Show Notes:

• Polar mission, Solar-Terrestrial Physics Science Initiative, Van Allen Probes mission, and Parker Solar Probe mission (01:05)
• NASA Heliophysics Division (01:20)
• Nicky at South by Southwest (03:20)
• Nicky on the TEDx stage (03:35)
• Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle (04:35)
• Solar energy effects on GNSS (06:50)
• Idea of assessing your presentations from the questions you receive (08:25)
  • Power of ‘I don’t know’ (08:50)
• ask questions to discover (12:20)
• Goddard Space Flight Center (15:50)
• imposter syndrome (16:45)
• Mentors:
  • Mario Ocuña (27:50)
  • Bob Hoffman (28:05)
  • Barry Mauk (29:30 and 39:40)
• Applied Physics Lab (APL) (29:20)
• Living With a Star initiative (29:20)
• What is Space Weather? (30:45 and 39:00)
• ‘Transdisciplinary’ in science (31:15)
  • Heliospheric System Observatory and diversity of thought (33:25)
• What is Heliophysics? (32:20)
• IMAP mission (32:40)
• Norbert Weiner “fruitful areas for growth in no man’s land between the various established fields” (36:40)
• MIT Media Lab and Joi Ito - antidisciplinary (36:40)
• NASA’s Next Generation Principal Investigator (37:40)
  • NASA PI incubator program (37:50)
• Make sure people are equipped and give them the confidence to do things (44:20)
• Forms of empowerment (45:40)
• Book: Hidden Figures (51:45)
• Find Nicky online:  
  • Twitter
  • NASA
• 'Five-Cut Fridays’ series  
  • Nicky's playlist