20:51,990 --> 00:20:50,159
passions out there and don't be scared

578
00:20:54,070 --> 00:20:52,000
because you could get an internship

579
00:20:55,750 --> 00:20:54,080
that's right i don't i'm very grateful

580
00:20:57,830 --> 00:20:55,760
i'm here and i definitely when i applied

581
00:20:59,029 --> 00:20:57,840
was like i will not get this right right

582
00:21:00,950 --> 00:20:59,039
but i

583
00:21:03,029 --> 00:21:00,960
really just talked about my passions and

584
00:21:05,669 --> 00:21:03,039
the pre-med and life support and i'm

585
00:21:07,110 --> 00:21:05,679
here so my advice is just don't doubt

586
00:21:08,470 --> 00:21:07,120
yourself

587
00:21:10,149 --> 00:21:08,480
that's excellent

588
00:21:11,669 --> 00:21:10,159
good for you

589
00:21:13,990 --> 00:21:11,679
finding that confidence and you always

590
00:21:16,630 --> 00:21:14,000
got to say you can't get it unless i try

591
00:21:19,029 --> 00:21:16,640
so exactly exactly

592
00:21:21,029 --> 00:21:19,039
so uh when you applied were did you

593
00:21:22,390 --> 00:21:21,039
apply to multiple projects or did you

594
00:21:26,149 --> 00:21:22,400
focus on the one that you knew you

595
00:21:29,029 --> 00:21:26,159
really wanted so on the interns site you

596
00:21:30,710 --> 00:21:29,039
can apply to up to i think 15 right i

597
00:21:31,909 --> 00:21:30,720
think i applied to all of them it was

598
00:21:34,950 --> 00:21:31,919
very easy

599
00:21:38,390 --> 00:21:34,960
to apply they um have it all broken down

600
00:21:40,710 --> 00:21:38,400
by like major interests so i put in like

601
00:21:42,549 --> 00:21:40,720
medical biology chemistry the things

602
00:21:45,110 --> 00:21:42,559
that i'm passionate about and i chose a

603
00:21:46,710 --> 00:21:45,120
couple projects and i heard back from

604
00:21:49,190 --> 00:21:46,720
this one and i immediately was like yes

605
00:21:50,789 --> 00:21:49,200
do this one so yes yes definitely

606
00:21:51,830 --> 00:21:50,799
applied for many many because like it's

607
00:21:53,190 --> 00:21:51,840
nasa

608
00:21:55,590 --> 00:21:53,200
that seems like good advice there must

609
00:21:57,110 --> 00:21:55,600
be a lot of people applying right yeah

610
00:21:58,630 --> 00:21:57,120
definitely so did you apply to all

611
00:22:00,950 --> 00:21:58,640
different centers

612
00:22:03,669 --> 00:22:00,960
yes i applied to a lot of different

613
00:22:05,909 --> 00:22:03,679
centers mostly ames though because i

614
00:22:08,230 --> 00:22:05,919
love california i love the west coast

615
00:22:09,909 --> 00:22:08,240
and i just i really liked this center

616
00:22:10,789 --> 00:22:09,919
particularly but i applied to a bunch of

617
00:22:12,870 --> 00:22:10,799
them

618
00:22:15,029 --> 00:22:12,880
all right yeah cool

619
00:22:16,950 --> 00:22:15,039
any uh any other questions that you guys

620
00:22:18,630 --> 00:22:16,960
have always wanted to ask your interns

621
00:22:19,990 --> 00:22:18,640
once they've gotten here

622
00:22:21,669 --> 00:22:20,000
um

623
00:22:23,270 --> 00:22:21,679
what is something that surprised you

624
00:22:27,350 --> 00:22:23,280
about nasa yeah something you didn't

625
00:22:29,750 --> 00:22:27,360
expect me i would say how we do real

626
00:22:31,190 --> 00:22:29,760
work here like i kind of was walking

627
00:22:33,510 --> 00:22:31,200
into this thinking

628
00:22:35,110 --> 00:22:33,520
i'm going to be filling out paperwork or

629
00:22:37,270 --> 00:22:35,120
not being able to

630
00:22:38,870 --> 00:22:37,280
really work in a lab but i got here and

631
00:22:41,029 --> 00:22:38,880
my mentor was like

632
00:22:43,270 --> 00:22:41,039
free game like here's your lab here's

633
00:22:46,149 --> 00:22:43,280
the issue that we have and we want your

634
00:22:49,669 --> 00:22:46,159
ideas and i was very surprised to feel

635
00:22:51,270 --> 00:22:49,679
very valued here and to feel like if i

636
00:22:52,310 --> 00:22:51,280
was sitting in a meeting that i could

637
00:22:53,990 --> 00:22:52,320
actually

638
00:22:56,230 --> 00:22:54,000
bring something up and that would be

639
00:22:58,630 --> 00:22:56,240
taken into consideration

640
00:23:00,870 --> 00:22:58,640
and i was able to

641
00:23:02,630 --> 00:23:00,880
really do actual lab work like i work in

642
00:23:04,549 --> 00:23:02,640
a lab every single day and that that was

643
00:23:06,149 --> 00:23:04,559
surprising and then like the best way

644
00:23:08,789 --> 00:23:06,159
possible yeah

645
00:23:10,630 --> 00:23:08,799
so did you come in prepared already to

646
00:23:12,070 --> 00:23:10,640
know how to work in a lab or did they

647
00:23:14,070 --> 00:23:12,080
train you when you got here they did

648
00:23:16,390 --> 00:23:14,080
train me when i got here i had some lab

649
00:23:17,990 --> 00:23:16,400
experience but they're really good about

650
00:23:19,029 --> 00:23:18,000
like safety training making you feel

651
00:23:20,950 --> 00:23:19,039
comfortable

652
00:23:23,190 --> 00:23:20,960
and the atmosphere is so

653
00:23:25,110 --> 00:23:23,200
great here that like i'm not afraid to

654
00:23:27,909 --> 00:23:25,120
ask a question so if i'm not sure if i'm

655
00:23:29,990 --> 00:23:27,919
doing something right or my experiment

656
00:23:31,750 --> 00:23:30,000
has just like not gone how i wanted to i

657
00:23:33,990 --> 00:23:31,760
feel very comfortable here because they

658
00:23:35,750 --> 00:23:34,000
set up that atmosphere where you could

659
00:23:37,270 --> 00:23:35,760
just sit down with any of the scientists

660
00:23:38,789 --> 00:23:37,280
and be like hey

661
00:23:40,149 --> 00:23:38,799
i need a little bit of help i'm a little

662
00:23:42,870 --> 00:23:40,159
lost

663
00:23:45,110 --> 00:23:42,880
and everyone i've worked with has really

664
00:23:47,510 --> 00:23:45,120
taken time out of their day to help me

665
00:23:49,029 --> 00:23:47,520
out even people that aren't my mentor

666
00:23:50,549 --> 00:23:49,039
but like the other scientists in my

667
00:23:52,310 --> 00:23:50,559
building they've really

668
00:23:54,710 --> 00:23:52,320
made me feel comfortable and helped me a

669
00:23:56,870 --> 00:23:54,720
lot that's a wonderful thing here yeah

670
00:24:01,110 --> 00:23:56,880
that is good to hear outstanding

671
00:24:03,510 --> 00:24:01,120
any final thoughts you would like to add

672
00:24:05,510 --> 00:24:03,520
i love it here everyone should apply

673
00:24:07,190 --> 00:24:05,520
uh don't be scared to apply it's this

674
00:24:09,430 --> 00:24:07,200
has been probably the best summer i've

675
00:24:12,310 --> 00:24:09,440
ever had and it's just been an amazing

676
00:24:14,230 --> 00:24:12,320
experience wonderful so yeah i'm happy

677
00:24:15,909 --> 00:24:14,240
for you thank you for coming and sharing

678
00:24:17,110 --> 00:24:15,919
thank you for having me

679
00:24:18,710 --> 00:24:17,120
so great well good luck with your

680
00:24:20,789 --> 00:24:18,720
internship thanks

681
00:24:22,310 --> 00:24:20,799
two more weeks okay

682
00:24:25,350 --> 00:24:22,320
talk to you later

683
00:24:27,110 --> 00:24:25,360
all right so to apply for an internship

684
00:24:28,710 --> 00:24:27,120
at nasa for more information learn more

685
00:24:30,950 --> 00:24:28,720
about it you want to go to the website

686
00:24:33,190 --> 00:24:30,960
intern.nasa.gov

687
00:24:35,269 --> 00:24:33,200
so that was really inspirational like i

688
00:24:37,830 --> 00:24:35,279
want to be a nasa intern now that i have

689
00:24:40,070 --> 00:24:37,840
heard jordan's experience i did some

690
00:24:42,070 --> 00:24:40,080
cool internships but nothing that rivals

691
00:24:43,990 --> 00:24:42,080
that so that's awesome yeah just put

692
00:24:46,070 --> 00:24:44,000
these possibilities together for them

693
00:24:48,070 --> 00:24:46,080
yeah it's nice to hear like she was so

694
00:24:48,950 --> 00:24:48,080
excited getting an email from me right

695
00:24:50,789 --> 00:24:48,960
right

696
00:24:52,390 --> 00:24:50,799
it's always a high energy time whenever

697
00:24:54,549 --> 00:24:52,400
interns are here and their energy is our

698
00:24:56,390 --> 00:24:54,559
energy so that's always good to hear it

699
00:24:58,230 --> 00:24:56,400
definitely shows around the center when

700
00:24:59,909 --> 00:24:58,240
like if there are talks it's packed the

701
00:25:01,510 --> 00:24:59,919
auditorium is packed because the interns

702
00:25:03,669 --> 00:25:01,520
are really excited to be here and learn

703
00:25:06,149 --> 00:25:03,679
and be exposed to all these different

704
00:25:07,830 --> 00:25:06,159
tactics so it's a good reminder for me

705
00:25:10,149 --> 00:25:07,840
like there's cool stuff happening here

706
00:25:12,230 --> 00:25:10,159
go see it

707
00:25:15,590 --> 00:25:12,240
outstanding all right so

708
00:25:17,750 --> 00:25:15,600
let us do some rapid fire all right what

709
00:25:19,990 --> 00:25:17,760
if questions all right if you guys are

710
00:25:21,590 --> 00:25:20,000
up for that let's do it all right so

711
00:25:23,430 --> 00:25:21,600
people are everybody's gonna have their

712
00:25:25,029 --> 00:25:23,440
own special case right but these are

713
00:25:26,950 --> 00:25:25,039
some common ones like

714
00:25:29,350 --> 00:25:26,960
what if i'm in high school can i intern

715
00:25:30,950 --> 00:25:29,360
at nasa yeah so there's a minimum age

716
00:25:33,190 --> 00:25:30,960
requirement you have to be at least 16

717
00:25:34,950 --> 00:25:33,200
years old but as long as you're 16 or

718
00:25:36,390 --> 00:25:34,960
older we do have opportunities available

719
00:25:38,149 --> 00:25:36,400
for high school students all right so

720
00:25:41,029 --> 00:25:38,159
yes apply yes

721
00:25:42,870 --> 00:25:41,039
okay and earlier you talked about the

722
00:25:45,110 --> 00:25:42,880
gpa requirement

723
00:25:46,710 --> 00:25:45,120
what if i don't quite have that like is

724
00:25:48,710 --> 00:25:46,720
that firm or

725
00:25:50,390 --> 00:25:48,720
what can i do to address that right so

726
00:25:52,149 --> 00:25:50,400
we understand that an intern is a

727
00:25:54,390 --> 00:25:52,159
student first right so if you don't have

728
00:25:56,549 --> 00:25:54,400
the gpa we always encourage students to

729
00:25:59,750 --> 00:25:56,559
focus on school first once you do have

730
00:26:02,230 --> 00:25:59,760
the gpa of a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale you know

