Here I am, interning at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center for the summer.
Who woulda thought?
And it’s already halfover, but I think now is a good time to start blogging, as I really want to continue when I go to Jordan in August.
And I’ve already had some noteworthy experiences here: I live in a pink, frilly, freshmen-year-reminiscent, dorm-style sorority house with 20 beautiful NASA nerds, I’ve studied Mars analog features in Idaho/Washington area, saw the last space shuttle launch in Florida, spent 4th of July in downtown DC with some Davidson folk, gallivanted around College Park with my NASA comrades, joined a gym (Melissa accepts athletic containment!?) and learned how to rock climb (I’m addicted.), all the while researching a little bit about Saturn’s bizarre radio emissions.
Not to mention I’ve met some wonderful creatures. My program is called the Lunar and Planetary Science Academy (LPSA), and we have a motley crew of geologists, astrophysicists, mathematicians, engineers (EE and ME), astronomers, and of course, physicists.
I want to remember some of the details and I want to be held accountable for keeping those I care about updated [Insert your own snarky comment about my ability to answer a phone…].
So here it goes.
Standing in front of the Apollo 11 moon lander at the Air and Space Museum.
Dry Falls in Washington State.
200 ft. waterfall in Idaho.
And then I climbed to the top of the waterfall!
A little bit of free-hand rock climbing (I'm in the black circle).
Eating brunch overlooking Washington, D.C. on 4th of July.
They were celebrating Colombia in D.C. on the Fourth. My two countries!
The beautiful NASA nerds.
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