#astrobiologist — Public Fediverse posts

The case for #uselessknowledge

#Astrobiologist Betül Kaçar on why the simple act of #askingquestions (without needing a reason) is one of the most powerful things a #human can do.

https://bigthink.com/the-well/the-case-for-useless-knowledge-asking-questions/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-024-02451-0

https://theconversation.com/do-aliens-exist-we-studied-what-scientists-really-think-241505

…521 in #astrobiology responded, and we received 534 non-#astrobiologist responses. The results reveal that 86.6% of the surveyed astrobiologists responded either “agree” or “strongly agree” that it’s likely that #extraterrestriallife (of at least a basic kind) exists somewhere in the universe…

#Astrobiologist explores likelihood of #life originating on #Earth

#abiogenesis #origin_of_life #bayesian_analysis

https://phys.org/news/2024-08-astrobiologist-explores-likelihood-life-earth.html

📆 Nov. 14, 2022 #Artemis is most definitely not reducing the barriers to doing more in #space or on the #moon. The cost 💰 and time ⌛ spent on #SLS and #Orion have set the #SpaceProgram back.
Now that we are reducing 〽️ the #cost 💵 of #SpaceAccess, we should be able to have more relevant goals that are of greater interest to #society.
#Robotic 🤖 missions have always been much more #science-driven and more #efficient, by orders of magnitude, at returning #knowledge 👩‍🎓 for the investment. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/opinion/nasa-moon-artemis.html

Ms. Stirone is a space writer. Dr. Chiao is a former NASA #astronaut. Ms. Garver is a former deputy administrator of NASA. Dr. Grinspoon is an #astrobiologist

#ShannonStirone #LeroyChiao #LoriGarver #DavidGrinspoon #NASA

#LexFridman - The #Universe is full of #Alien #Life - with #BetülKaçar, #Astrobiologist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-0RHMC6BAw&ab_channel=LexClips

#Discussion #Podcast #Philosophy #Biology #Astrobiology #Astrophysics #AlienLife #Chemistry #OriginOfLife #OriginsOfLife #Evolution #Ethics #Death #Suffering #MillerUrey #MillerUreyExperiment #BetulKacar