731
00:26:03,750 --> 00:26:02,240
uh as i mentioned earlier our internship

732
00:26:05,990 --> 00:26:03,760
opportunities are available year round

733
00:26:07,909 --> 00:26:06,000
so once you do have a 3.0 we just

734
00:26:10,070 --> 00:26:07,919
encourage you to apply event

735
00:26:12,789 --> 00:26:10,080
so just get your gpa up try again the

736
00:26:14,950 --> 00:26:12,799
next session right okay go back focus

737
00:26:17,510 --> 00:26:14,960
yeah work hard and come back again when

738
00:26:19,110 --> 00:26:17,520
you're ready exactly now what if i'm not

739
00:26:21,029 --> 00:26:19,120
a us citizen

740
00:26:23,110 --> 00:26:21,039
so situation there yeah the nasa

741
00:26:25,430 --> 00:26:23,120
internship program it's required that

742
00:26:28,149 --> 00:26:25,440
our interns are u.s citizens there are a

743
00:26:29,430 --> 00:26:28,159
few select opportunities for

744
00:26:31,909 --> 00:26:29,440
international students through the

745
00:26:33,430 --> 00:26:31,919
international internships program and

746
00:26:35,029 --> 00:26:33,440
there's more information about that at

747
00:26:37,590 --> 00:26:35,039
intern.nasa.gov

748
00:26:39,909 --> 00:26:37,600
okay good to know that those exist a few

749
00:26:41,669 --> 00:26:39,919
a few yes a few right yes

750
00:26:43,190 --> 00:26:41,679
not many but we have so many viewers

751
00:26:45,190 --> 00:26:43,200
around the world who are excited about

752
00:26:48,470 --> 00:26:45,200
that right right good for them to be

753
00:26:50,870 --> 00:26:48,480
able to go look into that um what if i

754
00:26:52,950 --> 00:26:50,880
recently graduated from college do i

755
00:26:54,950 --> 00:26:52,960
have to feel like oh man i miss my

756
00:26:56,710 --> 00:26:54,960
chance is it too late

757
00:26:58,310 --> 00:26:56,720
so it's not too late uh you're still

758
00:27:00,789 --> 00:26:58,320
eligible uh six months after you

759
00:27:02,870 --> 00:27:00,799
graduated so you would still be eligible

760
00:27:04,789 --> 00:27:02,880
if that's you okay all right six months

761
00:27:07,190 --> 00:27:04,799
after graduation so it's pretty common

762
00:27:08,230 --> 00:27:07,200
when students graduate in may

763
00:27:10,149 --> 00:27:08,240
they're still able to enter in the

764
00:27:11,909 --> 00:27:10,159
following summer and also the following

765
00:27:13,669 --> 00:27:11,919
fall okay right yeah that makes sense

766
00:27:16,549 --> 00:27:13,679
the next two sessions all right very

767
00:27:19,269 --> 00:27:16,559
good what if i'm enrolled at community

768
00:27:21,190 --> 00:27:19,279
college yes definitely you know

769
00:27:23,110 --> 00:27:21,200
as long as you're enrolled in a degree

770
00:27:24,549 --> 00:27:23,120
granting program or institution

771
00:27:26,149 --> 00:27:24,559
you're eligible so that includes

772
00:27:27,590 --> 00:27:26,159
community college students

773
00:27:29,430 --> 00:27:27,600
another program that we encourage

774
00:27:31,830 --> 00:27:29,440
community college students to check out

775
00:27:34,789 --> 00:27:31,840
is the nasa community college aerospace

776
00:27:36,710 --> 00:27:34,799
scholars also known as ncas so we've

777
00:27:39,590 --> 00:27:36,720
seen a lot of ncaa students become nasa

778
00:27:41,110 --> 00:27:39,600
interns so that's something for those

779
00:27:42,710 --> 00:27:41,120
community college students to check out

780
00:27:45,029 --> 00:27:42,720
all right a program specifically for

781
00:27:47,029 --> 00:27:45,039
community college and maybe from there

782
00:27:49,110 --> 00:27:47,039
enter into the internship right and

783
00:27:50,870 --> 00:27:49,120
simultaneously you can apply to both

784
00:27:53,029 --> 00:27:50,880
programs as well okay

785
00:27:55,190 --> 00:27:53,039
very good all right let me see about

786
00:27:57,269 --> 00:27:55,200
taking some questions from

787
00:27:59,350 --> 00:27:57,279
the chat okay

788
00:28:00,950 --> 00:27:59,360
uh well i think this one we have

789
00:28:03,669 --> 00:28:00,960
answered but it depends on this person's

790
00:28:05,510 --> 00:28:03,679
timing buster cherry asks can you pursue

791
00:28:07,269 --> 00:28:05,520
an internship even after graduating with

792
00:28:09,350 --> 00:28:07,279
an aerospace degree

793
00:28:11,909 --> 00:28:09,360
you sure can you sure can up to six

794
00:28:14,789 --> 00:28:11,919
months after graduation yes you can all

795
00:28:17,669 --> 00:28:14,799
right very good um

796
00:28:19,590 --> 00:28:17,679
good question here uh the real seinfeld

797
00:28:21,510 --> 00:28:19,600
i'm applying for an internship at nasa

798
00:28:23,269 --> 00:28:21,520
and i need a letter of recommendation i

799
00:28:25,029 --> 00:28:23,279
know someone at nasa but are they

800
00:28:27,669 --> 00:28:25,039
allowed as a nasa employee to write a

801
00:28:29,830 --> 00:28:27,679
letter of recommendation yeah they are

802
00:28:32,310 --> 00:28:29,840
and we we see that that's pretty common

803
00:28:34,230 --> 00:28:32,320
um so for example like the students who

804
00:28:35,909 --> 00:28:34,240
do incas they'll ask their in-cast

805
00:28:37,269 --> 00:28:35,919
mentors to write them a lot of

806
00:28:39,909 --> 00:28:37,279
recommendations so definitely something

807
00:28:41,590 --> 00:28:39,919
we see definitely loud right and just as

808
00:28:42,789 --> 00:28:41,600
a reminder for letters of recommendation

809
00:28:44,389 --> 00:28:42,799
you always want someone that can speak

810
00:28:46,630 --> 00:28:44,399
highly of you so if that's the person

811
00:28:48,070 --> 00:28:46,640
then yes okay that's great that's a

812
00:28:49,750 --> 00:28:48,080
really specific question that that

813
00:28:52,389 --> 00:28:49,760
person needed to answer so i'm glad you

814
00:28:55,190 --> 00:28:52,399
had the answer uh here's a question a

815
00:28:56,870 --> 00:28:55,200
rhetorical question from spacetvnet is

816
00:28:58,950 --> 00:28:56,880
there a cooler internship anywhere in

817
00:29:01,990 --> 00:28:58,960
the universe definitely not i don't

818
00:29:04,710 --> 00:29:02,000
think so i don't think so

819
00:29:06,710 --> 00:29:04,720
excellent point um

820
00:29:09,630 --> 00:29:06,720
here we also have answered this well

821
00:29:13,430 --> 00:29:09,640
we'll remind them of the possibilities

822
00:29:15,029 --> 00:29:13,440
rishabh rishabha 8637 is there any

823
00:29:16,950 --> 00:29:15,039
possibility of a person from india to be

824
00:29:18,909 --> 00:29:16,960
an intern at nasa

825
00:29:21,750 --> 00:29:18,919
yeah they would need to go visit

826
00:29:24,470 --> 00:29:21,760
intern.nasa.gov to see um if their

827
00:29:26,470 --> 00:29:24,480
country is is one of the agencies that

828
00:29:27,510 --> 00:29:26,480
we have a partnership with yeah all

829
00:29:29,909 --> 00:29:27,520
right

830
00:29:31,430 --> 00:29:29,919
and that goes also for moot is there any

831
00:29:32,549 --> 00:29:31,440
way to get in without being a u.s

832
00:29:34,470 --> 00:29:32,559
citizen

833
00:29:36,230 --> 00:29:34,480
there could be depending on programs

834
00:29:37,310 --> 00:29:36,240
offered by your country right

835
00:29:39,669 --> 00:29:37,320
and they can learn more at

836
00:29:42,230 --> 00:29:39,679
intern.nasa.gov that's right that's the

837
00:29:44,549 --> 00:29:42,240
one-stop shop yeah for internships at

838
00:29:46,950 --> 00:29:44,559
nasa yeah it it says right on the home

839
00:29:48,630 --> 00:29:46,960
page i think um like i am

840
00:29:50,149 --> 00:29:48,640
an international student or something

841
00:29:51,909 --> 00:29:50,159
you click it and yeah you can get all

842
00:29:53,590 --> 00:29:51,919
the information there okay that's good

843
00:29:55,750 --> 00:29:53,600
so that yeah it helps you it's very

844
00:29:58,789 --> 00:29:55,760
clear filter out the information you

845
00:30:00,149 --> 00:29:58,799
need yeah right there awesome um let's

846
00:30:01,430 --> 00:30:00,159
see let's see i have some of my

847
00:30:04,310 --> 00:30:01,440
questions i have some of the chats

848
00:30:07,669 --> 00:30:04,320
questions um i like this personal i'm

849
00:30:09,830 --> 00:30:07,679
interested in their profile the jp guy i

850
00:30:12,549 --> 00:30:09,840
have a philosophy degree can i find a

851
00:30:14,149 --> 00:30:12,559
job anywhere at nasa yeah you know as we

852
00:30:15,590 --> 00:30:14,159
mentioned well as haley mentioned

853
00:30:18,870 --> 00:30:15,600
earlier you know we do have some

854
00:30:21,350 --> 00:30:18,880
non-stem uh majors uh opportunities for

855
00:30:22,310 --> 00:30:21,360
folks uh you know not set in stem so we

856
00:30:24,549 --> 00:30:22,320
just encourage you to visit

857
00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:24,559
internatnasa.gov check out the projects

858
00:30:27,750 --> 00:30:26,000
that are available read the project

859
00:30:29,590 --> 00:30:27,760
descriptions and if it's a project that

860
00:30:30,549 --> 00:30:29,600
interests you apply

861
00:30:31,950 --> 00:30:30,559
yeah

862
00:30:36,149 --> 00:30:31,960
um

863
00:30:39,590 --> 00:30:36,159
baraluto3 says too bad i'm 16.

