Growing up in Tennessee and Alabama, Dr. David Oh never imagined he would one day be leading a mission to explore a metallic asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. But as project systems engineer for NASA's Psyche mission and former lead flight director for the Curiousity Mars rover, Dr. Oh has done plenty of extraterrestrial exploring.
Listen to this episode to learn more about these missions, how Dr. Oh sees his Korean-American identity, and what it's like to put your whole family on Mars time.
This is the first of our interviews with the three Korean American Day honorees for 2017, all of whom are doing awesome things in the fields of science and technology. Below are some of our previous Korean Kontext interviews with Korean American Day honorees.
Korean American Day 2016: Chef Edward Lee
Korean American Day 2015: Olympic Skier Toby Dawson
Actor Daniel Dae Kim
Korean Aid and Cooperation with the African Development Bank
Korea's Economic Outlook: A View from the OECD
Seoul Mate: A Reflection on Five Years in Korea
Myanmar Between the Two Koreas
Combatting Yellow Dust and Air Pollution
Deciphering China’s Security Intentions: A Japanese Perspective
Reform or Status Quo? An Analysis of North Korea's Party Congress
A Russian Perspective on Northeast Asia
South Korea and Iran's Partnership Potential
South Korea's Role in the Chang Mai Initiative and Regional Economic Integration
[Rebroadcast] Steven Yeun: The Walking Dead
A Look at the North Korean Economy with Dr. Stephan Haggard
Overlap and Divergence in American and European Approaches to the Korean Peninsula
Could North Korean nuclear tests trigger an eruption of Mt. Baekdu?
Follow the Money: The Cat and Mouse Game to Cut off North Korea's Nuclear Program
New US, UN Sanctions Up Pressure on North Korea
Justice Michael Kirby and the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea
A Conversation with TV Host and Chef Marja Vongerichten
Korean American Day 2016: Chef Edward Lee
North Korea's Abduction Project
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