Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center,

episode 18, Mars. I'm Gary Jordan and I'll be your host today. So this is the podcast where we bring

in the experts, NASA scientists, engineers, astronauts.

Bring them right here on the show and talk about all the coolest parts about space.

So today we're talking about Mars with Doug Archer, which I feel like is a good topic to bring up now because next week

NASA is launching a brand new podcast called Gravity Assist. Hosted by Dr. Jim Green,

NASA's Director of Planetary Science, the show will focus on planets and the

solar system and beyond. So if you love planetary science, definitely

subscribe to that show. It's going to start with a 10-part series on our

solar system that starts with the Sun and goes all the way out to Pluto and beyond.

I know I'm pretty excited about it.

So it's sort of a taste of what you're going to get on Gravity Assist, Doug Archer will talk about the fourth planet from the Sun.

Today, on Houston, we have a podcast.

Doug is a planetary scientist at the NASA Johnson Space Center

here in Houston, Texas.

And we had a great discussion about the red planet,

what it's made of, what it's like on the surface,

and why it's such an intriguing place for humans to visit in the next giant leap.

So with no further delay, let's go light speed and jump right ahead to our talk with Dr.

Doug Archer.

Enjoy. T-minus to I second, then county.

Mark.

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