This week we are thrilled to have a longform sit-down with Rob Manning, Chief Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, before we get a visit from the dwarf planet Ceres (the amazing Ashley Comeau!), - all on this episode of REACH.

Hosts: Brian Holden and Meredith Stepien

Written by: Sandy Marshall with Nate DuFort, Meredith Stepien and Brian Holden.

Co-Created, Produced by: Nate DuFort and Sandy Marshall

Edited by: Nate DuFort

Music composed by: Jesse Case

Logo by: Steven Lyons

Special thanks to Rob Manning, Chief Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. You can follow JPL on Instagram and Twitter at @NASAJPL.

Ceres was voiced by the incomparable Ashley Comeau, Ashley is not only one of our favorite humans, but you can also catch her as the science teacher on Degrassi:Next Class and the evil Jamie Jam on Odd Squad and Odd Squad Mobile Unit.

We’d also like to offer a special thanks to Kay Ferrari and Dolores Zawol at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and to everyone at NASA Space Place.

Rob Manning NASA Bio

https://mars.nasa.gov/people/profile/?id=23225

NASA JPL Missions

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions

Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity’s Chief Engineer, by Rob Manning and William Simon

https://www.amazon.ca/Mars-Rover-Curiosity-Curiositys-Engineer/dp/1588344037

All about Ceres

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/dwarf-planets/ceres/overview/

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