011: [Spacecraft Engineering] Ano Ba Ang Mapapala Natin Sa Pag-Explore Ng Mars? (with Engr. Gregorio Villar III)

This episode of Ask Theory features Engr. Gregorio Villar III, an Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) Systems Engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He was part of the team that worked on ensuring the successful landing of NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars. We talked about what motivated him to pursue a career at NASA, his role in the Mars 2020 mission, the development of the Sky Crane system that helped Perseverance land safely on the Red Planet, why we spend time studying other planets instead of focusing on Earth, who would win in a fight between cavepeople and astronauts, and more.

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