• Question: Have you ever won any awards for your achievements?

    Asked by yellowumbrella2 to Alexander, Aron, Jess, Neil on 19 Mar 2014.
    • Photo: Alexander Finch

      Alexander Finch answered on 19 Mar 2014:

      Not special ones no. I never really sought them, and if you don’t ask, you don’t get. I probably should have tried for a few, but I don’t think they are super important.

    • Photo: Jessica Marshall

      Jessica Marshall answered on 19 Mar 2014:

      Yes, I have won some at work. Outside of work I was a WISE engineer of the year finalist.
      Perhaps the biggest accolade was being on the sky at night- if you look here you will see me! (About half way through) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p012sqvy
      Also been in newspapers and other online articles. So, awards don’t matter, but being involved in fun stuff like that is always good.

    • Photo: Neil Bowles

      Neil Bowles answered on 19 Mar 2014:

      As a member of some successful spacecraft teams I’ve received a few NASA group achievement awards. Nice as these are, the real reward is seeing the thing you helped build working and producing interesting science results.

      To be honest, the reward I have is a job that I enjoy doing. On the teacher side of things I get a big amount of satisfaction from watching people I’ve taught develop in to scientists and engineers.

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