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I'm Larry Cliatt and I am the technical lead for
the acoustic validation phase of the Quesst mission
during the acoustic validation phase of the mission
that's where we will measure the sonic thump
and make sure it's as quiet as we designed the airplane to be
we'll do that a number of ways
we'll do that on the ground with a lot of sensors
in the air too with some airborne systems
that have recording devices that can measure
the sonic thump of the airplane
so I love to cook it's probably my number one hobby
I like trying new concepts new ways to cook
I like making Asian foods just Asian-inspired cuisines
whether it's Chinese Japanese I love making Thai food
I love to barbecue and I think a big part of
my love to barbecue and to smoke different foods
is the method behind it i mean it's a process
iIve loved legos since I was a kid
and then I think only maybe four or five years ago
I discovered that legos can be for adults
and part of it is a little bit of escape everybody needs a
hobby to get away from the demanding job
but a lot of it is just continuing on that creative mindset
into our daily personal lives i think as well
the Quesst mission is is not just four or five years old
it's five or six decades where NASA has been investigating the ability to
quietly perform supersonic commercial transportation
to be able to go from point a to point b faster
it's a very big collective effort across the mission and
across many NASA centers to make that happen
and so that's what really excites me about all this
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