864
00:30:43,070 --> 00:30:39,600
but why because what's the minimum age

865
00:30:45,909 --> 00:30:43,080
minimum age is 16 so so send it youtube

866
00:30:48,070 --> 00:30:45,919
bariluto3 you can apply if you meet the

867
00:30:50,310 --> 00:30:48,080
other requirements you're old enough

868
00:30:51,110 --> 00:30:50,320
or hang in there until you finish school

869
00:30:52,950 --> 00:30:51,120
and

870
00:30:55,590 --> 00:30:52,960
come back in college right

871
00:30:57,750 --> 00:30:55,600
all right um there are loads more

872
00:31:00,870 --> 00:30:57,760
questions we can always come back to

873
00:31:03,909 --> 00:31:00,880
these so i do want to jump ahead to our

874
00:31:06,070 --> 00:31:03,919
next intern so we can get another story

875
00:31:08,470 --> 00:31:06,080
out here for people to experience so

876
00:31:12,870 --> 00:31:08,480
this time we're going to meet vanessa

877
00:31:18,870 --> 00:31:15,909
hear about another nasa story

878
00:31:21,110 --> 00:31:18,880
research going on this summer hey

879
00:31:22,789 --> 00:31:21,120
hi all right thanks for joining us thank

880
00:31:24,470 --> 00:31:22,799
you for having me on i'm so excited how

881
00:31:26,630 --> 00:31:24,480
are you doing today i'm doing super good

882
00:31:28,389 --> 00:31:26,640
today um yeah just coming off of work we

883
00:31:30,070 --> 00:31:28,399
did a lot of research in the lab today

884
00:31:31,110 --> 00:31:30,080
so it's been a good one very good well

885
00:31:32,549 --> 00:31:31,120
why don't you tell everybody your name

886
00:31:35,190 --> 00:31:32,559
where you from what are you studying

887
00:31:37,830 --> 00:31:35,200
yeah okay so i'm vanessa um i am a

888
00:31:39,990 --> 00:31:37,840
senior at stanford and i also have kind

889
00:31:42,149 --> 00:31:40,000
of a mouthful of a major um i'm a human

890
00:31:44,389 --> 00:31:42,159
biology major with a concentration in

891
00:31:46,470 --> 00:31:44,399
neuroscience brain and behavior

892
00:31:48,310 --> 00:31:46,480
and then i minored in astronomy and

893
00:31:50,630 --> 00:31:48,320
astrophysics um

894
00:31:52,149 --> 00:31:50,640
i love that you sound like someone who

895
00:31:53,750 --> 00:31:52,159
is passionate about all sorts of things

896
00:31:55,590 --> 00:31:53,760
and you didn't want to have to decide so

897
00:31:57,909 --> 00:31:55,600
you just went for it all yeah it's

898
00:31:59,669 --> 00:31:57,919
actually really exciting um because a

899
00:32:02,310 --> 00:31:59,679
lot of people are like oh that seems so

900
00:32:03,830 --> 00:32:02,320
different like astrophysics and biology

901
00:32:05,350 --> 00:32:03,840
um but it's actually really really

902
00:32:07,830 --> 00:32:05,360
interesting because they go hand in hand

903
00:32:09,430 --> 00:32:07,840
pretty well um one of the things that

904
00:32:10,630 --> 00:32:09,440
i'm really really passionate about is

905
00:32:12,710 --> 00:32:10,640
studying life

906
00:32:14,389 --> 00:32:12,720
in the universe and life and planets and

907
00:32:17,669 --> 00:32:14,399
worlds beyond our own and how we can

908
00:32:19,509 --> 00:32:17,679
foster that searching for life

909
00:32:21,430 --> 00:32:19,519
yes

910
00:32:22,230 --> 00:32:21,440
you're in the right place yeah right

911
00:32:24,549 --> 00:32:22,240
yeah

912
00:32:26,870 --> 00:32:24,559
and it's really cool because ames um is

913
00:32:28,549 --> 00:32:26,880
one of the nasa centers that specializes

914
00:32:31,269 --> 00:32:28,559
or has a lot of labs that work in the

915
00:32:32,870 --> 00:32:31,279
biosciences um so astrobiology is a big

916
00:32:34,230 --> 00:32:32,880
thing here and it's really exciting the

917
00:32:35,430 --> 00:32:34,240
work that people are doing it is

918
00:32:37,669 --> 00:32:35,440
exciting but what exactly are you

919
00:32:40,310 --> 00:32:37,679
working on specifically yeah so right

920
00:32:42,149 --> 00:32:40,320
now i work in an amazing lab my mentors

921
00:32:45,269 --> 00:32:42,159
are really cool and shout out to phil

922
00:32:46,870 --> 00:32:45,279
toscano and patricia cowings and we work

923
00:32:49,590 --> 00:32:46,880
in the psychophysiology lab

924
00:32:51,750 --> 00:32:49,600
psychophysiology yeah so it's really

925
00:32:53,750 --> 00:32:51,760
amazing work um one of their biggest

926
00:32:56,950 --> 00:32:53,760
projects is they've created a training

927
00:32:59,029 --> 00:32:56,960
program for astronauts um called afte

928
00:33:00,549 --> 00:32:59,039
and it basically allows astronauts to

929
00:33:03,350 --> 00:33:00,559
control different physiological

930
00:33:05,190 --> 00:33:03,360
conditions in space um and on earth such

931
00:33:08,470 --> 00:33:05,200
as their heart rate breathing rate

932
00:33:10,310 --> 00:33:08,480
temperature um mentally so that's really

933
00:33:11,990 --> 00:33:10,320
amazing it's a six hour training program

934
00:33:14,310 --> 00:33:12,000
and once they go through it

935
00:33:15,830 --> 00:33:14,320
they can really control these things and

936
00:33:16,870 --> 00:33:15,840
it helps in space a lot with motion

937
00:33:18,310 --> 00:33:16,880
sickness

938
00:33:19,750 --> 00:33:18,320
because that's a symptom frequently

939
00:33:21,110 --> 00:33:19,760
experienced by a lot of astronauts and

940
00:33:23,190 --> 00:33:21,120
also when they get back down to earth

941
00:33:25,909 --> 00:33:23,200
they're a little dizzy and disoriented

942
00:33:28,149 --> 00:33:25,919
um and this mental training in six hours

943
00:33:30,710 --> 00:33:28,159
um it's clinically they did clinical

944
00:33:32,470 --> 00:33:30,720
trials and it works better um than

945
00:33:34,389 --> 00:33:32,480
the shots that people would have for

946
00:33:35,269 --> 00:33:34,399
like motion service medicine oh my gosh

947
00:33:37,029 --> 00:33:35,279
so

948
00:33:39,110 --> 00:33:37,039
that's really cool stuff and then right

949
00:33:41,830 --> 00:33:39,120
now we're doing a second fold project as

950
00:33:44,230 --> 00:33:41,840
well where we're working on a biosuit um

951
00:33:46,549 --> 00:33:44,240
paired with the canadian space agency as

952
00:33:48,389 --> 00:33:46,559
well and it can help astronauts monitor

953
00:33:50,630 --> 00:33:48,399
their physiological conditions in space

954
00:33:52,070 --> 00:33:50,640
too and report it back to them real time

955
00:33:54,230 --> 00:33:52,080
so we're testing it out in the lab right

956
00:33:56,310 --> 00:33:54,240
now how cool yeah awesome

957
00:33:57,590 --> 00:33:56,320
this is amazing

958
00:34:00,149 --> 00:33:57,600
um

959
00:34:02,149 --> 00:34:00,159
the motion sickness studies

960
00:34:03,190 --> 00:34:02,159
what are you doing to study that what

961
00:34:05,269 --> 00:34:03,200
yeah

962
00:34:09,589 --> 00:34:05,279
so our lab is infamous for this thing

963
00:34:14,389 --> 00:34:11,990
yeah it's a rotating chair

964
00:34:16,149 --> 00:34:14,399
and it spins at increasing rotations per

965
00:34:17,750 --> 00:34:16,159
minute and it mimics motion sickness

966
00:34:20,230 --> 00:34:17,760
symptoms in space

967
00:34:22,550 --> 00:34:20,240
that astronauts often experience and so

968
00:34:23,589 --> 00:34:22,560
we're testing our test participants in

969
00:34:26,310 --> 00:34:23,599
the chair

970
00:34:27,829 --> 00:34:26,320
and seeing how they feel as time goes on

971
00:34:30,149 --> 00:34:27,839
and they're also wearing the suit so

972
00:34:31,909 --> 00:34:30,159
we're able to see like on our devices

973
00:34:33,990 --> 00:34:31,919
and they could see as well on their ios

974
00:34:35,109 --> 00:34:34,000
device their heart rate breathing rate

975
00:34:37,270 --> 00:34:35,119
blood pressure and that's really

976
00:34:39,190 --> 00:34:37,280
indicative of how sick they're feeling

977
00:34:41,430 --> 00:34:39,200
um and then after they do the training

978
00:34:43,750 --> 00:34:41,440
they're able to see the screen with

979
00:34:46,389 --> 00:34:43,760
their physiological conditions and rates

980
00:34:48,629 --> 00:34:46,399
and things like that and mentally bring

981
00:34:50,629 --> 00:34:48,639
these things up or down in ways that wow

982
00:34:52,389 --> 00:34:50,639
mitigate sickness so it's really cool

983
00:34:54,230 --> 00:34:52,399
that is really cool yeah we got a

984
00:34:55,589 --> 00:34:54,240
spinning chair in our lap right have you

985
00:34:57,670 --> 00:34:55,599
tried it have you ridden in the spinning

986
00:34:59,589 --> 00:34:57,680
chair no i wish so you have to go

987
00:35:02,710 --> 00:34:59,599
through medical clearance unfortunately

988
00:35:04,310 --> 00:35:02,720
so as interns or liabilities yeah

989
00:35:06,150 --> 00:35:04,320
i guess i'd be willing to give it a try

990
00:35:07,670 --> 00:35:06,160
but i don't know i got sick on a whale

991
00:35:10,230 --> 00:35:07,680
watch last year i'm not sure i'm the

992
00:35:11,430 --> 00:35:10,240
best candidate for the rotating chair

993
00:35:13,109 --> 00:35:11,440
yeah

994
00:35:15,030 --> 00:35:13,119
awesome so

995
00:35:17,349 --> 00:35:15,040
i can see how your work is going to

996
00:35:19,750 --> 00:35:17,359
contribute to the artemis program do you

997
00:35:22,230 --> 00:35:19,760
feel that in your day-to-day here how do

998
