Robert Pappalardo, Planetary Scientist

Robert Pappalardo, Planetary Scientist

Bob Pappalardo and his wife Mabel , who he met at Venice Beach and whose parents came originally from near Hong Kong, live near Pasadena, California though they have had a summer home here in Westminster West, VT since 2016. He has been a planetary scientist, in a sense, since he was four years old. Now in his early 40’s, he is lead scientist for the Europa Mission to Jupiter at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena that launched in early October from Cape Canaveral. It will take 5 ½ years for the Europa research craft to arrive in Jupiter’s orbit.

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