Life on Mars: Joining the Quest with Penny Boston and Jim Green
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
The Planetary Society
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2020
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Mat Kaplan recently hosted the first of a series of Explore Mars live and interactive events. NASA astrobiologist Penelope Boston and NASA Chief Scientist James Green joined him for a thrilling conversation about the search for life on the Red Planet, and what may happen if or when we find it. The comet may be a bust, but Bruce Betts tells us there’s still plenty to see in the current night sky. Mat and Bruce also talk about the first ever What’s Up Live! See the live Mars discussion and explore our other topics at https://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2020/0429-2020-life-on-mars-penny-boston-jim-green.html
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| 0:00.0 | We've found life on Mars. Now what? This week on planetary radio. |
| 0:09.0 | Welcome, I'm Matt Kaplan of the Planetary Society with more of the human adventure across our solar system and beyond. |
| 0:16.7 | Hoping you and yours are staying well. |
| 0:19.4 | No, you didn't miss the biggest headline of the century. |
| 0:21.8 | Finding life on Mars is still just the |
| 0:24.1 | goal and dream of millions, including our two great guests. Penelope Boston is a |
| 0:30.1 | world-renowned astrobi and would-be Martian. |
| 0:33.5 | James Green is chief scientist at NASA. |
| 0:36.0 | They recently joined me for a live conversation |
| 0:38.7 | sponsored by Explore Mars, |
| 0:41.0 | and you'll hear most of it in minutes. |
| 0:43.0 | Then we'll drop in or drop up for a visit with another chief scientist, our own Bruce Betts. |
| 0:49.0 | Here's a reminder that you'll be able to join Bruce and me for the first What's Up Live on Thursday, April 30th. |
| 0:57.0 | More information and a player are at planetary.org. |
| 1:01.0 | Live. |
| 1:02.0 | Here we go. NASA and SpaceX have set the 27th of May as the |
| 1:07.1 | launch date for SpaceX's crew dragon to carry astronauts Bob Benkin and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station. |
| 1:15.0 | The milestone launch will be the first carrying humans from Florida |
| 1:19.0 | since the end of the Space Shuttle Program nine years ago. |
| 1:23.0 | Planetary Radio and Planetary.org will provide coverage leading up to this big event. |
| 1:29.0 | That's just one of the stories you'll find in this week's down link from the Planetary Society. |
| 1:33.6 | Here's more. |
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