00:35:23,910 --> 00:35:22,240
you feel about that yeah so it is really

999
00:35:25,430 --> 00:35:23,920
really exciting to be working at nasa

1000
00:35:28,150 --> 00:35:25,440
during this time all the interns are

1001
00:35:29,349 --> 00:35:28,160
really grateful we can feel the energy

1002
00:35:31,109 --> 00:35:29,359
it's really cool because they're

1003
00:35:32,630 --> 00:35:31,119
actually flying these spacesuits at the

1004
00:35:33,990 --> 00:35:32,640
international space station right now

1005
00:35:35,990 --> 00:35:34,000
they really are um and so we're

1006
00:35:37,510 --> 00:35:36,000
continuing to test out the model and

1007
00:35:41,109 --> 00:35:37,520
figure out ways that we can improve on

1008
00:35:43,829 --> 00:35:41,119
it um and a lot of amazing astronauts um

1009
00:35:46,310 --> 00:35:43,839
have worked with my mentors and had the

1010
00:35:49,030 --> 00:35:46,320
motion sickness training themselves like

1011
00:35:50,950 --> 00:35:49,040
mae jimson had it and she we have a ton

1012
00:35:52,950 --> 00:35:50,960
of pictures of them in our wall of our

1013
00:35:54,950 --> 00:35:52,960
lab and like they're signed like

1014
00:35:56,470 --> 00:35:54,960
never felt sick again like really great

1015
00:35:58,870 --> 00:35:56,480
things

1016
00:36:00,550 --> 00:35:58,880
so yeah my mentors are pretty much the

1017
00:36:02,150 --> 00:36:00,560
goats and it's really exciting to work

1018
00:36:03,829 --> 00:36:02,160
with them especially during this time

1019
00:36:05,349 --> 00:36:03,839
knowing that you're working on something

1020
00:36:07,109 --> 00:36:05,359
that's going to carry people especially

1021
00:36:10,470 --> 00:36:07,119
on longer missions when we're headed to

1022
00:36:12,310 --> 00:36:10,480
the moon headed to mars from there um

1023
00:36:14,950 --> 00:36:12,320
and that can take a really big toll on

1024
00:36:17,109 --> 00:36:14,960
the body that we haven't foreseen before

1025
00:36:19,109 --> 00:36:17,119
it's taking such long space flights um

1026
00:36:21,030 --> 00:36:19,119
so they're really going to need a lot of

1027
00:36:22,710 --> 00:36:21,040
people in biology and medicine coming up

1028
00:36:24,870 --> 00:36:22,720
to support this program so it's an

1029
00:36:27,190 --> 00:36:24,880
exciting time for everyone well

1030
00:36:29,510 --> 00:36:27,200
that is exciting do you have a favorite

1031
00:36:31,349 --> 00:36:29,520
thing about your internship yeah

1032
00:36:33,910 --> 00:36:31,359
so my favorite thing about my internship

1033
00:36:35,430 --> 00:36:33,920
i have two my first one is just really

1034
00:36:37,990 --> 00:36:35,440
actually getting to contribute to the

1035
00:36:40,470 --> 00:36:38,000
work that our lab is doing um and

1036
00:36:41,990 --> 00:36:40,480
interacting with our test participants

1037
00:36:43,910 --> 00:36:42,000
and like talking to them and we have

1038
00:36:45,910 --> 00:36:43,920
different tests in the chair they'll

1039
00:36:47,430 --> 00:36:45,920
exercise wearing the suit to mimic a lot

1040
00:36:49,109 --> 00:36:47,440
of conditions that astronauts might be

1041
00:36:50,069 --> 00:36:49,119
under and see if the suit holds up in

1042
00:36:52,630 --> 00:36:50,079
them

1043
00:36:54,790 --> 00:36:52,640
actually a researcher i've got a

1044
00:36:57,270 --> 00:36:54,800
clipboard like i'm running the

1045
00:36:59,030 --> 00:36:57,280
experiment um sometimes our mentors are

1046
00:37:01,109 --> 00:36:59,040
there sometimes they're not um so you're

1047
00:37:02,550 --> 00:37:01,119
really like in charge of the experiment

1048
00:37:04,710 --> 00:37:02,560
and that's really cool to have that

1049
00:37:06,870 --> 00:37:04,720
handed to you um and to be able to make

1050
00:37:08,950 --> 00:37:06,880
an impact and to be treated taken

1051
00:37:11,109 --> 00:37:08,960
seriously like when you come on and

1052
00:37:12,150 --> 00:37:11,119
being able to prove that yeah i can step

1053
00:37:14,870 --> 00:37:12,160
up and do this it's a really good

1054
00:37:16,310 --> 00:37:14,880
feeling to contribute my second thing is

1055
00:37:18,390 --> 00:37:16,320
hearing really cool stories from my

1056
00:37:20,069 --> 00:37:18,400
mentors they've been working at nasa for

1057
00:37:21,670 --> 00:37:20,079
over 40 years

1058
00:37:23,750 --> 00:37:21,680
so they're amazing so they have tons of

1059
00:37:25,829 --> 00:37:23,760
stories about like going in the zero g

1060
00:37:27,510 --> 00:37:25,839
planes interacting with astronauts

1061
00:37:29,109 --> 00:37:27,520
cosmonauts and like the japanese

1062
00:37:31,510 --> 00:37:29,119
astronauts all receive training from

1063
00:37:33,990 --> 00:37:31,520
them so that's one of my favorite things

1064
00:37:35,910 --> 00:37:34,000
too is to hear the stories um and hear

1065
00:37:38,390 --> 00:37:35,920
about their life experiences here and

1066
00:37:39,990 --> 00:37:38,400
you really feel a part of a legacy of

1067
00:37:42,470 --> 00:37:40,000
like space innovation and just

1068
00:37:44,550 --> 00:37:42,480
exploration and it's really exciting

1069
00:37:45,990 --> 00:37:44,560
that is exciting you feel the past that

1070
00:37:48,069 --> 00:37:46,000
came before you you know you're

1071
00:37:49,750 --> 00:37:48,079
contributing to the future to come yeah

1072
00:37:51,270 --> 00:37:49,760
that's so awesome

1073
00:37:53,589 --> 00:37:51,280
and i want you to know that we have a

1074
00:37:58,230 --> 00:37:53,599
comment from higher learning who says i

1075
00:38:03,829 --> 00:38:00,310
and this person is sending in my

1076
00:38:05,190 --> 00:38:03,839
application asap yes send them in

1077
00:38:06,630 --> 00:38:05,200
it's great that you can apply pretty

1078
00:38:07,829 --> 00:38:06,640
much any time of the year it's really

1079
00:38:15,589 --> 00:38:07,839
exciting

1080
00:38:20,710 --> 00:38:18,790
we're glad to know you vanessa um i'm

1081
00:38:22,470 --> 00:38:20,720
looking for other questions that might

1082
00:38:24,630 --> 00:38:22,480
be great for you

1083
00:38:26,390 --> 00:38:24,640
uh well someone's asking what is the

1084
00:38:28,470 --> 00:38:26,400
process of getting the internship

1085
00:38:30,310 --> 00:38:28,480
specifically what time did you apply and

1086
00:38:32,390 --> 00:38:30,320
you plan on staying

1087
00:38:33,589 --> 00:38:32,400
sure about that part but um could you

1088
00:38:35,349 --> 00:38:33,599
tell us a little bit about like how far

1089
00:38:38,630 --> 00:38:35,359
in advance did you apply did you choose

1090
00:38:40,870 --> 00:38:38,640
a bunch of projects or one yeah so i

1091
00:38:42,790 --> 00:38:40,880
chose a lot of projects at ames since i

1092
00:38:45,109 --> 00:38:42,800
had a lot of biology-based programs and

1093
00:38:47,109 --> 00:38:45,119
i'm a biology major um

1094
00:38:49,109 --> 00:38:47,119
not a flight engineer or anything like

1095
00:38:51,750 --> 00:38:49,119
that but yeah so they had a lot of aims

1096
00:38:53,670 --> 00:38:51,760
and so i filtered it by biosciences

1097
00:38:55,190 --> 00:38:53,680
biology cell science things like that

1098
00:38:56,950 --> 00:38:55,200
things that i was really interested and

1099
00:38:59,349 --> 00:38:56,960
excited about um

1100
00:39:01,430 --> 00:38:59,359
and i found three that i applied to here

1101
00:39:04,230 --> 00:39:01,440
that like really stuck out to me

1102
00:39:06,230 --> 00:39:04,240
um so i started applying probably

1103
00:39:08,310 --> 00:39:06,240
thinking about it like three months in

1104
00:39:10,310 --> 00:39:08,320
advance i started writing my application

1105
00:39:11,910 --> 00:39:10,320
about one month in advance but i think

1106
00:39:13,750 --> 00:39:11,920
that it is really important with some

1107
00:39:15,750 --> 00:39:13,760
cool advanced planning that you can do

1108
00:39:17,750 --> 00:39:15,760
starting in the months prior

1109
00:39:19,030 --> 00:39:17,760
i really really recommend thinking about

1110
00:39:20,550 --> 00:39:19,040
like things that you could say or like

1111
00:39:22,550 --> 00:39:20,560
passions that you could write about that

1112
00:39:24,710 --> 00:39:22,560
really makes your personality shine

1113
00:39:25,829 --> 00:39:24,720
through your application but also

1114
00:39:28,069 --> 00:39:25,839
thinking about your letter of

1115
00:39:30,150 --> 00:39:28,079
recommendation who's going to write it

1116
00:39:33,349 --> 00:39:30,160
and like who you want to speak on your

1117
00:39:36,230 --> 00:39:33,359
behalf and if that person can actually

1118
00:39:38,630 --> 00:39:36,240
show some stories about you and like how

1119
00:39:40,630 --> 00:39:38,640
you've taken x skill that they have on

1120
00:39:41,990 --> 00:39:40,640
the application and a story about how

1121
00:39:43,270 --> 00:39:42,000
you've applied it and also putting that

1122
00:39:45,190 --> 00:39:43,280
in your own application like kind of

1123
00:39:47,430 --> 00:39:45,200
spitting out the qualifications that

1124
00:39:49,190 --> 00:39:47,440
they want but with an example that

1125
00:39:51,190 --> 00:39:49,200
you've done on your own is really great

1126
00:39:53,270 --> 00:39:51,200
um and another thing about letters of

1127
00:39:55,109 --> 00:39:53,280
