Richard Monda, instructor in the Biology, Chemistry and Physics Department, recently took what he described as an “amazing trip” to Southern California to visit NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Palomar Observatory.
“To actually talk with the scientists and engineers who do the work behind the project managers was wonderful,” Monda said of his visit to the Jet Propulsion Lab, where an open house was underway. “And the tour of the Palomar Observatory was so much more than one can see and access on the self tour.”
Monda noted that 25,000 people visited the Jet Propulsion Lab over the two, open house days.
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally-funded research and development center and NASA field center in Pasadena, with large portions of the campus in La Cañada Flintridge. Palomar Observatory, located atop Palomar Mountain in north San Diego County, is a center of astronomical research owned and operated by Caltech. It is home to three active research telescopes: the 200-inch (5.1-meter) Hale Telescope, the 48-inch (1.2-meter) Samuel Oschin Telescope, and the 60-inch (1.5-meter) telescope.
Monda shared these photographs from his trip:
Published: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 12:10:40 +0000 by d.gardner