In this episode:

We meet Michelle Pelersi, the Program Manager of the Fault Tolerant Flight Computer (FTFC) hardware and fight software design and development program at Draper. Beginning her career as a materials engineer, she contributed to the design and development of the Orion EFT-1 composite heatshield material before taking on the role of Deputy Program Manager for the program.

Michelle talks about the influence of the Apollo program on her career and where we are headed in the future of human spaceflight. She also highlights the Hack the Moon website with newly released photos and video from the Apollo program, now celebrating its 50th anniversary. 

This episode was recorded at the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs at the Draper booth.