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Kristo Kriechbaum crouches near a replica of the Curiosity rover that landed on Mars in 2012. He has worked for NASA for 15 years. (Photo Provided)
MARIETTA A 1995 Marietta High School graduate is living the dream of many kids who look to the stars for inspiration.
Kristo Kriechbaum, who lives in Altadena, Calif., was “always kind of interested in engineering-type stuff.”
“I enjoyed playing with Legos and Tinker Toys,” he said.
The Mars Pathfinder rover launched in the mid-1990s sparked Kriechbaum’s interest.
“It was tiny, no bigger than a toaster oven,” he said. “It blew my mind seeing this little robot on another planet millions of miles away.”
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Kristo Kriechbaum stands near a copy of the Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars in 2012. He has worked for NASA for 15 years.
A 1995 Marietta High School graduate is getting to live out the dream of many kids who look to the stars for inspiration.
Kristo Kriechbaum, who now lives in Altadena, Calif., was “always kind of interested in engineering-type stuff.”
“I enjoyed playing with Legos and Tinker Toys,” he said.
The Mars Pathfinder rover was launched in the mid-1990s, which sparked Kristo’s interest.
“It was tiny, no bigger than a toaster oven,” he explained. “It blew my mind seeing this little robot on another planet millions of miles away.”
Portland filmmakers hope to build on success at Sundance
Alex Wolf Lewis and Kaitlyn Schwalje saw their short documentary about a turtle, Snowy, premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year and are now working on films about squirrels and wastewater treatment.
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Alex Wolf Lewis and Kaitlyn Schwalje are hoping a 25-year-old box turtle named Snowy will help them with their next two film projects, including one about the havoc wreaked by squirrels and another about the “unsung heroes” who process our wastewater.
Lewis and Schwalje premiered their turtle documentary, “Snowy,” virtually at the Sundance Film Festival in late January. It’s arguably the country’s best-known and most prestigious film festival and getting selected as just one of the dozen documentary short films to be screened – out of thousands submitted – was like “winning the lottery,” Lewis and Schwalje said. The Portland filmmakers set out to find if Snowy – wh