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Last Post 10/17/2007 4:31 PM by Pat Reiff

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10/16/2007 6:07 PM
chris r have any of you scientists traveled outside the u.s. as part of your job?

Terry Kucera

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10/17/2007 6:34 AM
Hi Chris. Yes, science is often a pretty good job if you like to do some traveling. I have been to Europe many times (one of the spacecraft I work with is a joint NASA, European Space Agency mission) and to Japan which also does a lot of solar physics. There are people in my lab that travel all over following eclipses to test out new instruments. They were in Libya for the last eclipse and have been to Zambia and Mongolia. Terry

Kris Sigsbee

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10/17/2007 8:01 AM
Hi Chris, Traveling is one of the things I like the most about working as a space scientist. I have been to three conferences in France. I have also traveled to Finland, Japan, and the United Kingdom for conferences. Some of my colleagues have traveled to places like Australia and India to attend conferences. My boss will soon travel to the Andoya Rocket Range in Norway to launch the TRICE sounding rocket. You can learn more about the rocket and the launch site in Norway here: http://sites.wff.nasa.gov...news/kletzing07.html http://www.rocketrange.no/arr/index.html Most American scientists also travel to conferences in the U.S. a few times each year. The last conference I went to was a meeting held near Salt Lake City, Utah in June. A lot of the Solar Week scientists will probably attend the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting in December, which will be held in San Francisco, CA. Kris

Dawn Myers

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10/17/2007 10:36 AM
Hi Chris I actually just got back from Japan on Friday night. I have been lucky enough to do quite a bit of traveling with my career though I do try to limit it a little as it can be tiring. It is always fun to see new places though. Since I am working on the new mission Hinode, I have actually been to Japan a number of times and will be going again in the future. Dawn

Pat Reiff

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10/17/2007 4:31 PM
Yes, I travel a lot. This year I went to England for a meeting on a spacecraft team I work with (Cluster), and next month I'm going to Ethiopia for a conference. I've been to many total eclipses around the world (next year in China!). I love meeting new people and seeing new things, but then I'm glad to be back home!