17: TSOS Interviews - OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission with Cameron Dickinson, MDA Technical Lead for OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA)
Description
Fun Fact: Did you know that Canada's contribution to NASA's first asteroid sample return mission ended up creating the most precise three-dimensional map of any celestial body in the entire Solar System (including the Earth)?
In the seventeenth episode of The Sound of Space podcast, we interview Cameron Dickinson, a Senior Space Exploration Scientist at MDA and the Technical Lead for the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA). Join us to hear about Cam's path into leading Canadian space exploration efforts and his experience working on this historical mission.
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University of Toronto Land Acknowledgment
TSOS is brought to you by the University of Toronto Aerospace Team (UTAT). UTAT is an interdisciplinary student design team with four technical divisions. Visit utat.ca to learn more!
CREDITS & TEAM
Hosts: Theodora Girgis, Ketan Vasudeva
Sound Engineer: Forrest McAdam
Marketing & Graphics: Bonney Wu
Research Team: Jillian Unruh, Lianne Choong, Sunyah Tehreem