/18/ Astrobiology at the NASA Astrobiology Institute
This episode is a conversation with Dr. Carl Pilcher, the director of the NASA Astrobiology Insititute at NASA Ames Research Center. The conversation comes in two parts. Part one covers the conceptual basics of astrobiology and life: what is life, what are the preconditions for life to exist, how to recognize it, etc. Part two looks at the process of trying to find places in the universe that could host life, primarily astronomical observations and missions to other planets.
- About the NASA Astrobiology Insititute and Carl Pilcher, its director (at the bottom)
- The NAI Director’s Seminar, a collection of video presentations on astrobiology
- Wikipedia’s pages on life and astrobiology
- The SETI Institute and their Podcast
- Astronomycast, the podcast about astronomy
Posted: September 20th, 2009 under podcast, podcast (en).
Tags: ames, astrobiology, astronomy, life, space
Comments
Comment from Maria
Time October 8, 2009 at 2:02 am
It’s kind of crass of us to think that we know what life we will find in space. Space …infinite… with the infinite possibility of life that we can’t even imagine. I hope you mean human life.
Sorry, but I feel that we are still arrogant and we need to grow up.
Comment from Thomas
Time October 7, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Another great interview on a great topic! Keep up the good work!
Thomas