T+230: Bob Pearce, Associate Administrator of NASA’s Aeronautics

T+230: Bob Pearce, Associate Administrator of NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

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Bob Pearce, Associate Administrator of NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, joins me to talk about Aeronautics at NASA. We talk about how the directorate fits into the agency overall, how they develop its strategic direction, how they choose which projects to take on, how they transfer technology to industry, what they’re working on right now, and what they’ll tackle in the future.

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