Autonomous Flight and Landing on Mars with Behçet Açikmeşe (Part 1)
Update: 2021-03-01
Description
Khari Douglas interviews Dr. Behçet Açikmeşe. Behçet was a technologist and a senior member of the Guidance and Control (G&C) Analysis Group at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) from 2003 to 2012 where he developed guidance, control, and estimation algorithms for formation-flying spacecraft and distributed networked systems, proximity operations around asteroids and comets, and planetary landing. He is currently a Professor in Aeronautics & Astronautics, as well as Electrical & Computer Engineering, at the University of Washington and a member of their Autonomous Controls Lab. In this episode, Dr. Açikmeşe discuss his time at JPL and what it takes to land a rover on Mars.
Timestamps to jump to certain topics below:
Intro - (00:00 )
Background and Joining NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory -(01:23 )
Landing a Rover on Mars - (06:00 )
Other Projects at JPL -(19:46 )
Sensors on Spacecraft - (27:10 )
Landing on Earth vs. Mars - (31:42 )
Working at JPL and Career Advice - (33:55 )
Outro - (40:56 )
Timestamps to jump to certain topics below:
Intro - (00:00 )
Background and Joining NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory -(01:23 )
Landing a Rover on Mars - (06:00 )
Other Projects at JPL -(19:46 )
Sensors on Spacecraft - (27:10 )
Landing on Earth vs. Mars - (31:42 )
Working at JPL and Career Advice - (33:55 )
Outro - (40:56 )
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