Starting May of this year, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will have a new permanent director. President of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Laurie Leshin was selected earlier this year to lead JPL. Before she takes the reins however, I wanted to pick her brain about some of the projects she'll be most excited about once she's in the big seat.

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