On June 14, 2016 we had a google hangout with Tanya Harrison who is a planetary scientist who helped create the mars rovers. Tanya worked on gathering information on mars; she has a PHD in geology and is a professional photographer. She went to school at the University of Western Ontario. When we were doing the chat I learned quite a few things like how there is water currently flowing on mars which may be a sign of life. I also asked 2 questions during the chat. the first one I asked was What is the hardest part of your job? She said that the hardest part is learning all the terms and parts to everything. Tanya said that this was a hard question for her to answer because there is nothing really hard about her job. The 2nd question I asked was when the rovers fail to land what do you do with them? She said that there is nothing they really can do if they land and smash they can’t go up there to pick up all of the pieces. They will try to restart or charge the rover but that is really difficult to do. I really liked this chat and it has made me want to know more about mars and the rovers and how they look.
Tanya Harrison
Here is the GOHO.
Wow!! I really enjoyed reading about what happened during your google hangout! I really like how detailed your blog post is, and it look like you put a lot of thought and effort into it!
Cool! Did it surprise you when she said that was the hardest question to answer?
Yes it actually did surprise me, I wasn’t expecting her to say that.