| “I love those tiny moments, that are very few and far between, of discovery... That's exciting!” - Dr. Jen Blank |
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| Episode 40: Aired on April 20th, 2021 Robotic Exploration of Caves & Lava Tubes with Dr. Jen Blank Featuring Dr. Jen Blank (NASA Ames Research Center) Hosted by Dr. Graham Lau (Blue Marble Space Institute of Science) |
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Our guest for this episode is Dr. Jen Blank, an astrobiologist at the NASA Ames Research Center and a Research Scientist at the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science. Jen has been a member of the Mars Curiosity science team and studies Mars analog environments on Earth, focusing on the potential of water-rock interactions to support microbial life. Dr. Blank is also the Principle Investigator of BRAILLE (Biologic and Resource Analog Investigations in Low Light Environments), a NASA PSTAR project to characterize life in lava tubes and use robots to look for signs of life there, on Earth, Mars, and other worlds.
This program is an interactive talk show where our guests answer questions from our host, Dr. Graham Lau, as well as questions submitted via Twitter, Facebook, and SAGANet chat. For more information, visit the official website of Ask An Astrobiologist. |
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