Christina Koch's Dream Job Helped Her Become an Astronaut

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So in school I studied electrical engineering and physics

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because I absolutely love

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both getting my hands

dirty, tinkering, but also

the theoretical side of it.

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So space science

instrumentation was

like my dream job.

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So that means

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making the scientific

gadgets that ride on

Earth-orbiting satellites,

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planetary probes, and where I

love to do my work was at

the intersection of where

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the sensors, that are

these amazing physical phenomenon catchers,

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and turning that into

ike an electrical signal

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that you can then read

out and understand things

about the universe.

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All that combining of coolness

was my happy place.

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That was what I did,

and I was part of a

great supportive group.

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They let me write a

bunch of software.

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They let me tinker

with electronics.

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I designed little green boards.

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I worked with board designers,

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I worked with scientists,

I worked with people in materials labs.

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And learning that teamwork, honestly, was one of the

coolest things about the job.