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 “After that, my prospects at the university didn’t look so great. I was feeling pretty unsure about things, honestly.”

“But then, oddly enough, I got my first NASA interview request.” “I was ridiculously nervous.”

“And, um, I talk too much when I’m nervous.”

“So when they asked how my research was going...” “...I ended up telling them what happened with the presentation.”

Wait, what? It talks in movie trailers?

Well, yeah. Kind of.

So let me get this straight:

You decided not to take the advice of your faculty advisor?

Right, we didn’t. I didn’t.

A few weeks later...

But if you had followed his advice, this wouldn’t have happened. Your robot, RT, would not be talking in movie trailers? Um, right. Probably not.

Hm. “I thought for sure I’d blown it.”

“But I guess that’s what made them give me a second interview.”