#007 with Nina Lanza

from Alien Crash Site · host los alamos national lab, Nina lanza, Caitlin mcshea, Santa Fe institute

Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below:Theme song, "Stalker" by TortillaThe “Living in Space” InterPlanetary Panel from IP Fest 2018ChemCam and SuperCamRecap of Nina’s time in AntarticaBradbury Museum panel of LANL scientists discussing Today’s Perseverance landingJoerael Numina’s art (The image of the Curiosity Rover behind me is one example of his work)

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This week, we invite Nina Lanza, Los Alamos National Labs scientist, to discuss her hopes for the SUPERCAM, aboard the NASA Perseverance Rover, which is landing on Mars TODAY!!! Nina has been shooting lasers at the Martian surface for years now, via the CHEMCAM on the Curiosity Rover. In this episode we discuss the new capacities of the SUPERCAM, her stint on an ice sheet in Antartica collecting Meteorites, the magic of Manganese, and of course, her ideal alien “artifact.”

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