Betsy Congdon of Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab is the Lead Thermal Engineer on the heat shield that NASA's Parker Solar Probe will use to protect itself against the Sun.
The shield is so robust, Congdon can use a blowtorch on one side and the other side remains cool enough to touch.
Read more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/traveling-to-the-sun-why-won-t-parker-solar-probe-melt
Music Credit: Toy Factory In Progress by Laurent Dury
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Genna Duberstein (USRA): Lead Producer/Editor
Rob Andreoli (AIMM): Lead Videographer
Betsy Congdon (Johns Hopkins University/APL): Lead Engineer
Curtis Wilkerson (Johns Hopkins University/APL): Technical Support
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