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BOB MCDONALD
Bob McDonald has been communicating science internationally through
television, radio, print and live presentations for more than 30 years. He is
the host of CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks, the award-winning science program with a national audience of nearly 500,000
people. He is also a regular reporter for CBC Television’s The National as well as Gemini-winning
host and writer of the children’s series Head’s
Up. McDonald has also hosted Greatest Canadian Invention and the
seven-part series Water Under Fire.
As a print journalist, McDonald has authored three science books and
contributed to numerous science textbooks, newspapers and magazines including The Globe and Mail, Owl Magazine and many
others. His latest book is Measuring the
Earth With a Stick, and he has written the introductions to The Quirks & Quarks Question Book, The Guide to
Space: 42 Questions (and Answers) About Life, the Universe, and Everything as well as Nasty, Brutish and Short, the Quirks Guide to Animal
Sex.
Beyond his work in media, McDonald is Chairman of Geospace,
an exciting new environmental centre and planetarium for the Toronto
Waterfront.
McDonald has been honoured for his outstanding contribution to the promotion of
science in Canada as the recipient of the Michael Smith Award from the Natural
Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the Sir Sanford Fleming Medal from
the Royal Canadian Institute and the McNeil Medal from The Royal Society of
Canada. McDonald was also the recipient of a 2008 Gemini Award for Best Host in
a Pre-School, Children's or Youth Program or Series.
He has received six honourary Doctorates, from the
University of Guelph, Carleton University, Laurentian, McMaster, University of
Winnipeg and University of Calgary. In 2011, he was appointed to the Order of
Canada.
McDonald is constantly in demand to speak for a variety of audiences across
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MICHAEL T. GOOD (Colonel, USAF, RET.) NASA Astronaut
NASA Experience: Selected as a mission specialist by NASA in July 2000, Good reported for training at Johnson Space Center, Houston,
Texas, in August 2000. Following the completion of 2 years of training and
evaluation, he was assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office Advanced Vehicles
Branch and the Space Shuttle Branch. Good served on the crew of STS-125, the
final space shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. He completed his
second mission on the crew of STS-132 to the International Space Station and
has logged a total of 25 days in space and a total of 29 hours and 53 minutes
on four spacewalks. Currently, Good is serving as NASA Liaison to Air Force
Space Command, U.S. Northern Command, and North American Aerospace Defense
Command at Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Space Flight Experience: STS-125 Atlantis (May 11 to 24, 2009) was the fifth and final
Hubble servicing mission. The 19-year-old telescope spent 6 days in the shuttle
cargo bay undergoing an overhaul. Good logged 15 hours and 58 minutes of EVA
during two of the five spacewalks conducted. Hubble Space Telescope now has
four new or rejuvenated scientific instruments, new batteries, new gyroscopes,
new outer blankets and a new computer. The STS-125 mission was accomplished in
12 days, 21 hours, 37 minutes and 09 seconds, traveling 5,276,000 miles in 197
Earth orbits. STS-132 Atlantis (May 14 to 26, 2010) delivered an Integrated
Cargo Carrier and a Russian-built Mini Research Module to the International
Space Station. During 7 days of docked operations, three spacewalks were
conducted, and Good logged 13 hours and 55 minutes of EVA in two spacewalks. On
the second spacewalk, Bowen and Good replaced batteries on the P6 truss that
stores solar energy. On the final spacewalk, Good and Reisman replaced the last of the P6 Truss batteries and retrieved a power data grapple
fixture for installation at a later date. The STS-132 mission was completed in
186 orbits, traveling 4,879,978 miles in 11 days, 18 hours, 28 minutes and 2
seconds.
Educational and Flight Experience: Good graduated from the University of
Notre Dame (1984) and was commissioned as second lieutenant. After completing a
graduate degree, he was assigned to the Tactical Air Warfare Center, Eglin Air
Force Base, Florida. Here, he served as a flight test
engineer for the Ground Launched Cruise Missile program. He was selected to
attend Navigator Training at Mather Air Force Base, California, receiving his
wings in January 1989. After Lead-In Fighter Training at Holloman Air Force
Base, New Mexico, and transition training in the F-111 at Mt. Home Air Force
Base, Idaho, Good was assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing, RAF Upper Heyford, England. He served as an F-111 instructor weapon
systems officer. In 1993, he was selected for Air Force Test Pilot School at
Edwards Air Force Base, California, graduating in 1994. After graduation, he
was assigned to the 420th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards, where he flew and
tested the B 2 Stealth Bomber. In 1997, he was assigned to Maxwell Air Force
Base, Alabama, to attend Air Command and Staff College. After graduation, he
was assigned to the 46th Operations Support Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. He served as operations officer and F-15 test
weapon systems officer. In October 2009, Good retired
from the Air Force and transitioned to government civil service with NASA.
He has logged over 3,000 hours in more
than 30 different aircraft. |
