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| How NASA Might Revive Kepler |
| Topic: Missions |
05/19/13 |
| Summary: Scott Hubbard helped guide the Kepler mission when he served as director of NASA Ames Research Center. Here he explains how NASA might bring the planet-hunting spacecraft back online. |
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| Where Life Could Thrive: Interview With John Grotzinger |
| Topic: Mars |
03/21/13 |
| Summary: Billions of years ago, the site on Mars where Curiosity analyzed its first rock sample had the conditions necessary to support life on Mars. John Grotzinger, project scientist for the mission, spoke with Astrobiology Magazine about the mission and the new results. |
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| Curious About Life: Interview with Dawn Sumner |
| Topic: Mars |
02/28/13 |
| Summary: Dawn Sumner helps interpret the visual data that Curiosity rover sees with its cameras. In this interview, she reveals why Curiosity’s first images of Mount Sharp made her cry. |
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| Curious about Life: Interview with Jeff Moersch |
| Topic: Mars |
02/21/13 |
| Summary: In this interview, Jeff Moersch describes the DAN instrument on the Mars Curiosity rover. Donated by the Russian Federal Space Agency, this instrument will search for underground water without any need for digging. |
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| Curious About Life: Interview with Richard Leveille |
| Topic: Mars |
01/28/13 |
| Summary: Richard Leveille of the Canadian Space Agency is one of the scientists working on Curiosity's Chemistry & Camera (ChemCam) instrument. ChemCam’s laser will target selected rocks, creating an ionized, glowing plasma that will be used to analyze their composition. |
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| Curious About Life: Interview with Darby Dyar |
| Topic: Mars |
12/13/12 |
| Summary: In this interview, Darby Dyar explains how Curiosity rover’s ChemCam instrument will probe the rocks of Mars to learn about the planet from the inside out. |
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| Europe’s Origin of Life Summit: Excerpts from an Interview with Stuart Kauffman |
| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
12/06/12 |
| Summary: Molecular biologist and complexity theorist, Stuart Kauffman, discusses his role in research taking place as part of the Origin of Life-CERN collaborative project. In February 2013, CERN is set to host private talks concerning the potential for origin of life research at the organization. |
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