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BioSentinel: A 6U Nanosatellite for Deep-Space Biological Science
Plice, Abe Rademacher, John Rasmussen, Charlie Ricco,
Tony Ricco, Dan Rowan, Tara Samuels, Hugo Sanchez, Sergio Santa Maria, Aaron Schooley, Kevin Seywald, Philip
Shih, Mark Shirley, Matt Sorgenfrei, Terry Stevenson, Tore
Straume, Ming Tan, Eric Tapio, Huyen Tran, Sofia Tieze,
Stephen Walker, Shang Wu, Zion Young.
The members of JSC Radworks Group include Susan
Gavalas, Bobbie Gail Swan, Scott Wheeler, Edward
Semones.

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