Hello - My engineering career started at NASA in 1979, I am 56 and married with one dog and one cat, and retired from an accident. I am involved with this due to an interest in seeing what can be done with this technology. Just for fun I will include one other fact about me - The Cassini holds my signature near the data transmission lines, so I am always orbiting Saturn.
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