This week, the McMaster Planetary Society hosted a Space Cafe where students who have kick-started their career into the space industry spoke about their experiences. Current and former McMaster Interdisciplinary Satellite Team members, Michael Stramenga, Devan Wagner, and Hira Nadeem, listed the NEUDOSE mission as a major career influence.

Michael, former NEUDOSE project manager, discussed his space-related club experiences and his work terms at CalTech and NASA JPL along with the lessons he learned along the way.

Devan, NEUDOSE co-project manager, spoke about his work as a co-founder of the NEUDOSE mission - how he helped bring the mission from a small project to a CSA funded mission set to launch in 2021.

Hira, NEUDOSE Command and Data Handling team lead, cited the influence of the space conferences she attended and how they led to connections that made space her career.

Chimira Andres, Western MSc. graduate student in planetary geophysics, was also a speaker at the cafe who detailed her Masters experiences and how her studies in the glacial Arctic are compared to the planets, including Mars’ polar ice caps.