Tech Gumbo

Guest: David Susko, The Road To The Moon And Then To Mars

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David Susko, a Martian geologist working for a NASA contractor is our guest. He builds and operates cameras for space missions, including a visible-light camera called MACIE (Mars Color Imager) that photographs the Martian surface at various scales and resolutions.

Key points discussed:

Moon before Mars. The Moon is a mandatory stepping stone — everything from Apollo to the ISS has been about…