Exploring the Solar System Through Robotic Missions: An Interview with Betina Pavri

An interview with Betina Pavri, Senior Principal Engineer at the Paiahu-Robinson Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington. Betina is supporting the development of high-temperature superconducting magnet technologies for space applications. Prior to moving to New Zealand, Betina has had a long and illustrious career at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory where she worked on many pioneering planetary missions including the Magellan mission to Venus, the Mars reconnaissance orbiter, the asteroid Dawn mission, and aspects of the Curiosity Mars rover mission as a spacecraft integration and operations engineer and manager. Bettina holds a BA and BS degrees in Physics, Engineering, and Applied Science, and a Masters in Geological Sciences.ResourcesNASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryNASA Magellan Mission to VenusMars Reconnaissance OrbiterDawn Asteriods MissionMars Curiosity Rover Mission and image dataVideo: Seven Minutes of Terror: The Challenges of Getting to MarsRobinson Research Institute and Internship ProgrammeNASA Education ProgrammesEuropean Space Agency Education ProgrammesHosted by: Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, Co-Founder and CEO, SpaceBaseMusic: reCreation by airtone (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons (3.0)If you like our work, please consider donating to SpaceBase through the SpaceBase Open Collective. Or be a SpaceBase Patreon sponsor.  (E.g. $3 dollars a month or $36 NZD a year will go a long way in supporting the production of the podcast.) 🚀Support the show