{"id":4789,"date":"2016-04-15T12:31:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T17:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=4789"},"modified":"2020-05-18T13:25:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T18:25:16","slug":"interview-adam-steltzner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2016\/04\/15\/interview-adam-steltzner\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Adam Steltzner from JPL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/04\/Adam-Stelzner.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4790\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4790\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2016\/04\/15\/interview-adam-steltzner\/adam-stelzner\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/04\/Adam-Stelzner.jpg?fit=1400%2C612&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,612\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;(NASA\/Bill Ingalls)&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Adam Stelzner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/04\/Adam-Stelzner.jpg?fit=640%2C280&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4790\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/04\/Adam-Stelzner.jpg?resize=300%2C131&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Adam Steltzner\" width=\"300\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/04\/Adam-Stelzner.jpg?resize=300%2C131&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/04\/Adam-Stelzner.jpg?resize=768%2C336&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/04\/Adam-Stelzner.jpg?resize=1024%2C448&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/04\/Adam-Stelzner.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/04\/Adam-Stelzner.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chuck and Kreg talk to author and systems engineer Adam Steltzner from JPL. Adam has had an fascinating career working on the entry descent and landing (EDL) team for numerous Mars rovers. His origin story is quite interesting as well. Adam is also the the author of the book &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Right-Kind-Crazy-Leadership-High-Stakes\/dp\/1591846927\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1460570007&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+right+kind+of+crazy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Right Kind of Crazy: A true story of teamwork, leadership, and high stakes innovation<\/a>.&#8221; Have a listen and we hope you enjoy!<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8058\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4789-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Special_Interview_Adam_Steltzner.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Special_Interview_Adam_Steltzner.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Special_Interview_Adam_Steltzner.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Special_Interview_Adam_Steltzner.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Special_Interview_Adam_Steltzner.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chuck and Kreg talk to author and systems engineer Adam Steltzner from JPL. Adam has had an fascinating career working on the entry descent and landing (EDL) team for numerous Mars rovers. His origin story is quite interesting as well. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2016\/04\/15\/interview-adam-steltzner\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8060\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4789-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Special_Interview_Adam_Steltzner.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Special_Interview_Adam_Steltzner.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Special_Interview_Adam_Steltzner.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Special_Interview_Adam_Steltzner.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Special_Interview_Adam_Steltzner.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[586,5,587],"tags":[745,785,317,784,456,486],"class_list":["post-4789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","category-podcasts","category-specials","tag-curiosity","tag-jpl","tag-mars","tag-rover","tag-science","tag-space"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1ff","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4789"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4792,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4789\/revisions\/4792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}