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I'm Stephanie Simerly and I'm a wind tunnel test engineer supporting the Quesst mission
my role is to support wind tunnel testing specifically in the 8x6 foot supersonic and 9x15
low speed wind tunnel complex our facility can now go as low as Mach 0.25 all the way up to Mach 2.0
which is about 1500 miles per hour I actually think it's the perfect fit for me because I'm
a very hands-on person I enjoy playing with hardware and I enjoy seeing the variety of
things that we get to do in wind tunnels I was born and raised in a rural area in the foothills of
I was born and raised in a rural area in the foothills of east Tennessee
we didn't have much but my parents worked
extremely hard to ensure that my brother and I had everything we needed
without their love without their dedication without their
endless efforts I don't know where I would be but I certainly wouldn't have these amazing
opportunities that I have now
we have two dogs Apollo and Winston and they keep life very interesting
Winston and Apollo actually get to play outside every day that it's not raining
Apollo prefers the frisbee Winston prefers the soccer ball my husband and I actually started going
out west and fell in love with the southwestern United States we discovered slot canyons when we
went out to Escalante you're scrunched into this place where on each side of you is just you know
millions of years of sediment stacked up and you get to witness it all thanks to just the passing
of water working at NASA has been something I've always wanted to do in some capacity I feel like
now I'm living the dream I get to play with really big toys these models that you know people like
to build and paint and except I get to run them at Mach 2.0 some days it's the perfect job for me
the X-59 is going to fly we're going to get to see something that we've had a direct hand in
and hopefully change air travel as we all know it
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