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When I was four, we went on vacation to Disney World,

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but the main part of that that caught my attention was we went to the Kennedy Space Center,

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and when I was there, I instantly just fell in love with space and astronomy and

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wanted to be an astronaut. My name is Dhanesh Krishnarao. I usually

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go by "DK" here. I'm a rising senior at American University

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studying physics and math. So this summer, my research project I'm working on

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is to develop a system where spacecraft operators can look up

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specific space weather conditions near their spacecraft. Space

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weather is getting really important now, especially since there are more and more dependencies on

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satellites and technology. Different space weather events can cause radio

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blackouts, knock out GPS systems. So I think what I'm doing is

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going to really help out with making sure that the least damage is done. 

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So the most exciting thing I've done this summer is probably

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one of the days when all the other forecasters were busy. At this time no one else

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was free; they were all attending conferences. But they decided to put me in charge

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for the day. I think Goddard is a great place to be. Everyone is 

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very enthusiastic. Since last summer, as soon as I got here, I loved

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everything here. One of the main things I liked here a lot was being able to play

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ultimate frisbee every Tuesday and Thursday with all the NASA employees.

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I mean overall, I just love being at Goddard. Everyone here is very nice and

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it's been a great experience.

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