Sedimentary and Planetary Geologist Dr. Michael Thorpe

"On these field trips, I’m in my comfort zone wearing a flannel and winter hat, backpacking with my rock hammer and shovel, hiking for a few hours to pick up samples and come back and analyze them in the lab. I couldn't have written a better story for me to continue doing this stuff that I enjoyed as a child and now to be doing it now for NASA is something I couldn’t have even dreamed of." – Dr. Michael Thorpe, Sedimentary and Planetary Geologist, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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