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 American Day 2016: Chef Rachel Yang
[Rebroadcast] The Cleanest Race: An Interview with Author B.R. Myers
Look Back, Look Forward: Predictions for the Korean Peninsula
North Korea's House of Cards: Understanding the Kim Jong Un Regime
Korean American Day 2015: NHL Star Jim Paek
Korean American Day 2015: Olympic Skier Toby Dawson
Examining the Korean Economy
Talk to Us in Korean: The Mavericks of Teaching Korean Online
The Kim Monarchy: Reframing Political Legitimacy in North Korea
From K-pop to Kimchi: The Korean Cultural Center Brings Hallyu to DC
A Tale of Courage from the "Forgotten War"
The Human Rights of Korean Family Reunions
Presidential Summits: A Diplomat's Perspective
Friends of Korea: Witnessing Korea's Transformation
Setting an Example: The German Case as a Model for Korean Reunification
20 Years Combatting Tuberculosis in North Korea
Prospects for "Vitalizing" NGO Work in North Korea
Seismology and Mt. Baekdu: Science Diplomacy in North Korea
Looking Back on Four Years of U.S.-Korea Relations
Chinese PLA Media Commentaries on North Korea: Going Rogue or Staying on Script?
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