recommendation that i learned in college

1128
00:39:56,230 --> 00:39:55,119
that is really helpful is that you don't

1129
00:39:57,990 --> 00:39:56,240
actually have to let your recommenders

1130
00:39:59,430 --> 00:39:58,000
like go into the wind and just say hey

1131
00:40:01,829 --> 00:39:59,440
can you write a recommendation for this

1132
00:40:03,670 --> 00:40:01,839
program um you can actually suggest

1133
00:40:05,589 --> 00:40:03,680
certain talking points um when you talk

1134
00:40:07,510 --> 00:40:05,599
to them or email them like oh it would

1135
00:40:09,990 --> 00:40:07,520
be awesome if you could speak about how

1136
00:40:11,910 --> 00:40:10,000
i led this experiment or how i did this

1137
00:40:13,030 --> 00:40:11,920
and give them a list of things and they

1138
00:40:14,870 --> 00:40:13,040
actually love that because it makes

1139
00:40:16,550 --> 00:40:14,880
their job a lot easier yeah um because

1140
00:40:18,470 --> 00:40:16,560
then it's a shorter process for them to

1141
00:40:20,630 --> 00:40:18,480
write so like oh yes yes so you can kind

1142
00:40:22,470 --> 00:40:20,640
of write your own

1143
00:40:23,589 --> 00:40:22,480
yeah as long as it's true yeah exactly

1144
00:40:24,630 --> 00:40:23,599
right they're not going to write

1145
00:40:26,630 --> 00:40:24,640
anything that's not true but you're

1146
00:40:28,790 --> 00:40:26,640
reminding them i did this and this and

1147
00:40:31,030 --> 00:40:28,800
that yeah don't forget how passionate i

1148
00:40:33,270 --> 00:40:31,040
am about this stuff yeah awesome that's

1149
00:40:35,349 --> 00:40:33,280
really good concrete advice that's

1150
00:40:37,190 --> 00:40:35,359
really helpful uh i don't know do you

1151
00:40:39,190 --> 00:40:37,200
have any final thoughts you would just

1152
00:40:42,150 --> 00:40:39,200
love to share about your experience can

1153
00:40:44,870 --> 00:40:42,160
i can i ask if you've worn the suit

1154
00:40:47,030 --> 00:40:44,880
i have worn the suit um it kind of fits

1155
00:40:48,790 --> 00:40:47,040
like a leotard with a little headband

1156
00:40:50,710 --> 00:40:48,800
and you feel really official because

1157
00:40:53,349 --> 00:40:50,720
like it really does look like some kind

1158
00:40:55,190 --> 00:40:53,359
of space suit that you're wearing um

1159
00:40:57,510 --> 00:40:55,200
and there's some sensors and a little

1160
00:40:59,510 --> 00:40:57,520
plug patch and like plugs and it sits in

1161
00:41:00,950 --> 00:40:59,520
the pocket of the suit um and you just

1162
00:41:02,150 --> 00:41:00,960
feel like oh i'm ready to go i'm suited

1163
00:41:04,309 --> 00:41:02,160
up

1164
00:41:06,309 --> 00:41:04,319
it's really cool yeah

1165
00:41:08,230 --> 00:41:06,319
just one of the perks of the job you got

1166
00:41:10,150 --> 00:41:08,240
to put on the suit yeah yeah and i guess

1167
00:41:12,069 --> 00:41:10,160
the final piece of advice i have is just

1168
00:41:14,470 --> 00:41:12,079
what you've been hearing to apply um

1169
00:41:15,910 --> 00:41:14,480
yeah apply a fly fly it's a really

1170
00:41:17,670 --> 00:41:15,920
really exciting time to be working at

1171
00:41:19,349 --> 00:41:17,680
nasa right now especially with the

1172
00:41:20,470 --> 00:41:19,359
artemis program coming up like you will

1173
00:41:23,030 --> 00:41:20,480
be contributing

1174
00:41:24,630 --> 00:41:23,040
to the future of space exploration and

1175
00:41:27,190 --> 00:41:24,640
that is so exciting

1176
00:41:28,870 --> 00:41:27,200
and so put in those applications

1177
00:41:30,790 --> 00:41:28,880
great message i'm so glad you get to be

1178
00:41:32,630 --> 00:41:30,800
a part of it it's exciting all right

1179
00:41:34,309 --> 00:41:32,640
thank you for stopping by today yes

1180
00:41:36,069 --> 00:41:34,319
thank you guys for having me good luck

1181
00:41:37,430 --> 00:41:36,079
with your research bye i'll thank you

1182
00:41:38,630 --> 00:41:37,440
bye

1183
00:41:41,030 --> 00:41:38,640
awesome

1184
00:41:43,109 --> 00:41:41,040
another one that i want to be right i

1185
00:41:45,270 --> 00:41:43,119
know i decided i want to be jordan and i

1186
00:41:47,430 --> 00:41:45,280
want to be vanessa in my next life i've

1187
00:41:48,470 --> 00:41:47,440
been to her lab a couple times yeah so

1188
00:41:50,230 --> 00:41:48,480
cool

1189
00:41:51,990 --> 00:41:50,240
in your jobs you guys get to tour all

1190
00:41:54,230 --> 00:41:52,000
the different labs and see what's going

1191
00:41:56,069 --> 00:41:54,240
on we make sure too yeah

1192
00:41:58,550 --> 00:41:56,079
yeah

1193
00:42:00,309 --> 00:41:58,560
uh we have a bunch more questions before

1194
00:42:02,950 --> 00:42:00,319
moving on um

1195
00:42:19,430 --> 00:42:02,960
someone is asking if these are paid

1196
00:42:23,829 --> 00:42:21,750
grams it kind of depends on center um

1197
00:42:25,670 --> 00:42:23,839
but if you're at intern.nasa.gov those

1198
00:42:27,910 --> 00:42:25,680
volunteer projects should be like

1199
00:42:29,030 --> 00:42:27,920
clearly labeled so okay no surprises

1200
00:42:32,390 --> 00:42:29,040
you're getting paid unless it says

1201
00:42:35,349 --> 00:42:32,400
volunteer all right yeah um

1202
00:42:37,030 --> 00:42:35,359
nasa katie harvey nasa in the name

1203
00:42:38,390 --> 00:42:37,040
that tells us something since nasa

1204
00:42:39,829 --> 00:42:38,400
doesn't provide housing what would you

1205
00:42:42,790 --> 00:42:39,839
recommend high school students do for

1206
00:42:44,710 --> 00:42:42,800
the summer they're from out of state

1207
00:42:46,950 --> 00:42:44,720
you mentioned the stipend can help cover

1208
00:42:47,990 --> 00:42:46,960
the cost of housing

1209
00:42:49,750 --> 00:42:48,000
that kind of goes with like just

1210
00:42:51,750 --> 00:42:49,760
planning ahead right so if you know

1211
00:42:54,150 --> 00:42:51,760
you're applying for you know the summer

1212
00:42:56,950 --> 00:42:54,160
session uh just look at the center that

1213
00:42:59,190 --> 00:42:56,960
you're uh considering and um consider

1214
00:43:01,750 --> 00:42:59,200
the area where they're at so um

1215
00:43:04,470 --> 00:43:01,760
oftentimes our interns you know across

1216
00:43:06,630 --> 00:43:04,480
the agency will either look at airbnb or

1217
00:43:09,190 --> 00:43:06,640
you know um check out different housing

1218
00:43:11,109 --> 00:43:09,200
options you know in the area yeah yeah

1219
00:43:12,790 --> 00:43:11,119
and we kind of when once students are

1220
00:43:14,630 --> 00:43:12,800
accepted we'll send out some housing

1221
00:43:16,870 --> 00:43:14,640
like resources and recommendations and i

1222
00:43:18,390 --> 00:43:16,880
think most centers do that so we try to

1223
00:43:19,430 --> 00:43:18,400
help you know you know what's there

1224
00:43:21,750 --> 00:43:19,440
because we know a lot of people are

1225
00:43:24,150 --> 00:43:21,760
coming from from madison yeah yeah and i

1226
00:43:25,910 --> 00:43:24,160
imagine future interns can be in touch

1227
00:43:27,670 --> 00:43:25,920
with each other maybe roommates

1228
00:43:29,430 --> 00:43:27,680
definitely that kind of thing can help

1229
00:43:31,670 --> 00:43:29,440
yeah we help get them connected before

1230
00:43:33,990 --> 00:43:31,680
they're here so okay so find roommates

1231
00:43:36,550 --> 00:43:34,000
that helps um

1232
00:43:38,550 --> 00:43:36,560
i saw a good one that i wanted to cover

1233
00:43:40,309 --> 00:43:38,560
here's one spacetvnet is asking can

1234
00:43:42,870 --> 00:43:40,319
people with a disability become a nasa

1235
00:43:44,790 --> 00:43:42,880
intern of course

1236
00:43:46,230 --> 00:43:44,800
yes plain and simple easy answer yeah

1237
00:43:47,829 --> 00:43:46,240
plain and simple

1238
00:43:50,870 --> 00:43:47,839
um

1239
00:43:52,790 --> 00:43:50,880
astro b astrobeecal we have a project

1240
00:43:54,390 --> 00:43:52,800
called youtube we have interns working

1241
00:43:55,910 --> 00:43:54,400
on it

1242
00:43:57,910 --> 00:43:55,920
does your major impact the project that

1243
00:43:59,589 --> 00:43:57,920
you work on as an intern say for example

1244
00:44:01,430 --> 00:43:59,599
if you apply as an engineering major you

1245
00:44:03,030 --> 00:44:01,440
might work on rockets or biology majors

1246
00:44:04,390 --> 00:44:03,040
might work on recycling water for trips

1247
00:44:05,589 --> 00:44:04,400
to the moon

1248
00:44:08,230 --> 00:44:05,599
yeah so

1249
00:44:11,109 --> 00:44:08,240
usually the projects are aimed at

1250
00:44:13,589 --> 00:44:11,119
specific majors sometimes though um

1251
00:44:15,430 --> 00:44:13,599
there's projects where the mentors they

1252
00:44:17,270 --> 00:44:15,440
just take a group of students and then

1253
00:44:18,390 --> 00:44:17,280
you know they'll tailor it more towards

1254
00:44:19,670 --> 00:44:18,400
you so they'll if they have an

1255
00:44:22,550 --> 00:44:19,680
engineering student they'll kind of give

1256
00:44:23,990 --> 00:44:22,560
them that portion of the project and um

1257
00:44:27,109 --> 00:44:24,000
yeah things like that

1258
00:44:29,109 --> 00:44:27,119
all right cool so speaking of mentors uh

1259
00:44:30,230 --> 00:44:29,119
vanessa was just talking about how hers

1260
00:44:32,150 --> 00:44:30,240
