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Hello to our early arriving Women of NASA chat participants! Today's Women of NASA bilingual chat with Fanny Zuniga from NASA Ames Research Center will begin at 1:00 p.m., Pacific Time today. Be sure you have read Fanny's profile at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/bios/fz.html before joining this chat. (La charla con Fanny Zuniga hoy va a comenzar a la una. Por favor, leen Uds. su autobiografia a http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/espanol/bios/fz.html antes de participando en esta charla.)

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Bienvenidos and Welcome to today's Women of NASA Chat with Fanny Zuniga from NASA Ames Research Center! Fanny spends most of her time conducting experiments and studying data to help build better airplanes and space vehicles. She is currently working with a group on the High-Speed Research project. Their goal is to build a new High-Speed Civil Transport, capable of carrying up to 300 passengers and flying at about twice the speed of today's commercial transports. Fanny's role on the project is to help develop and test technology for good performance during takeoff, approach and landing. Additionally, she is responsible for evaluating the flight performance of model aircraft tested in the windtunnels at Ames Research Center.

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And now, here is Fanny Zuniga to answer your questions.

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RE: [Room16Montgomery] What country in Latin America are you from, and how old were you when you came to the U.S?
My family is from Peru. My parents and sister were born in Peru but I was born in New Jersey.

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RE: [Ana] Buenos dias de Hawaii. Que hace ud para probar de qualificar para ser "astronaut"?
Hola. Mucho gusto de hablar con ustedes. Yo tengo 10 años trabajando como ingeniera aeroespacial en la NASA. Tambien tengo un Masters en ingenieria aeroespacial. Esto me qualifica para poder ser astronauta.

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RE: [Rethya-MissHimmel/StoreyElementarySchool] Do you have kids? If you do, do they want to be like you?
No, I don't have any kids but I have a nephew and niece that leave near me. My nephew is 4 years old and he really enjoys learning about NASA and space. It's too early to tell if he'll grow up to be like me. I don't want to sway him too much. I just want him to grow up to do whatever he wants.

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RE: [Ann/AERO-Ann/AERO] Que tipo de proyecto esta ud. estudiando hoy en dia?
Hola Ann, ahorrita estoy trabajando en un proyecto para ayudar el "space shuttle" llegar al nuevo estacion espacial automaticamente. Este nuevo estacion espacial, "space station" va estar contruido en los proximo 2 anos y va hacer necesario que el "space shuttle" pueda llegar sin peligro al estacion. Yo estoy trabajando en un sistema de control para facilitar este proceso.

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RE: [A.Subero/A.H.school] Hola fanny, Soy de Republica Dominicana, en enero empezare mis estudios de Ingenieria Aeroespacial, Que consejos me podrias dar para tener buen comienzo en mi carrera?
Hola A. Subero, le felicito por seguir los estudios de Ingenieria Aeroespacial. Lo mejor consejo que le puedo dar es que este preparada mentalmente para estudiar duro. Es un campo dificil y al principio le va parecer dificil para entender pero sigue adelante y estudie mucho y va poder hacerlo.

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RE: [Jenna-MissHimmel/StoreyElementarySchool] How old were you when you started working at Nasa?
I started at NASA right out of college. I was 21 years old.

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RE: [Liliana] What do you like best about Nasa?
Hi Liliana, that's a nice name. It's my sister's name. There are lots of things I like about NASA. I guess what I like best about NASA is that it's a research organization with it's sole purpose to explore space and improve science and technology to benefit the quality of life on Earth. I think these are lofty goals and I am happy to serve my country in helping NASA meet these goals.

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RE: [Room16Montgomery] Have you been to Peru? If so, how is it different from the U.S?
Yes, I've been to Peru. It's very different from the US. It's a very poor country and you can tell the difference as soon as you step off the plane. We take for granted all the things we have here in the US. Most of the Latin American countries are very poor and don't have half the commodities we enjoy here and take for granted on a daily basis.

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RE: [Victoria] Why did you want to be a Aerospace Engineer And when will the new spaceship come?
Since I can remember (2 or 3 years old), I always wanted to work for NASA. I grew up when the Apollo program was big in this country and remember watching the first men land on the moon. That really inspired me and ever since then I knew that I wanted to contribute to the space program in some way. When I was about 11 or 12, I learned what aerospace engineers do and decided that that career was for me and would lead me to NASA and it did.

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RE: [Room16Montgomery-Mrs.OGuinn/MontgomeryElementary] What do you like about working at NASA?
Room16, please see Fanny's answer to that question in her answer in Message #21. Thanks!

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RE: [Ana] Este mes el astranauto famoso John Glenn regresara al espacio. Que piensa ud de este experimento?
Creo que va ser un experimento muy interesante. Es increible que John Glenn que tiene como 77 anos va poder regresar al espacio otra vez. Es admirable el fisico que debe el tener.

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RE: [Room16Montgomery-Mrs.OGuinn/MontgomeryElementary] What college did you go to, and why did you pick that one?
I did my undergrad at Syracuse University and my Master's at University of Southern California and I'm working on Ph.D. now at Stanford. I picked Syracuse because it was a really good school in Aerospace Engineering.

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RE: [A.Subero/A.H.school] En el nuevo projecto que estas ahora, Que caracteristicas debe reunir un avion supersonico civil?
Un avion supersonico civil tiene de tener sus alas cortos y con un tremendo angulo al viento. Tambien tiene de tener unos motores imensos para poder impulsar se a velocidades mas rapido de la velocidad del sonido.

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If there are additional questions for Fanny, she will remain online until 2:15 p.m. today. (Si hay mas preguntas para Fanny, ella puede quedarnos de 2:15 esta tarde.)

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For those of you still with us, be sure to let us know what you thought about today's chat with Fanny Zuniga by using our online feedback forms at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/qchat/qchat-surveys

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Thanks everyone for your questions. I enjoyed responding to them. I'm signing off now. Til next time...Good-bye!

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Thank you to everyone for joining us for today's Women of NASA Chat with Fanny Zuniga from NASA Ames Research Center!

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You can find out about upcoming chats with NASA experts by visiting our schedule of events page at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/common/events. We hope to hear from you online in the future!

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We would like to offer a special thanks to Fanny Zuniga for joining us online and sharing her time and expertise with us. Please join us on Tuesday, October 20 for our Women of NASA chat with Linda Bangert from NASA Langley Research Center!