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Alexia Harper: I started of with the design effort. So a lot of it was working with

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designers, working on the computer, working with analysts and really getting

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the design and the structure down so that when we went to build it,

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we'd have confidence that it worked. A lot of time, recently

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has been spent preparing for our observatory testing.

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Our vibration testing of the whole observatory, making sure we understand the limits of the

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hardware so we don't over test it. And then figuring out how to get the observatory

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down into the test facilities, because it's such a big spacecraft that it really

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pushes the envelope of what Goddard typically processes. I've

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really enjoyed the team that we have on GPM and

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I enjoy the broader aspects of meeting people with different expertise and

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sort of putting the whole picture together and seeing it all come together,

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and how it takes so many people to really make this satellite function,

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and to make it a reality.

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(sfx raindrops)

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