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Synopsis
El joven ingeniero conocido como "el mec nico del espacio" (@THESPACEMECHANIC) comparte su apasionante historia, desde su infancia en Ecuador hasta su trabajo en la misi n Marte 2020 de la NASA.
En El ni o que alcanz las estrellas, Elio Morillo relata las circunstancias que llevaron a su madre a irse de Ecuador, los momentos decisivos de su infancia itinerante en Puerto Rico y los Estados Unidos, y su experiencia en un sistema educativo dominado por la desigualdad sist mica. Sobre todo, revela su llegada a ese m s all con el que siempre so el espacio. Su tenacidad lo llev a trabajar en el Laboratorio de Propulsi n a reacci n de la NASA para la Misi n Marte 2020, donde colabor como ingeniero de pruebas y operaciones de sistema para el rover Perseverance y para Ingenuity, el helic ptero de Marte.
Este es un libro c smico e ntimo hilado a partir de una constelaci n de recuerdos, reflexiones y una curiosidad intr pida, y la historia de Elio es una muestra de que, si te lo propones, puedes alcanzar tus sue os, as sean tan grandes como ir a la Luna o alcanzar las estrellas.
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The young engineer known as "the space mechanic" (@THESPACEMECHANIC) shares his gripping story, from his childhood in Ecuador to his work on NASA's Mars 2020 mission.
In The Boy Who Reached for the Stars, Elio Morillo recounts the circumstances that led his mother to leave Ecuador, the defining moments of his itinerant childhood in Puerto Rico and the United States, and his experience in an educational system dominated by systemic inequality. Above all, he reveals his arrival to that beyond he always dreamed of -- the space. His determination led him to work at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the Mars 2020 Mission, where he was a system tested and operations engineer for the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity, the Mars helicopter.
This is a cosmic and intimate book spun from a constellation of memories, reflections, and fearless curiosity, and Elio's story is proof that, if you set your mind to it, you can achieve your dreams, even if they are as big as going to the Moon or reaching for the stars.