Talk to an Astrobiologist - Dr. Chris McKay
Channel: Blue Marble Space
Date: 2013-06-05

Every first Tuesday of the month, S.A.G.A.N. (saganet.org) hosts a program called "Talk to an Astrobiologist", where the public is invited to interact with a high-profile astrobiologist, who replies to questions on video. Each session lasts about an hour.

Dr. Christopher P. McKay is a planetary scientist at NASA Ames Research Center, studying planetary atmospheres, astrobiology, and terraforming. McKay has done research on planetary atmospheres, particularly the atmospheres of Titan and Mars, and on the origin and evolution of life. He is a co-investigator on the Huygens probe, the Mars Phoenix lander, and the Mars Science Laboratory. He also performed field research on extremophiles, in such locations as Death Valley, the Atacama Desert, Axel Heiberg Island, and ice-covered lakes in Antarctica.