17: TSOS Interviews - OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission with Cameron Dickinson, MDA Technical Lead for OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA)

Fun Fact: Did you know that Canada's contribution to NASA's first asteroid sample return mission ended up creating the most precise three-dimensional map of any celestial body in the entire Solar System (including the Earth)?

In the seventeenth episode of The Sound of Space podcast, we interview Cameron Dickinson, a Senior Space Exploration Scientist at MDA and the Technical Lead for the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA). Join us to hear about Cam's path into leading Canadian space exploration efforts and his experience working on this historical mission.

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⁠University of Toronto Land Acknowledgment⁠

TSOS is brought to you by the University of Toronto Aerospace Team (UTAT). UTAT is an interdisciplinary student design team with four technical divisions. Visit ⁠utat.ca⁠ to learn more!

CREDITS & TEAM

Hosts: Theodora Girgis, Ketan Vasudeva

Sound Engineer: Forrest McAdam

Marketing & Graphics: Bonney Wu

Research Team: Jillian Unruh, Lianne Choong, Sunyah Tehreem