You may have heard a series called “You hate my job” on our weekday sister show, Marketplace. Here’s our first in our series: “You LOVE My Job.”
Working at NASA sounds like a pretty awesome job.
Getting paid to maybe go check this place out for a week:
NASA
NASA
And hanging out here:
NASA
Or taking a picture like this:
NASA
What’s it like to actually work there?
Well… every once in a while… it’s like this:
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Yeah… a PowerPoint presentation.
Bobak Ferdowsi works at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Pasadena, California. You might know him as NASA mohawk guy:
He’s an engineer who worked on the Mars Curiousity Rover, and is launching a new mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa.
Don’t get us wrong: His job is awesome.
But every job, even our fantasy ones, involves getting up, and going to work.