The World of Scientific Ballooning (live public talk)

Original airdate: Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. PT (10 p.m. ET, 0200 UTC)

Human flight began with the balloon, and today it is the last bastion of guerrilla science. Scientific ballooning provides a well-tested, reliable, low-cost, moderate risk platform that helps prepare the next generation of scientists, engineers, and instruments. This talk will take a look at how our oldest flight technology actually paves the way for the future, including NASA’s Europa Clipper mission.

Speakers:

Jose V. Siles
RF Engineer; LO Subsystem Lead and Antarctic Flight Campaign Team Member (STO-2, Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory)

Laura Jones-Wilson
Systems Engineer (Europa Clipper); former Project Systems Engineer (STABLE: Subarcsecond Telescope And BaLloon Experiment