#27 - Jim Green: NASA's Chief Scientist

NASA Chief Scientist Jim Green is my guest for a non-business episode. Join us on a whirlwind tour through the solar system, visiting places like Mars, Venus and Titan, talking about astrobiology and other space science!

Check out Jim's own "Gravity Assist" Podcast here.

The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics and produced in partnership with the International Space University (ISU). Follow the podcast on Twitter @podcast_space

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Episode Notes:

0:00 Intro

2:05 What the Chief Scientist of NASA does

9:32 Current top scientific activities

12:39 Some "hot" fields in science right now

14:47 Human vs robotic exploration

21:45 Titan: The next big mission

24:45 Being the NASA head consultant for The Martian

26:40 Detection of life on Venus

31:50 The Moon

46:14 Where should humans settle off-Earth?

51:00 Should we be worried about asteroid impacts?

56:07 NASA space missions

59:24 Science-fiction