I've done lots of interview since I've been in the ISS Program Science office the past 3 years. But this one was an actual Press Briefing, which has always been my chief's job. This time, she had a schedule conflict and so I stepped up! This was the Expedition 32/33 Operations and Science briefing, given by ISS Program Manager Micke Suffredini, Flight Director Dina Contella, and the science overview by er...well, ME. It was live TV on NASA TV (OK it's not Comedy Central but it's still live TV). It was in the middle of a near monsoon weather, and it was a little bit intimidating. It took me wayyyy too many hours to prepare for this simple briefing! Although being well-prepared is the key to less nerves, I was over-prepared and so lesson learned for next time. As it turns out, there will be a next time as JR and I rotate through these briefings that I hear will become more and more frequent (every 3 months is the plan I'm told).
For me, I think the key next time will be to read less and look into the camera more. I really didn't realize how much I was actually reading until I saw it on TV last night! Glad I watched, because normally I don't, because I can improve there. But otherwise I'm feeling fine about how it went. Although it did drain me completely for the rest of the day :)
In other news I have my own Wikipedia entry. For REAL? I was wondering who cares enough about me to have spent the time writing this entry? From what I can tell it was written by someone who tracks the aquanaut stuff, like from when I was a NEEMO aquanaut wayyyy back in 2004. The entry is actually very nice! I should have hired that guy to write my astronaut application :) Anyway, my coworker pointed it out to me after, as the new guys, was looking into some stuff about me. I was at first shocked by all of the detail, but between all the bios of the public stuff I do out there and the Grocery Station stuff too, I realize it's mostly all public knowledge. Anyway, ta-da!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Ruttley
No comments:
Post a Comment