for NASA-related internship Steven Seddio, a University of Rochester junior from Hamlin, will begin a 10-week internship with the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) in Houston on June 5. He is one of 12 college students, or recent graduates, chosen for the very selective internships from universities in the U.S., Canada, and France. The LPI is a conduit of information between NASA and the academic research communities. Seddio will work one-on-one with Dr. Paul Schenk of LPI in the program that provides a cutting edge research in the planetary sciences according to LPI literature. The two will study doublet and elliptical craters on Ganymede, a moon of Jupitor. The research will take place at the LPI facility or the NASA Johnson Space Center nearby. Seddio was fourth in his class graduating from Brockport High School in 2003. He was valedictorian of his graduating class at Christ Community Church School in Brockport where he attended grades three through eight. His mother, Cheryl Seddio, is principal of Christ Community Church School. Now a planetary science major at 21, Seddio had a boyhood fascination with science. He became interested in space science while attending a NASA-sponsored space camp in eighth grade. He also emulated his great grandfather who had a distinguished career with NASA. Memorabilia in his house included a prototype of the first astronaut space boot which his grandfather helped design. Seddio wants to become an astronaut right after college, then move into more research work. He believes a manned mission to Mars is top priority in space research. "I think manned exploration is the key," he said. He added that currant research from satellites, radar imaging, visual imaging and Martian meteorites collected on Earth are very limited compared to what we could gain from going there. May 21, 2006 |
