Planetary Science Summer School
M/S 111-B29
Pasadena, CA 91109
Planetary Science Summer School (PSSS). PSSS prepares the next generation of engineers and scientists to participate in future solar system exploration missions. Participants are highly qualified science and engineering post-docs, recent PhDs, and doctoral students with a strong interest in planetary exploration. Through preparatory webinars and a one-week experience at JPL with Team X mentors, students develop a mission concept and present it to a "review board" of JPL scientists and engineers and NASA HQ executives. Students learn the mission life cycle, roles of scientists and engineers in a mission environment, mission design interconnectedness and trade-offs, and the importance of teamwork. 2 sessions of approximately 18 students each are held in the summer. http://pscischool.jpl.nasa.gov
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