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

Aug. 29, 2012

Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington
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Dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov


Patrick Fant
RFC Media LLC, Houston
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pat@rfcmedia.com


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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