For the new job, Maxwell won't have to take an airplane, let alone a space shuttle. His new role will be at a Google office in the Los Angeles area, where he is based. That's good news for his romantic life because he and fellow NASA-er Kim Lichtenberg are a ridiculously cute, science-loving couple.
"I'm not sure my girlfriend would like it a whole lot if I were moving up to Mountain View permanently, and I wouldn't want to leave her," he said.
He'll be following the Curiosity mission from the sidelines, but he wouldn't totally rule out going back into the space field one day. Should technology allow it, Mars remains his destination of choice.
"If they have a rocket ship leaving tomorrow, I'm quitting Google and I'm on it," he said.
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