A prototype asteroid explorer developed by University of Central Florida engineers and Honeybee Robotics mines water from the asteroid’s soil for propulsion.

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The road to becoming an engineer is rarely easy, but for Dr. Pamela McCauley Bush it was especially challenging. A welfare-supported teenage mother in high school, she repeatedly was told that higher education and a successful career were too much to hope for. Undaunted, she worked persistently towards her goal of becoming an engineer, ultimately earning a Ph.D. in industrial engineering and becoming a leading authority on ergonomics and disaster relief at the University of Central Florida.

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