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Mars Missions


Recent discoveries suggesting past life on Mars have sparked a renewed interest in the red planet. In this hour of Science Friday, we'll talk about NASA's current and upcoming Mars missions, designed to learn more about our neighboring planet and perhaps determine, once and for all, if it harbors evidence of life, past or present. Plus, we'll hear about a plan to send humans to Mars.


Guests:
Arden Albee
Project Scientist, Mars Global Surveyor Mission
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA

Matt Golombek
Project Scientists, Mars Pathfinder Mission
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA

Rubert Zubrin
Executive Chairman
National Space Society
Washington, DC
President
Pioneer Aeronautics
Lakewood, Colorado
Author
"The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and why we must," published by the Free Press

Plus... a call-out on the earliest signs of life on Earth
Gustaf Arrhenius
Professor of Oceanography
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Stephen Mojzsis
Graduate Student
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA

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