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Ingeniero de origen tico participó en construcción de robot de NASA que aterrizó hoy en Marte

Eric Aguilar tiene 44 años y su origen está en Grecia, Alajuela, donde nació su papá. Él labora en la NASA desde el 2000, donde también fue parte del equipo que fabricó los vehículos ‘Spirit’, ‘Opportunity’ y ‘Curiosity’ que viajaron al Planeta Rojo. “No llegué aquí fácil”.

(FILES) This handout file illustration obtained on March 5, 2020 courtesy of NASA shows the Mars rover Perseverence. - NASA on March 5, 2020 announced the name of its next Mars rover: Perseverance.
It will be the fifth exploratory vehicle on the Red Planet following in the tire tracks of the similarly augustly titled Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity.
The name was announced at an event at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia, to congratulate the seventh grade student who picked it, Alex Mather.
"Alex's entry captured the spirit of exploration," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate. 
"Like every exploration mission before, our rover is going to face challenges, and it's going to make amazing discoveries."
Like its forebears, Perserverance was named by school-age children in nationwide contests -- starting from Sojourner in 1997 to the Spirit and Opportunity rovers, which landed on Mars in 2004, to Curiosity, which has been exploring Mars since 2012. (Photo by Handout / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
(FILES) This handout file illustration obtained on March 5, 2020 courtesy of NASA shows the Mars rover Perseverence. - NASA on March 5, 2020 announced the name of its next Mars rover: Perseverance. It will be the fifth exploratory vehicle on the Red Planet following in the tire tracks of the similarly augustly titled Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity. The name was announced at an event at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia, to congratulate the seventh grade student who picked it, Alex Mather. "Alex's entry captured the spirit of exploration," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate. "Like every exploration mission before, our rover is going to face challenges, and it's going to make amazing discoveries." Like its forebears, Perserverance was named by school-age children in nationwide contests -- starting from Sojourner in 1997 to the Spirit and Opportunity rovers, which landed on Mars in 2004, to Curiosity, which has been exploring Mars since 2012. (Photo by Handout / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS HANDOUT
Eric Aguilar, costarricense que participa en Misión 2020 de NASA para enviar robot Perseverance a Marte. Foto Eric Aguilar/NASA Eric Aguilar junto a "Perseverance", el vehículo que llegó a Marte este 18 de febrero. Foto Eric Aguilar/NASA

El robot “Perservance” que aterrizó este jueves en Marte tiene algo de tico.

Entre los expertos que lo construyeron está el ingeniero eléctrico Eric Aguilar Trillo (44 años), de origen costarricense y con tíos y primos en Grecia, Alajuela, de donde era su papá, Eduardo Aguilar Eastwood.

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