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Goddard Space Flight Center Engineering Colloquium
Date: Monday, June 5, 2000
The NASA North Pole Expedition was a true example of an innovative team effort in the "Can do, Will do, Have done" spirit long associated with NASA. A small turned-on team was able to rally resources and support from around GSFC, from other government agencies, and from international organizations in order to turn this dream into a reality. Within a few months, this small team was actually camping out at the North Pole, where few people have gone before. Not only that, but they were making five historic milestones in communications history and had six satellites of all kinds talking to them. Kids all around the world participated in the first and only live webcast video from that Pole, watching and listening to the NASA team answer their questions in realtime. A blend of hard work, danger, excitement, stark beauty, and accomplishments, it was one of those experiences that you'll remember all your life and talk about at your retirement roast.
Michael Comberiate, MSEE, is a Spacecraft System Manager NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Having worked at GSFC for over 30 years, he has both designed and built systems for flight missions. Since 1984, he has initiated over 50 special projects involving interagency cooperation to produce quick response results, where no means is readily available and resources are limited. The National Science Foundation has named a glacier after him in recognition of just one of his 15 historic milestones that apply NASA-unique technologies to Antarctica and remote regions.
Colloquium Committee Sponsor: Hugh O'Donnell
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