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b'Khari Douglas interviews Dr. Beh\\xe7et A\\xe7ikme\\u015fe. Beh\\xe7et was a technologist and a senior member of the Guidance and Control (G&C) Analysis Group at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) from 2003 to 2012 where he developed guidance, control, and estimation algorithms for formation-flying spacecraft and distributed networked systems, proximity operations around asteroids and comets, and planetary landing. He is currently a Professor in Aeronautics & Astronautics, as well as Electrical & Computer Engineering, at the University of Washington and a member of their Autonomous Controls Lab. In this episode, Dr. A\\xe7ikme\\u015fe discuss his time at JPL and what it takes to land a rover on Mars.\\n\\n\\nTimestamps to jump to certain topics below:\\nIntro - (00:00)\\nBackground and Joining NASA\\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory -(01:23)\\nLanding a Rover on Mars - (06:00)\\nOther Projects at JPL -(19:46)\\nSensors on Spacecraft - (27:10)\\nLanding on Earth vs. Mars - (31:42)\\nWorking at JPL and Career Advice - (33:55)\\t\\t\\nOutro - (40:56)'