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Hello listeners! On today's show I speak with Victor Luo is leading development on the human interface aspects of tele-robotics at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Come along as we discuss using VR with astronauts in space, colonizing mars, finding life in Europa and much more!\n\nHere is a quick preview of some of the things we talked about:\n\n\n30 : Victor's Role at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory\n\n1:10 The human interfaces research group at Nasa\n\n2:21 Describing Victor's demo at the VR Hackathon.\n\n3:40 What role will human interfaces play in space exploration.\n\n4:50 How long has NASA been paying attention to VR and telepresence?\n\n6:40 What sorts of uses will the HMD be used for by NASA. Walking around Mars using an HMD. \n\n9:39 How will telerobotics and vr influence space exploration?\n\n11:22 Putting a livestreaming 360 video camera on the International Space Station. \n\n12:20 Experimenting with Virtual Reality in Microgravity.\n\n14:30 Using VR to combat some of the psychological impacts of deep space travel.\n\n18:40 What's next after mars? What will future NASA missions look like. \n\n23:00 What would it mean for NASA if we discovered some form of sentient life on another celestial body. Is humanity ready for that discovery?\n\n25:00 What aspects of virtual reality will NASA find the most value in ?\n\n27:00 Will asteroid mining enable the creation of the word's first trillionaire?\n\n29:00 Pragmatic challenges of using VR and telerobotics.\n\n32:00 Impacts of prolonged use of VR on the human mind?\n\n32:40 Victor's personal motivations.\n\n34:00 The process of creating interfaces. \n\n36:00 Increasing the efficacy of doing science by incorporating immersive environments.\n\n39:00 Landing on a Martian pole to harvest its water.\n\n41:00 What happened to the water on Mars?\n\n43:00 How to get people motivated and excited about space exploration. \n\n45:00 Crowd sourcing space exploration to the hive mind. \n\n46:00 What will it take for humans to have a permanent presence on Mars?\n\n49:45 Utilizing fear to motivate humans to expand our reach in space.\n\n53:00 Will VR be a victim of its success?\n\n57:31 Seeing the universe from the astronauts perspective using VR.\n\n59:30 Will we see the birth of the first human to not be born on earth in this century?\n\n1:02:30 Is NASA interested in exploring the deep sea or excavating to the earth's core?\n\n1:05:00 Nasa's funding challenges. What is the return on investment for colonizing Mars?\n\nhttp://vicluo.com/\n\nhttps://twitter.com/victorocks\n\nhttp://www.theverge.com/2013/3/27/4154900/nasa-athlete-leap-motion-GDC