HeyJaredSpace Spiels
With a focus on community within the Aerospace Industry, Paige Kaufman speaks with various engineers, students, and scientists.
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Breaking Into Aerospace as an International Student: Mark Zhang (opens the original)
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In this episode of Space Spiels, Paige sits down with Mark Zhang, a Systems Test Engineer at Joby Aviation, to talk about his journey into aerospace as an international student. Mark shares how The Martian first sparked his interest in space, how his time at Purdue led him toward commercial aviation, and why he became fascinated by the power of airplanes to connect people around the world. He breaks down what systems engineering actually looks like, how research taught him to simplify complex pr
Always Learning: Amy Dill’s Journey to Becoming NASA’s First Female Lunar CAPCOM (opens the original)
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It’s the Space Spiels Season 4 premiere!! Paige sits down with NASA’s first female lunar CAPCOM, Amy Dill, to talk about the winding path that led her to the front room of one of NASA’s most historic missions. From discovering MIT through magazines and balancing engineering with hockey to navigating NASA without a clear roadmap, Amy shares how curiosity, collaboration, mentorship, and a willingness to try something new shaped her career. She opens up about applying three times to become a CAPCOM
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