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Summer Visit - 2022 - fIRes

The summer visit to Caltech is 4 days long and is the only time during the year of work when all the participants on the team come together in person to work intensively on the data. Generally, each educator may bring up to two students to the summer visit that are paid for by NITARP, and they may raise funds to bring two more. The teams work at Caltech; the summer visit typically includes a half-day tour of JPL, which is a favorite site for group photos. Reload to see a different set of quotes.

The fIRes team came to visit in July 2022. The 5 core team educators attended, plus 9 students.

Quotes

  • Though I've been teaching and preaching [the scientific method] for years, this is really the first time I've honestly done it (with A LOT of help and guidance, of course).
  • [student:] Also, make sure to work hard. Not only for your own good, but for the people who are working with you. You are a team and no team can be run by a single person.
  • [student:] Before this experience I was aware that astronomers did work to progress in the science world, but I didn't realize just how much research, scientifically common knowledge, and effort was required for astronomers to do their jobs.
  • [student:] An astronomer requires a large work ethic. The thing about space is that not all questions have an answer. You have to work towards a finish line that you can't see and that may not even be there. Perseverance is a huge part of it too!
  • [The most surprising thing was] the sheer amount of data that astronomers have to work with. At times it seems as if it could be overwhelming

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Summer Visit - 2022 - fIRes