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LightningRodofH8 t1_itr8qei wrote

I think it's safe to assume NASA included her for her Astrophysics and Data Science background.

From the linked article:

>Astrophysicist, data scientist, and boxer Federica Bianco, focuses on using data science to study the universe. Bianco is a joint professor at the University of Delaware, is the principal investigator of Federica Astrostatistics Lab (FASTLab), and coordinates more than 1,500 scientists for the 2023 Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Science Collaboration to discover new galaxies and stars in the southern sky. Bianco is also a boxer who goes by the title “The Mad Scientist.”

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Steambathe t1_itrx50m wrote

But also if the aliens need a good reminder of who is the boss of Earth.

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eroi49 t1_itrzove wrote

And here I thought it was a random dude who assembles boxes. Which is a good gig….

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