are so amazing and she really

1261
00:44:33,670 --> 00:44:32,160
appreciates working with them what

1262
00:44:35,030 --> 00:44:33,680
exactly is the role of mentors can you

1263
00:44:38,309 --> 00:44:35,040
describe how they work with their

1264
00:44:39,750 --> 00:44:38,319
students yeah so our mentors i mean

1265
00:44:41,270 --> 00:44:39,760
they're really amazing and they're

1266
00:44:43,589 --> 00:44:41,280
obviously you know experts in their

1267
00:44:44,870 --> 00:44:43,599
fields and so they're working day to day

1268
00:44:46,390 --> 00:44:44,880
with the interns they're you know

1269
00:44:47,910 --> 00:44:46,400
providing them support

1270
00:44:49,349 --> 00:44:47,920
teaching them sharing their knowledge

1271
00:44:52,390 --> 00:44:49,359
with them giving them all the necessary

1272
00:44:54,230 --> 00:44:52,400
training um so yeah so they're a huge

1273
00:44:56,710 --> 00:44:54,240
part of the internship program of course

1274
00:44:58,550 --> 00:44:56,720
right um and just another thing to add

1275
00:45:00,390 --> 00:44:58,560
without our mentors internships wouldn't

1276
00:45:01,990 --> 00:45:00,400
exist so they're very critical to the

1277
00:45:03,910 --> 00:45:02,000
internship program right right they're

1278
00:45:06,550 --> 00:45:03,920
the other half interns and mentors right

1279
00:45:09,109 --> 00:45:06,560
exactly yeah and you guys talked about

1280
00:45:12,230 --> 00:45:09,119
interns becoming employees sometimes do

1281
00:45:13,750 --> 00:45:12,240
you have any that then became mentors

1282
00:45:15,829 --> 00:45:13,760
yes yes definitely

1283
00:45:17,510 --> 00:45:15,839
so they know the experience themselves

1284
00:45:20,309 --> 00:45:17,520
yeah i actually think a lot of our

1285
00:45:21,190 --> 00:45:20,319
mentors um were once interns so that

1286
00:45:22,790 --> 00:45:21,200
kind of

1287
00:45:24,870 --> 00:45:22,800
that helps a lot because they're they

1288
00:45:25,589 --> 00:45:24,880
really have that perspective and they

1289
00:45:27,270 --> 00:45:25,599
know

1290
00:45:28,230 --> 00:45:27,280
what kind of support our interns need

1291
00:45:29,670 --> 00:45:28,240
right

1292
00:45:31,990 --> 00:45:29,680
you guys actually invited a mentor here

1293
00:45:34,230 --> 00:45:32,000
to join us to tell us himself about the

1294
00:45:38,390 --> 00:45:34,240
experience so we're going to meet george

1295
00:45:42,470 --> 00:45:40,550
mentor extraordinaire

1296
00:45:44,390 --> 00:45:42,480
hey

1297
00:45:45,750 --> 00:45:44,400
good to see you how are you great to be

1298
00:45:47,670 --> 00:45:45,760
here i'm great thank you so much

1299
00:45:49,910 --> 00:45:47,680
excellent so you're one of our star

1300
00:45:51,109 --> 00:45:49,920
mentors with interns of your own why

1301
00:45:52,710 --> 00:45:51,119
don't you introduce yourself and tell

1302
00:45:54,550 --> 00:45:52,720
everybody what you work on here first of

1303
00:45:57,109 --> 00:45:54,560
all my name is george grossby i'm a

1304
00:45:58,950 --> 00:45:57,119
research engineer here within the

1305
00:46:01,349 --> 00:45:58,960
diagnostics and prognostics research

1306
00:46:04,150 --> 00:46:01,359
group in the intelligent system division

1307
00:46:06,069 --> 00:46:04,160
all right yeah that also is a mouthful

1308
00:46:09,109 --> 00:46:06,079
we'll ask you a little more about your

1309
00:46:10,790 --> 00:46:09,119
work in a bit um but you have you have

1310
00:46:12,390 --> 00:46:10,800
chosen interns yourself who've come to

1311
00:46:14,790 --> 00:46:12,400
work with you what kinds of things are

1312
00:46:16,550 --> 00:46:14,800
you looking for when they apply uh

1313
00:46:18,150 --> 00:46:16,560
typically i look at

1314
00:46:20,710 --> 00:46:18,160
the type of skills the interns list on

1315
00:46:23,670 --> 00:46:20,720
their resume and how they've used those

1316
00:46:25,589 --> 00:46:23,680
skills in experiences in in projects so

1317
00:46:27,349 --> 00:46:25,599
if someone says oh i know c plus i'd

1318
00:46:29,910 --> 00:46:27,359
like to look i look at their resume and

1319
00:46:32,390 --> 00:46:29,920
see how they've used it in the past uh

1320
00:46:34,470 --> 00:46:32,400
and to what degree they've used it yeah

1321
00:46:35,990 --> 00:46:34,480
so like our interns said be specific in

1322
00:46:37,589 --> 00:46:36,000
your application right yeah something

1323
00:46:39,910 --> 00:46:37,599
like george is looking to see what did

1324
00:46:42,870 --> 00:46:39,920
you do with that skill you have

1325
00:46:44,790 --> 00:46:42,880
yeah excellent um i think you must look

1326
00:46:46,470 --> 00:46:44,800
for people who are passionate right yeah

1327
00:46:48,390 --> 00:46:46,480
i i often look for

1328
00:46:50,150 --> 00:46:48,400
people who express themselves in their

1329
00:46:52,150 --> 00:46:50,160
application i read through all the

1330
00:46:53,750 --> 00:46:52,160
different uh fields that are that are in

1331
00:46:56,470 --> 00:46:53,760
the intern application and then i look

1332
00:46:58,630 --> 00:46:56,480
at the resume i love people who are

1333
00:47:00,309 --> 00:46:58,640
excited about space exploration excited

1334
00:47:02,390 --> 00:47:00,319
about robotics excited for an

1335
00:47:05,030 --> 00:47:02,400
opportunity to work here at ames right

1336
00:47:05,829 --> 00:47:05,040
right that's that's like a minimum right

1337
00:47:07,510 --> 00:47:05,839
yeah

1338
00:47:10,710 --> 00:47:07,520
that's definitely something we hear a

1339
00:47:12,950 --> 00:47:10,720
lot from our mentors um i said before we

1340
00:47:14,790 --> 00:47:12,960
you know see hundreds and thousands of

1341
00:47:17,510 --> 00:47:14,800
transcripts that all you know look

1342
00:47:18,710 --> 00:47:17,520
pretty similar but what sets it apart is

1343
00:47:20,950 --> 00:47:18,720
kind of like what you're doing in your

1344
00:47:22,630 --> 00:47:20,960
free time what you know are you teaching

1345
00:47:24,470 --> 00:47:22,640
yourself how to code are you working on

1346
00:47:25,430 --> 00:47:24,480
your pilot's license things like that

1347
00:47:29,270 --> 00:47:25,440
what

1348
00:47:31,589 --> 00:47:29,280
yeah we like we like people who love to

1349
00:47:34,150 --> 00:47:31,599
learn yes that makes sense

1350
00:47:37,349 --> 00:47:34,160
that's a prerequisite for definitely

1351
00:47:39,270 --> 00:47:37,359
learning throughout life yeah exactly so

1352
00:47:41,670 --> 00:47:39,280
george why don't you tell us your story

1353
00:47:43,430 --> 00:47:41,680
exactly how did you get to nasa yeah

1354
00:47:45,510 --> 00:47:43,440
how'd that play out i was very very

1355
00:47:47,430 --> 00:47:45,520
lucky i got into a very small program

1356
00:47:49,829 --> 00:47:47,440
that existed a few years ago called the

1357
00:47:52,710 --> 00:47:49,839
tribal universities and

1358
00:47:54,950 --> 00:47:52,720
tribal colleges and universities program

1359
00:47:57,109 --> 00:47:54,960
it's a program at nasa specific for

1360
00:47:58,549 --> 00:47:57,119
native american students that's amazing

1361
00:48:01,190 --> 00:47:58,559
this is really amazing and it's really

1362
00:48:03,030 --> 00:48:01,200
life-changing uh experience once i got

1363
00:48:05,750 --> 00:48:03,040
here i spent the entire summer working

1364
00:48:07,589 --> 00:48:05,760
with my mentor on a robotics project i

1365
00:48:09,670 --> 00:48:07,599
said this is my foot in the door i'm

1366
00:48:10,870 --> 00:48:09,680
gonna take advantage of it yeah and it

1367
00:48:12,710 --> 00:48:10,880
worked out really well for me because

1368
00:48:15,670 --> 00:48:12,720
the very next summer i was invited back

1369
00:48:17,990 --> 00:48:15,680
to to nasa to take part in the nasa

1370
00:48:19,510 --> 00:48:18,000
academy for robotics oh wow and then the

1371
00:48:21,589 --> 00:48:19,520
following summer i got invited back

1372
00:48:22,790 --> 00:48:21,599
again for the nasa academy for space

1373
00:48:24,470 --> 00:48:22,800
exploration

1374
00:48:26,549 --> 00:48:24,480
all right this really great program that

1375
00:48:28,790 --> 00:48:26,559
was a type of leadership development

1376
00:48:30,150 --> 00:48:28,800
program and then immediately afterwards

1377
00:48:31,670 --> 00:48:30,160
i was lucky enough to get hired full

1378
00:48:34,470 --> 00:48:31,680
time and now

1379
00:48:35,829 --> 00:48:34,480
i live the dream every day right yeah

1380
00:48:37,190 --> 00:48:35,839
yeah i like something you told me one

1381
00:48:38,309 --> 00:48:37,200
time that when you were starting that

1382
00:48:40,390 --> 00:48:38,319
first program you were really

1383
00:48:42,230 --> 00:48:40,400
intimidated and you felt like oh they're

1384
00:48:44,710 --> 00:48:42,240
all going to be geniuses and what if i'm

1385
00:48:46,230 --> 00:48:44,720
not that's a century yeah but is that is

1386
00:48:47,990 --> 00:48:46,240
that what you found when you got here

1387
00:48:49,589 --> 00:48:48,000
it's not at all that way in fact so i

1388
00:48:51,109 --> 00:48:49,599
was very worried i was very worried that

1389
00:48:52,710 --> 00:48:51,119
everybody here at nasa thought i was a

1390
00:48:56,630 --> 00:48:52,720
genius and that they had very high

1391
00:48:58,390 --> 00:48:56,640
