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ORAU, in partnership with several leading nuclear industry organizations, has launched a strategic initiative to address the workforce challenges and education gaps faced by the nuclear energy industry.

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Preparing to study the moon's terrain: A conversation with Jordan Bretzfelder, Ph.D., NASA Postdoctoral Fellow

Backpack-mounted LIDAR systems are laser-ranging devices that can create very high definition 3D terrain maps. Jordan Bretzfelder, Ph.D., was very early in her tenure as a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow when she was set to embark on a trip to California's Death Valley to use LIDAR on the dunes there. The Death Valley trip served as an analog for future expeditions to the moon and to Mars. LIDAR can map terrain in places without light, which will be useful to map the polar regions of the moon and other interesting topographies. In this episode, Bretzfelder discusses her research at the Marshall Space Flight Center, how she got interested in science and the path that led her to NASA. Listen in for a fun and interesting conversation!

To learn more about the NASA Postdoctoral Program, visit https://npp.orau.org/.

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