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A whole bunch of new interns are
here, which means summer has

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arrived at NASA’s Goddard Space
Flight Center. We’re excited to

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welcome over 400 interns from
across the U.S. studying Earth

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Science, planetary science,
astrophysics, heliophysics, and

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a multitude of other things. And
a lot of them are in the visitor

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center right now getting their
badges and everything they need

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to start their first day. So
let's go meet a few and ask them

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some questions.

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[up-tempo music]

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Good morning, Zane! Good
morning. What are you

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going to be working on this
summer? I’m gonna be working

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with the MAIANSE project, the
American-Indian Alaskan Native

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STEM Engagement program. What
are you going to be working on

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this summer? Um, I’ll be working
on the Europa Clipper Mission.

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I’ll be modeling the propellant
slosh. This summer I’m working

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with the Equal Opportunity
Programs office, and I’m really

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excited to use my mass
communication skills.

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Heliophysics Sonification
User-Interface in HTML5 and

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JavaScript. This project is
really about, um, about making

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data more accessible to people
who have visual problems.

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Spectrometer this summer. I’m
more of a computer scientist, so

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I’m gonna be doing code on that.
I’m gonna be doing an

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environmental analyst position,
working with doing a

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cost-benefit analysis of
land-surface covers here on the

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Goddard Space Flight Center. How
did you hear about that

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internship? My mom, actually,
told me to apply online. And at

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first I was like, “No, you know.
They want engineers.” Because I

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majored in geography with an
emphasis on water resources. And

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she was like, “No, they do a lot
of things with Earth sciences,

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too.” Um, actually my cousin
down in Florida, he actually

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works for NASA down in the
Kennedy Space Center. And he’s

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like “Hey, go to Google and type
in this ‘OSSI NASA’.” And I was

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like, “Uh, okay.” So, I applied
for four jobs down there. I

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didn’t get the ones down in
Florida, but I got this one. So,

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I was pretty stoked. Well, we’re
better anyway. Just Googled it.

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I just Googled “NASA
Internships” and applied to a

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lot of them that had to do with
mass communication. What made

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you want to work for NASA? Um,
just the endless opportunities

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cause NASA, it’s not only about
space, but it’s about expanding

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your mind and the imagination.
What is one thing about space

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that you find really baffling or
confusing or just really cool?

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It’s way too infinite. It’s way
too infinite. Like, we may study

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for like, years and like,
decades. We can never learn

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everything about it. What is one
thing about space that you find

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totally baffling? I guess that
it’s just so big and there’s

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endless things that you can
explore and learn. We’re finding

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new things out every single day,
and so who knows if there’s life

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out there? What are you looking
forward to exploring in the DC

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area this summer? I heard
there’s lots of great food, I’d

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like to check out all the
museums on the National Mall,

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just see what’s out there. Man,
I’m really looking forward to

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exploring the area a lot more
and taking tours, eating good

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food. I want to find the mom n’
pop restaurants that have been

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around for thirty years. ‘Cause
everyone’s like, “you gotta try

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the crab”, and this that and the
other. Is there anything you’re

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looking forward to exploring in
DC or Baltimore and Maryland

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area this summer? I’m looking
for some good hiking trails.

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Billy Goat Trail, I highly
recommend. What’s something that

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you’re really excited about with
your internship this summer? I’m

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generally excited about all of
it. It’s something I’ve wanted

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to do for a long time, since I
was young. I’m looking forward

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to working with the great team
at NASA and the contractors that

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I’ll be working with and just
seeing the collaborative effort

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we use which is making the
mission possible. I’m really

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looking forward to expanding on
what I don’t know, which is in

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web development. I’ve taken a
class, but I haven’t really been

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able to put it into practice.
This is actually my second time

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with this group, so I’m looking
forward to getting to do work

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with what I started last year
and get into it a bit more in

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depth. Honestly, working with
circuits. I love circuits. I

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really love circuits. That may
sound weird. I just want to work

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with them. All my hype is there.
Just working with electronics.

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I’m sure there are lots of
circuits here for you to play
with.

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with. [laughter]

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[up-beat music]

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Now that the summer
interns are finished with their

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first day of orientation, it’s
time for them to meet their

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mentors and start their
projects. If you’re interested

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in pursuing a NASA internship,
visit intern.nasa.gov for more

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information. Also, stay tuned to
nasa.gov/goddard this summer to

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hear more intern stories. 

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