Shirtloads of Science
Shirtloads of Science
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki
Land on a Comet ? No worries says Aussie Engineer Warwick Holmes (53)
24 minutes Posted Oct 22, 2017 at 12:30 am.
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We rarely get to hear "insider" stories of extraterrestrial discovery. Doctor Karl meets Warwick Holmes - Australian Avionics Systems Engineer on Rosetta. He worked on the Philae mission (the one that orbited the comet) seeking the chemical signatures of life. He gives us a blow by blow account of extraterrestrial exploration in the 21st Century. How do you test hardware to fly by the sun and withstand comet dust? How does a lad from South Australia land the best job on earth ? Beam us up Warwick ! First Podcast in 2016