expectations of me and in actuality uh

1392
00:48:59,510 --> 00:48:58,400
what we expect of our interns is that

1393
00:49:03,670 --> 00:48:59,520
they

1394
00:49:05,750 --> 00:49:03,680
learn develop new skills get new

1395
00:49:07,109 --> 00:49:05,760
knowledge and then solve that problem

1396
00:49:08,630 --> 00:49:07,119
they don't have to be an expert to be an

1397
00:49:10,390 --> 00:49:08,640
intern but we love it when they can

1398
00:49:12,630 --> 00:49:10,400
learn grow and then help us solve the

1399
00:49:13,910 --> 00:49:12,640
real problems that we have right right

1400
00:49:15,430 --> 00:49:13,920
you're not supposed to already know

1401
00:49:17,589 --> 00:49:15,440
everything when you get here you're here

1402
00:49:20,790 --> 00:49:17,599
to learn right um

1403
00:49:22,150 --> 00:49:20,800
so we we heard from our two interns that

1404
00:49:23,990 --> 00:49:22,160
visited that they're contributing to the

1405
00:49:26,309 --> 00:49:24,000
artemis program what about your interns

1406
00:49:28,790 --> 00:49:26,319
what are they working on and how is that

1407
00:49:30,309 --> 00:49:28,800
supporting the program yeah in fact i've

1408
00:49:33,910 --> 00:49:30,319
got four interns this summer and one of

1409
00:49:35,829 --> 00:49:33,920
them ben is working on a cryogenic fuel

1410
00:49:37,910 --> 00:49:35,839
valve test bed

1411
00:49:40,230 --> 00:49:37,920
uh this that what's that about this is a

1412
00:49:42,630 --> 00:49:40,240
really exciting cryogenic fuel right uh

1413
00:49:44,549 --> 00:49:42,640
so these valves are used for fueling up

1414
00:49:46,549 --> 00:49:44,559
rockets that eventually launch and go to

1415
00:49:49,109 --> 00:49:46,559
space oh yeah the problem is these

1416
00:49:51,190 --> 00:49:49,119
valves they control the flow of

1417
00:49:53,190 --> 00:49:51,200
cryogenic fuel from fuel depots to the

1418
00:49:54,950 --> 00:49:53,200
rockets before liftoff and if any of

1419
00:49:57,510 --> 00:49:54,960
these valves fail during that process

1420
00:49:59,190 --> 00:49:57,520
you got a big problem either the fuel

1421
00:50:01,190 --> 00:49:59,200
doesn't flow and then nobody gets to go

1422
00:50:04,069 --> 00:50:01,200
to space that day oh yeah or the fuel

1423
00:50:06,069 --> 00:50:04,079
flows without stop into a completely

1424
00:50:07,270 --> 00:50:06,079
full rocket and that's another different

1425
00:50:08,549 --> 00:50:07,280
dangerous problem

1426
00:50:10,470 --> 00:50:08,559
so it's really important to understand

1427
00:50:12,549 --> 00:50:10,480
the health state of these systems and

1428
00:50:14,309 --> 00:50:12,559
ben has helped me to do that

1429
00:50:16,470 --> 00:50:14,319
carry out experiments and now we're

1430
00:50:18,230 --> 00:50:16,480
developing algorithms that can help us

1431
00:50:20,230 --> 00:50:18,240
better understand when these systems may

1432
00:50:21,589 --> 00:50:20,240
fail in the future

1433
00:50:23,270 --> 00:50:21,599
pretty important

1434
00:50:25,109 --> 00:50:23,280
this is one of the many things that i'm

1435
00:50:26,790 --> 00:50:25,119
like oh yeah i never thought of that but

1436
00:50:29,270 --> 00:50:26,800
obviously someone has to fuel up the

1437
00:50:30,870 --> 00:50:29,280
rocket yeah and you've got to have a

1438
00:50:32,470 --> 00:50:30,880
valve that's going to stop fueling up

1439
00:50:33,910 --> 00:50:32,480
the rocket at the right time and it's

1440
00:50:35,190 --> 00:50:33,920
amazing yeah these are really important

1441
00:50:37,990 --> 00:50:35,200
even for

1442
00:50:41,030 --> 00:50:38,000
the future of the agency for things like

1443
00:50:43,030 --> 00:50:41,040
the lunar gateway and for possible lunar

1444
00:50:45,349 --> 00:50:43,040
colonies because in each case we'll have

1445
00:50:47,589 --> 00:50:45,359
to fuel up rockets

1446
00:50:49,109 --> 00:50:47,599
for propulsion

1447
00:50:50,710 --> 00:50:49,119
interesting i have some questions that

1448
00:50:52,630 --> 00:50:50,720
you might be able to answer

1449
00:50:56,150 --> 00:50:52,640
from the chat uh

1450
00:50:58,630 --> 00:50:56,160
dakota milk

1451
00:51:00,790 --> 00:50:58,640
is it okay to not have any outside

1452
00:51:02,549 --> 00:51:00,800
experience for the internship

1453
00:51:05,349 --> 00:51:02,559
like as in i'm looking to start building

1454
00:51:08,470 --> 00:51:05,359
experience at nasa would that work out

1455
00:51:11,910 --> 00:51:08,480
yeah well i think that uh if you can

1456
00:51:13,670 --> 00:51:11,920
seek out things like online courses

1457
00:51:15,670 --> 00:51:13,680
make learning a priority for yourself

1458
00:51:18,309 --> 00:51:15,680
and show that you've learned

1459
00:51:20,390 --> 00:51:18,319
uh some skill like i learned java using

1460
00:51:21,430 --> 00:51:20,400
this online course well that's some

1461
00:51:22,950 --> 00:51:21,440
experience that you can put on your

1462
00:51:24,790 --> 00:51:22,960
resume that you don't have to wait for

1463
00:51:27,430 --> 00:51:24,800
anybody else for yeah get started on

1464
00:51:29,030 --> 00:51:27,440
that today yeah yeah good tips to add on

1465
00:51:31,030 --> 00:51:29,040
to that you know uh students are always

1466
00:51:32,790 --> 00:51:31,040
eligible uh able to update their

1467
00:51:35,349 --> 00:51:32,800
application on

1468
00:51:37,030 --> 00:51:35,359
nasa.gov so you know just to go off of

1469
00:51:38,470 --> 00:51:37,040
what george has mentioned once you get

1470
00:51:40,150 --> 00:51:38,480
that experience in make sure to update

1471
00:51:41,589 --> 00:51:40,160
your profile oh that's really good so

1472
00:51:43,430 --> 00:51:41,599
once you send it in it's not gone for

1473
00:51:45,109 --> 00:51:43,440
good right you can go and update it oh

1474
00:51:46,309 --> 00:51:45,119
yeah that's really smart

1475
00:51:48,710 --> 00:51:46,319
um

1476
00:51:51,109 --> 00:51:48,720
george how was the interview process

1477
00:51:52,630 --> 00:51:51,119
when you were becoming an intern

1478
00:51:53,829 --> 00:51:52,640
i remember it might be a while ago i

1479
00:51:55,829 --> 00:51:53,839
don't know

1480
00:51:57,990 --> 00:51:55,839
yeah i was really i was really nervous

1481
00:52:00,230 --> 00:51:58,000
about the interview process uh but in

1482
00:52:02,710 --> 00:52:00,240
actuality everybody here is really

1483
00:52:04,150 --> 00:52:02,720
really nice my interview uh

1484
00:52:06,870 --> 00:52:04,160
i was asked a whole bunch of questions

1485
00:52:08,790 --> 00:52:06,880
about my experience about things that

1486
00:52:09,589 --> 00:52:08,800
made me excited about robotics at the

1487
00:52:11,589 --> 00:52:09,599
time

1488
00:52:12,870 --> 00:52:11,599
um it was really fun and the person that

1489
00:52:14,309 --> 00:52:12,880
i enjoyed that interviewed me is

1490
00:52:16,790 --> 00:52:14,319
actually still a really good friend of

1491
00:52:18,710 --> 00:52:16,800
mine here at the center oh nice yeah so

1492
00:52:19,670 --> 00:52:18,720
it turned out okay

1493
00:52:21,990 --> 00:52:19,680
um

1494
00:52:24,230 --> 00:52:22,000
on your early projects as an intern did

1495
00:52:26,710 --> 00:52:24,240
you work on robotics projects that

1496
00:52:29,270 --> 00:52:26,720
involved robotics design or are interns

1497
00:52:31,349 --> 00:52:29,280
usually heavily involved in programming

1498
00:52:34,069 --> 00:52:31,359
ah was it like varied a well-rounded

1499
00:52:36,390 --> 00:52:34,079
experience or it can be very it can be

1500
00:52:37,670 --> 00:52:36,400
incredibly varied in fact for me i had

1501
00:52:38,790 --> 00:52:37,680
to work on the hardware and when i was

1502
00:52:40,790 --> 00:52:38,800
done working on the hardware i had to

1503
00:52:42,790 --> 00:52:40,800
work on the software and in certain

1504
00:52:43,910 --> 00:52:42,800
cases both the hardware and the software

1505
00:52:47,589 --> 00:52:43,920
needed

1506
00:52:49,430 --> 00:52:47,599
extra work uh it was is pretty varied

1507
00:52:50,870 --> 00:52:49,440
and some of the interns i have now some

1508
00:52:53,750 --> 00:52:50,880
of them are purely programming some of

1509
00:52:55,910 --> 00:52:53,760
them are doing hardware someone's doing

1510
00:52:57,430 --> 00:52:55,920
hardware and programming okay yeah all

1511
00:52:58,950 --> 00:52:57,440
sorts of things which is great because

1512
00:53:00,950 --> 00:52:58,960
you want to be exposed to as much as you

1513
00:53:02,309 --> 00:53:00,960
can when you're an intern you're not

1514
00:53:04,710 --> 00:53:02,319
quite sure maybe what you want to do for

1515
00:53:07,030 --> 00:53:04,720
the rest of your life yeah yeah when i

1516
00:53:08,710 --> 00:53:07,040
develop projects for interns i try and

1517
00:53:10,710 --> 00:53:08,720
think of things that

1518
00:53:13,030 --> 00:53:10,720
allow them to grow personally and also

1519
00:53:14,470 --> 00:53:13,040
help us with our projects yeah yeah

1520
00:53:15,750 --> 00:53:14,480
that's a nice point

1521
00:53:17,990 --> 00:53:15,760
you're not just it's not a one-way

1522
00:53:19,829 --> 00:53:18,000
street yeah that's important yeah

1523
00:53:22,630 --> 00:53:19,839
absolutely um

1524
00:53:25,829 --> 00:53:22,640
trying to decide what to ask you next um

