He was inspired to work in the space sector by his high school teachers and science fiction, including the works of Arthur C. Clarke and Star Trek. Soon after birth he moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where he stayed until age 11, then moved to Tokyo in , where he attended the American School in Japan, graduating in The same year, he enrolled at the University of Washington where he majored in aerospace engineering, a childhood dream.
He was seated in a prominent camera position and his mohawk unexpectedly became an iconic image of the landing. Ferdowsi explained that he wore a new haircut for every mission and the mohawk was chosen by his team by popular vote. Ferdowsi joined JPL in late , and worked on the Mars Science Laboratory mission through its successful landing nearly nine years later on August 6, He was a science planner on the Cassini—Huygens mission, and is involved with the Europa Clipper as a systems engineer.
Ferdowsi appeared on the sixth season of BattleBots as a sideline reporter. Ferdowsi appeared in a cameo role in the television film Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!. He is an advocate for the space sector and appears in several events that link arts and sciences.
He is active on social media, using Twitter to make the public more aware of the lighter side of science. Ranked on the list of most popular Engineer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in United States. Bobak Ferdowsi celebrates birthday on November 7 of every year. Bobak Ferdowsi Birthday Countdown 0 0 0. Other options included a reverse mohawk, and one write-in ballot requested that Ferdowsi shave in a reproduction of Gale Crater, Curiosity's landing site on Mars.
At the end of August, Ferdowsi updated his hairdo as a tribute to Curiosity's wheels , which are imprinted with a unique pattern that is Morse Code for JPL. Barack Obama said this about Ferdowsi: "It does seem NASA has come a long way from the white shirts, dark-rimmed glasses, and pocket protectors.
You guys are a little cooler than you used to be. Ferdowsi took part in the second inauguration of Barack Obama January marching in the parade alongside replicas of Curiosity and the Orion spacecraft, along with other NASA scientists, as part of the agency's official Presidential Inaugural Weekend.
He dyed "USA" and "Mars" into either side of his hairdo for the event. Ferdowsi's Twitter account, tweetsoutloud , currently has more than 55, followers. He also has an official fan page. On Attack of the Show he admitted that 1 he went to space camp when he was younger and 2 it was where he had his first kiss. Like the rest of the Curiosity crew, Bobak spent the first few months of the mission living on Mars time. Martian days are 40 minutes longer than Earth days.
He wrote a blog about it about a month in :. So you can imagine within a couple of weeks, 9 a. It makes for some strange hours at work. The whole team is working "Mars time" so we all end up having crazy stories about eating dinner at 8 a.
For you. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. Then, this past week he got another call from Washington. It's really amazing to me. Sometimes I feel unworthy in some ways to do all this. I think there's so many talented and fun and amazing people on the project that I worked on, but all across our place. I just feel very lucky to get to do stuff like this.
I'm excited that people have been excited and watching and paying attention. I am excited to — like anyone would be — to meet the First Family. A little giddy with excitement there, I don't think I have to hide that.
It's really cool. The hair colors Tuesday night will not be missed. Bright red and blue streaks run along the top of his freshly coiffed mowhawk.
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