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Feb 2021
26m 56s

Mohawk Guy

Modulus
About this episode
NASA engineer Bobak Ferdowsi — known internationally as “Mohawk Guy” — takes us inside the arc of his career, the make-or-break moments behind the Mars Curiosity Rover, and his rise to overnight celebrity. 
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