Team & Task(s)<\/strong><\/p>\nGerhard Gr\u00f6mer is member of the Ground Support Team of MARS2013. He is responsible for managing the Mission Support Center facility and ensuring teams have the necessary resources to function properly. He also supports MediaCom in tracking news about MARS2013 and in archiving images, as well as audio and video media. He lives in Upper Austria.<\/p>\n
Space & MARS2013<\/h2>\n
How did you first get in touch with the topic of space \/ astronomy \/ analog research?<\/strong><\/p>\nWhen I was 15 years, my uncle \u2013 a priest \u2013 gave me a little book about our solar system. But, I really started to take an interest in space when my son conducted research for a high-school thesis with the topic \u201cPhotometric Effects of Binary Star Systems\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\nWhen did you first hear about the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF)?<\/strong><\/p>\nBefore it was founded.<\/em><\/p>\nHow did you learn about the \u201cMARS2013\u201d mission?<\/strong><\/p>\nI already knew about the idea at the beginning of the PolAres program.<\/em><\/p>\nWhy did you choose to participate?<\/strong><\/p>\nThe project is fascinating and there was never any doubt that I would want to participate in some shape or form.<\/em><\/p>\nWhat was your first impression when you got involved with the OeWF team?<\/strong><\/p>\nThere is no chitchatting. This is a can-do atmosphere.<\/em><\/p>\nWhat is your personal goal in this mission?<\/strong><\/p>\nI would like to contribute to the success of the project with whatever I do and also would like to study individual and group behaviour.<\/em><\/p>\nWork, Life & Family<\/h2>\n
What I do for a living:<\/strong><\/p>\nI retired two years ago as a detective from the police force. In my free time, I shoot commercial video footage from a model helicopter with a former colleague.<\/em><\/p>\nA typical day in my life looks like this:<\/strong><\/p>\nAt minimum one hour of work for the OeWF and then planning of aerial footage recording and the marketing for it.<\/em><\/p>\nThis is how I spend my spare time:<\/strong><\/p>\nFrench horn, sport, photography.<\/em><\/p>\nFamily status:<\/strong><\/p>\nMarried<\/em><\/p>\nHow my friends would describe me:<\/strong><\/p>\nVery detail oriented in most things, being a dreamer sometimes, open to new ideas, having the unshakable belief that the impossible can happen.<\/em><\/p>\nMe, Myself & I<\/h2>\n
These things are precious to me:<\/strong><\/p>\nFamily, compassion, relaxation, rest.<\/em><\/p>\nWhat drives me crazy:<\/strong><\/p>\nIf someone tries to use me to do his job.<\/em><\/p>\nSomething I would never do:<\/strong><\/p>\nScuba diving in a dark shipwreck.<\/em><\/p>\nOne important thing other people\u00a0should know about me:<\/strong><\/p>\nTrust is very important to me.<\/em><\/p>\nTo relax I absolutely need:<\/strong><\/p>\nSilence, and music by Joan Baez.<\/em><\/p>\nFor this I would do almost anything:<\/strong><\/p>\nStyrian prime boiled beef.<\/em><\/p>\nSomething that once changed my life:<\/strong><\/p>\nWe are all constantly changing and not always is that triggered by big events.<\/em><\/p>\nWhat is the most unusual \/ challenging \/ exciting \/ scary \/ funny thing you ever experienced?<\/strong><\/p>\nI was flying in a police helicopter and we almost collided with a high-voltage power line. That was very thrilling.<\/em><\/p>\nGoal(s) & Motto<\/h2>\n
Something I would love to learn or to achieve:<\/strong><\/p>\nI don\u2019t know where to start!<\/em><\/p>\nMy Motto \/ A saying I can identify with:<\/strong><\/p>\nDon\u2019t dream your life \u2013 live you dream.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniela Scheer interviewed 12 people behind the MARS2013 simulation, which you’ll be getting to know in the upcoming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4088,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[351,3,41],"tags":[262,298,296,362],"class_list":["post-4030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-expeditions-simulations","category-oewf-news","category-research-projects","tag-innsbruck-en","tag-interview-en","tag-mars2013","tag-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oewfdev.olidax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oewfdev.olidax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oewfdev.olidax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oewfdev.olidax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oewfdev.olidax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oewfdev.olidax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oewfdev.olidax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oewfdev.olidax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oewfdev.olidax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oewfdev.olidax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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