Rafferty
Pendery is the founder and CEO of Studio98,
an offline and online marketing company. His clients include many
large organizations and universities. Rafferty's roles with Spaceward
Bound have been:
2007 Spaceward Bound - Mojave
Hot Air Balloon Crew Chief – The hot air balloon was being
used for airborne thermography to find cave openings. This methodology
is something that could possibly be used in an environment such as
Mars. Rafferty was responsible for getting the balloon set up, taken
down and managing the team of 4 people under him.
2008 Spaceward Bound - Mojave
Thermography – Rafferty helped Jim Thompson with thermography
of lava tubes in the Mojave. This included a 24 hour continuous (1
shot every 10 minutes), shoot to find the ideal time to thermograph
for cave openings in a climate like Mojave.
Image Analysis of soil crust – He worked with a few of the
members of the team on working out an image analysis process to get
a greater contrast between soil crust and the soil around it.
Video Production – Rafferty helped film and produce videos
from different scientists involved on the Spaceward Bound project.
2008 Spaceward Bound - Pavilion Lake
Rafferty Pendery shot interviews with many of the participants of
PLRP as well as scientific documentation footage showing the research
being done at Pavilion Lake for use by the scientists and their
affiliated groups. Rafferty also edited the footage for different
participants for their use in presenting the program. Some examples
of the footage being used:
NASA Spaceward Bound PLRP 2008 Website
http://quest.nasa.gov/projects/spacewardbound/pavilionlake2008/info.html
PLRP Website Features the Darlene Lim "Welcome to Pavilion Lake
2008" video
http://www.pavilionlake.com/
UC
Davis Story "‘Living rocks’ in lake may give
clues to life on other planets" by Andy Fell
http://www.ucdavis.edu/spotlight/1008/research_by_minisub.html
Professional Associations
Member of the Mars Society
Member of the National Speleological Society - #60061
Member of the Royal Geographical Society
SSI Dive Control Specialist In-Training
