Julio Gonzalez-Saenz

My task on the team is ...

I work with the aerospace team and my task is to figure out the optimal path for our journey. 

The best thing about being a Part-Time Scientist is ...

Since the beginning, being a Part-Time Scientist has been for me a learning from the masters, discovering new things and, most importantly, lots of fun. My tasks are quite challenging, but with the support of sponsors like STK the job has been easy. I feel like being part of a big family. Although a lot of the team members are young enough to be my sons. 

The worst thing about being a Part-Time Scientist is ...

I don't think there's anything bad about it, but if I had to give an answer to this question it would be something like “too bad PTS don't have full-time positions ...”

My family and friends think ...

All my family is very excited that I can represent my original country of Guatemala in such an endeavor. Within my family, I have a nick name: they call me "Kepler" and always ask me “Hey Kepler, have you reached the moon yet?“, when they see me working on the trajectory simulator that me and Dr. Jack Crenshaw developed for our task.

The first thing that comes to mind when I hear the word „moon“ is ...

She will not get away with murder ...!

What's your favorite kind of Pizza?

Yummy ... yummy.... stuffed crust (Chicago Style) and mushrooms ...