Splash Biography



ERICA DING, ESP Teacher



Major: Public Health

College/Employer: Johns Hopkins

Year of Graduation: 2018

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

A Public Health major with eyes for the stars. In medical school, I want to specialize in Space Medicine, and carry on my astronomical passions in residency and beyond.



Past Classes

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S3: To Infinity and Beyond: Past and Future of Space Exploration in Splash Spring 16 (Feb. 27, 2016)
So here’s the deal: NASA wants to send people onto Mars by the 2030s. Humans walking on Mars used to just be science fiction, but it’s now a planned possibility in our lifetimes. This course will review briefly the history of manned spaceflight, starting from the Space Race between the US and USSR and extending into the modern space agencies dotting the globe. The majority of this course will focus on modern methods of getting people to Mars, and how major obstacles might be solved.