Saturday, July 30, 2016

Combining planetary science and machine learning to address the asteroid challenge

A brief discussion at NASA JPL with friends and fellow NASA Frontier Development Lab colleagues, Planetary Scientist, Erika Nesvold and Artificial Intelligence Scientist, Elmarie van Heerden about combining their two fields of study to address the asteroid challenge. http://www.explorers.institute/podcast/ErikaAndElmarieaudioonly....

Saturday, July 23, 2016

Facebook Live Extra with Jordan McRae

A brief Facebook Live video chat with friend and fellow NASA Frontier Development Lab colleague Jordan McRae. Jordan and I discuss some new technology he is currently developing. Shot in Monterey California at San Carlos Beach. http://explorers.institute/podcast/JordanMcRaeaudioonly.m...

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Bill Diamond, CEO, The SETI Institute

A visit with friend Bill Diamond, CEO of the SETI Institute. I’ll bet you don’t know as much about the SETI Institute as you think. What does SETI mean?  "Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence." But there is more to SETI than what you see in movies such as "Contact."  There are 75 scientists (the number is growing) at SETI currently working on planetary science, biology, chemistry,...

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

One giant leap for mankind! Dr. Andy Aldrin

One giant leap for mankind! 47 years ago today Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight that landed humans on the Moon. On July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on another world. A couple of fun things to share today as we recognize this significant achievement. As I was spending time with good friend Dr. Andy Aldrin (Buzz’s son) today, it seemed a good idea...