NASA "Mohawk Guy" To Host Show On Third Rock Radio

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Aug. 29, 2012

Dwayne Brown 
Headquarters, Washington                                    
202-358-1726 
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Patrick Fant 
RFC Media LLC, Houston 
832-485-0490 
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RELEASE: 12-300

NASA "MOHAWK GUY" TO HOST SHOW ON THIRD ROCK RADIO

WASHINGTON -- NASA's "Mohawk Guy" Bobak Ferdowsi, a flight director 
for the Mars Science Laboratory mission that lowered the Curiosity 
rover to the Martian surface in early August, will host a two-hour 
online broadcast on Internet radio station Third Rock Radio at 4 p.m. 
EDT, Thursday, August 30. 


The show, entitled "Getting Curious with the Mohawk Guy," will feature 
Ferdowsi discussing his experience with the landing of Curiosity, 
NASA's evolving image, and renewed interest in science and 
exploration. Ferdowsi works at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) 
in Pasadena, Calif. 

Ferdowsi has become an Internet sensation. His image has helped 
popularize the Mars rover mission with young people, and modernized 
the general public's perception of NASA engineers and scientists. 


"I never thought I'd be hosting a radio show," Ferdowsi said. "Landing 
a rover on Mars rocks, and so does this music!" 

Ferdowsi has worked at JPL since 2003. He holds a degree in aerospace 
engineering from the University of Washington, and a master's degree 
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During the landing of 
the Curiosity rover, he captured the public's attention with his 
star-spangled Mohawk hairstyle. 

Third Rock Radio is produced under a NASA Space Act Agreement with RFC 
Media of Houston. It was created to help cultivate new interest in 
science, technology, engineering and mathematics among young 
Americans. 

Third Rock Radio can be streamed free via the TuneIn mobile app, which 
is available for smart phones and tablet computers through the Google 
Play and iTunes app stores, and from the NASA home page at: 










http://www.nasa.gov 

To stream Third Rock Radio over the Internet, visit: 



http://www.thirdrockradio.net 

For information about the Curiosity and the mission team, visit: 









http://nasa.gov/mars 

	
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