{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Why AxS Podcast from ArtCenter: Rosetta Mission","description":"Welcome to the Why AxS, ArtCenter\u2019s podcast featuring brilliant scientific and artistic minds ponder the big why's that come with being a tiny part of this universe.  Our first episode, How to Land on a Comet, takes you aboard JPL\u2019s Rosetta Mission, as we\u2019re joined by mission planner Art Chmielewski + alum\/illustrator Liz de la Torre (BFA 13), who mapped the surface of speeding comet for a first-of-a-kind rendezvous with a spacecraft \u2014 from a single pixel. Rosetta remains one of the world\u2019s most ambitious \u2014 and arduous \u2014 space exploration missions. Landing on a comet as it zips and twists through space poses seemingly limitless degrees of difficulty and danger. Seeking an artistic solution to a scientific problem \u2014 how to map the comet\u2019s surface \u2014 Chmielewski recruited de la Torre while she was a student at ArtCenter.  Now working as a Creative Strategist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, de la Torre acts as an artistic interpreter of scientific theories, using the illustration skills she honed at the College. For the Rosetta Mission, de la Torre listened to some of the world's leading experts on comets, and based on their  ideas and projections, created multiple approximations of the comet\u2019s terrain.  These beautifully detailed visuals, capturing the comet\u2019s potential tiny pores and bubbling gas, allowed scientists to better visualize the best approach \u2014 and helped secure the mission\u2019s success. They are truly brilliant works of art and science.   Join ArtCenter\u2019s Lauren Mahoney and Ethan Stockwell for an episode full of behind-the-scenes insights into everything from the search for life in the universe to the hidden impact of space research on our everyday lives as we embark on an extraordinary and otherworldly ride. ","author_name":"Why AxS from ArtCenter","author_url":"https:\/\/www.artcenter.edu\/connect\/podcasts\/why-axs-podcast.html","html":"