Departure Lounge with Dr Elizabeth Jens NASA

Episode 297,   May 03, 2019, 05:23 AM

Dr Elizabeth Jens is a Torquay-raised NASA rocket scientist.

Currently working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, Jens spends her time developing hardware for the next Mars rover in 2020, and devising new ways of fueling small space vehicles that will orbit around other planets.

Jens' childhood dream to be an astronaut is still an ambition of hers, which she hopes to fulfill in the not too distant future.

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