1525
00:53:27,670 --> 00:53:25,839
a specific one from miguel b714

1526
00:53:29,190 --> 00:53:27,680
uh for george i don't have

1527
00:53:30,950 --> 00:53:29,200
extracurricular projects

1528
00:53:32,549 --> 00:53:30,960
extracurriculars or projects under my

1529
00:53:34,630 --> 00:53:32,559
belt but i do work full-time at an

1530
00:53:35,750 --> 00:53:34,640
aerospace machine shop will i be passed

1531
00:53:37,190 --> 00:53:35,760
over

1532
00:53:38,630 --> 00:53:37,200
maybe for you guys too from what you've

1533
00:53:40,630 --> 00:53:38,640
seen

1534
00:53:41,910 --> 00:53:40,640
in applications yeah not at all in fact

1535
00:53:43,990 --> 00:53:41,920
i'd love to see some of the things that

1536
00:53:46,390 --> 00:53:44,000
you've produced there you know

1537
00:53:48,950 --> 00:53:46,400
definitely highlight the all the skills

1538
00:53:50,950 --> 00:53:48,960
that you've gained in employment

1539
00:53:52,710 --> 00:53:50,960
um and even some of the responsibilities

1540
00:53:54,470 --> 00:53:52,720
that you've taken on as a full-time

1541
00:53:55,750 --> 00:53:54,480
employee

1542
00:53:59,190 --> 00:53:55,760
that's those are all great things to

1543
00:54:00,710 --> 00:53:59,200
have as an intern right yeah yeah

1544
00:54:02,390 --> 00:54:00,720
um you know

1545
00:54:03,510 --> 00:54:02,400
in that personal statement section i

1546
00:54:05,109 --> 00:54:03,520
think that would also be a great

1547
00:54:06,230 --> 00:54:05,119
opportunity for the student to just

1548
00:54:07,910 --> 00:54:06,240
highlight you know what they learned

1549
00:54:09,270 --> 00:54:07,920
from this experience so

1550
00:54:11,510 --> 00:54:09,280
um again it's their opportunity to kind

1551
00:54:13,829 --> 00:54:11,520
of show the mentor you know what type of

1552
00:54:16,470 --> 00:54:13,839
skills uh they've learned and also what

1553
00:54:18,549 --> 00:54:16,480
their potential is as well yeah yeah

1554
00:54:19,829 --> 00:54:18,559
this is great this as usual there's so

1555
00:54:21,990 --> 00:54:19,839
much good stuff to talk about we're

1556
00:54:23,910 --> 00:54:22,000
running out of time so

1557
00:54:25,750 --> 00:54:23,920
i'm going to give you one more question

1558
00:54:29,190 --> 00:54:25,760
or if you have any final thoughts you'd

1559
00:54:31,190 --> 00:54:29,200
want to share for potential interns

1560
00:54:33,910 --> 00:54:31,200
yeah i think that it's really important

1561
00:54:35,589 --> 00:54:33,920
to first of all apply uh there's lots of

1562
00:54:36,710 --> 00:54:35,599
there's lots of opportunities here but

1563
00:54:38,870 --> 00:54:36,720
you're not going to get any of them

1564
00:54:41,349 --> 00:54:38,880
until you apply yeah uh be genuine on

1565
00:54:43,990 --> 00:54:41,359
your resume tell us why you love nasa

1566
00:54:45,990 --> 00:54:44,000
and get ready for an exciting summer

1567
00:54:47,750 --> 00:54:46,000
oh that that's true

1568
00:54:49,910 --> 00:54:47,760
i don't doubt that a bit

1569
00:54:52,069 --> 00:54:49,920
all right well

1570
00:54:53,829 --> 00:54:52,079
we're running out of time so i don't i

1571
00:54:55,349 --> 00:54:53,839
don't want to forget to get in some of

1572
00:54:57,030 --> 00:54:55,359
the information you have to share with

1573
00:54:58,870 --> 00:54:57,040
people um well

1574
00:55:01,190 --> 00:54:58,880
we know one source of information if all

1575
00:55:02,030 --> 00:55:01,200
this has gotten you excited to apply go

1576
00:55:06,230 --> 00:55:02,040
to

1577
00:55:08,230 --> 00:55:06,240
process works deadlines potential

1578
00:55:10,710 --> 00:55:08,240
projects requirements everything you

1579
00:55:12,150 --> 00:55:10,720
need to apply uh but able has some other

1580
00:55:13,910 --> 00:55:12,160
resources where people can learn about

1581
00:55:15,910 --> 00:55:13,920
the stories of interns and different

1582
00:55:17,670 --> 00:55:15,920
kinds of opportunities right right yeah

1583
00:55:19,829 --> 00:55:17,680
so there's three ways uh the first is

1584
00:55:21,190 --> 00:55:19,839
that we have interest stories and blogs

1585
00:55:23,190 --> 00:55:21,200
so if you want to learn more about the

1586
00:55:24,870 --> 00:55:23,200
internet experience from the internet

1587
00:55:27,109 --> 00:55:24,880
perspective and most of these blogs are

1588
00:55:30,230 --> 00:55:27,119
written uh you know from the interns

1589
00:55:31,829 --> 00:55:30,240
themselves visit blogs.nasa.gov

1590
00:55:33,349 --> 00:55:31,839
insurance

1591
00:55:35,030 --> 00:55:33,359
also we have our social media platforms

1592
00:55:37,750 --> 00:55:35,040
as i mentioned so we're on facebook

1593
00:55:39,910 --> 00:55:37,760
twitter and instagram um on facebook and

1594
00:55:41,910 --> 00:55:39,920
twitter we use the handle nasa insurance

1595
00:55:43,430 --> 00:55:41,920
and then on instagram we're at

1596
00:55:45,349 --> 00:55:43,440
nasa internships

1597
00:55:48,069 --> 00:55:45,359
the last thing is that um nowadays on

1598
00:55:50,069 --> 00:55:48,079
social media you can follow hashtags so

1599
00:55:52,789 --> 00:55:50,079
i encourage everyone to on any of those

1600
00:55:54,630 --> 00:55:52,799
social media platforms to search for

1601
00:55:56,789 --> 00:55:54,640
nasa interns and then you'll see a lot

1602
00:55:59,750 --> 00:55:56,799
of the stuff that nasa posts but also

1603
00:56:01,510 --> 00:55:59,760
from the internet um

1604
00:56:03,109 --> 00:56:01,520
the interns specifically so you'll see

1605
00:56:04,950 --> 00:56:03,119
some of their posts as well yeah the

1606
00:56:06,549 --> 00:56:04,960
interns themselves yeah

1607
00:56:08,630 --> 00:56:06,559
and especially today because it's

1608
00:56:10,710 --> 00:56:08,640
national intern days so all kinds of

1609
00:56:12,390 --> 00:56:10,720
posts we're all over social media so

1610
00:56:14,549 --> 00:56:12,400
today's good day to check it out yeah

1611
00:56:16,230 --> 00:56:14,559
absolutely and i'm sure after listening

1612
00:56:18,150 --> 00:56:16,240
to everybody today that those are really

1613
00:56:20,069 --> 00:56:18,160
genuinely interesting stories because

1614
00:56:21,510 --> 00:56:20,079
our interns are doing real research

1615
00:56:23,910 --> 00:56:21,520
that's pushing forward all of our

1616
00:56:25,910 --> 00:56:23,920
missions so yeah i will check it out for

1617
00:56:27,750 --> 00:56:25,920
national intern day

1618
00:56:30,470 --> 00:56:27,760
so we are almost out of time but i'm

1619
00:56:32,309 --> 00:56:30,480
gonna throw a few more questions in just

1620
00:56:35,109 --> 00:56:32,319
to round out the day

1621
00:56:37,990 --> 00:56:35,119
can interns become astronauts

1622
00:56:40,390 --> 00:56:38,000
yes why not i hope so

1623
00:56:42,710 --> 00:56:40,400
the sky's the limit i think is there a

1624
00:56:43,750 --> 00:56:42,720
max age for new nasa interns

1625
00:56:46,150 --> 00:56:43,760
no

1626
00:56:48,069 --> 00:56:46,160
yeah as long as you're currently in

1627
00:56:49,990 --> 00:56:48,079
school enrolled in school so i could go

1628
00:56:52,150 --> 00:56:50,000
back to school and i could come be an

1629
00:56:55,030 --> 00:56:52,160
intern with george yes yes if he takes

1630
00:56:57,750 --> 00:56:55,040
absolutely if he accepts me right

1631
00:56:59,030 --> 00:56:57,760
um do you know then the amount or the

1632
00:57:00,309 --> 00:56:59,040
number of high schoolers compared with

1633
00:57:02,150 --> 00:57:00,319
college students

1634
00:57:03,750 --> 00:57:02,160
does it tend to be college

1635
00:57:06,069 --> 00:57:03,760
yeah it's it's definitely mostly

1636
00:57:07,829 --> 00:57:06,079
undergrad um then the second largest

1637
00:57:09,829 --> 00:57:07,839
group is probably our graduate students

1638
00:57:11,349 --> 00:57:09,839
and then with a few high schoolers here

1639
00:57:13,750 --> 00:57:11,359
and there

1640
00:57:14,630 --> 00:57:13,760
here's my last question of the day

1641
00:57:16,950 --> 00:57:14,640
from

1642
00:57:18,789 --> 00:57:16,960
little schedule

1643
00:57:22,069 --> 00:57:18,799
sorry for butchering that

1644
00:57:26,069 --> 00:57:22,079
can i be 92 and still apply

1645
00:57:28,789 --> 00:57:26,079
sure yes yes no one will stop you

1646
00:57:31,589 --> 00:57:28,799
i'm sure you have many skills to bring

1647
00:57:33,910 --> 00:57:31,599
all right any any final words of advice

1648
00:57:36,309 --> 00:57:33,920
go for it justify it it all just starts

1649
00:57:38,230 --> 00:57:36,319
with applying yep oh yeah that's where

1650
00:57:39,910 --> 00:57:38,240
it begins all right well this has been

1651
00:57:41,510 --> 00:57:39,920
really inspirational and i hope we're

1652
00:57:43,990 --> 00:57:41,520
going to get lots of new applications

1653
00:57:45,750 --> 00:57:44,000
because we need everybody's help

1654
00:57:47,510 --> 00:57:45,760
all right excellent well that is all the

1655
00:57:49,589 --> 00:57:47,520
time we have for today but a huge thanks

1656
00:57:51,750 --> 00:57:49,599
to you guys our guests and to everyone

1657
00:57:53,670 --> 00:57:51,760
that joined us in the chat on twitch we

1658
00:57:54,470 --> 00:57:53,680
will see you next time thank you for

1659
00:58:10,290 --> 00:57:54,480
watching