#21 Dr Adrian Brown

An interview with Dr Adrian Brown from NASA Ames and the SETI Institute.  We discuss NASA's current endeavours on Mars, the search for life in other parts of the Solar System and outside it, and how data from Mars' climate can help us better understand our own climate on Earth.  We also touch on science education, women in science, some of the other leaders in space science, and future NASA projects...

 

You can follow Adrian on twitter at his SETI Talks handle:

 

@SETItalks

 

For more information on the Australian Space Prize, see:

 

http://www.vnasp.com.au/

 

See also the following websites for more information on the Mars Science Laboratory, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA Ames and SETI:

 

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/home/

http://www.seti.org/

 

 

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#21 Dr Adrian Brown

An interview with Dr Adrian Brown from NASA Ames and the SETI Institute.  We discuss NASA's current endeavours on Mars, the real search for life in other parts of the Solar System and outside it, how data from Mars' climate can help us better understand our own climate on Earth, and the importance of women in science.  We also touch on science education, and other related efforts at studying Mars, and future NASA projects... 

 

More information on Dr Brown and his related projects can be found at:

 

@SETITalks

http://www.vnasp.com.au/

http://www.seti.org/

http://www.seti.org/talks

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#20 Craig Ising - World Cup Special

Craig Ising is a musician, writer, actor, father, man-about-town, and all-round bon vivant. He is an expatriate Australian living in Inverness, Scotland.

 

Craig and I talk up and analyse the upcoming FIFA World Cup. We look at the Socceroos' chances in the Group of Death, review each qualifiers' group, and discuss who is likely to progress through to the round of 16, and then on to the final.  We question whether or not England will fail again, can any African nation feature beyond the group stage, who exactly is going to take home the chocolates, and if there is a 'Group of Death', then must there also be a 'Group of Life'?  This is a must for anyone interested in world football!

 

@criagising

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#19 Craig Fryers

Craig Fryers is a graphic artist, composer and musician.  He plays bass in Melbourne bands Mushroom Giant and El Colosso.  In this episode Craig and I pose the big questions on life, politics and religion - somehow we miss out on sex- and go a long way to solving the World's problems.  Christianity, Islam, atheism, Tony Abbott, morality, hypocrisy, racism, the legacy of slavery in the United States, Darwinian evolution, cosmology, the genocide of indigenous Australians - no topic was untouched or untouchable.  And all in an hour and a half!

 

Music in the podcast is from Mushroom Giant's brilliant new album, Painted Mantra.  Intro track is Event Loop, outro track is The Drake Equation.  Used with permission.

 

@MushroomGiant

 

@El_Colosso

 

@skworq 

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