[Interview] NASA Funded This Crazy Project To Search For Life On Mars

Published: May 26, 2024, 6 p.m.

NASA selected the Agnostic Life Finder (ALF) for Phase 1 in 2024. It will be studying a possibility to search for existing and past life on Mars alongside the in situ resource utilization process. How will this device work and what potential implications could it have? Finding out with Dr Jan Spacek.

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  • 00:00 Intro
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  • 02:23 The NIAC Proposal for ALF
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  • 17:25 Life as we don't know it
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  • 23:31 What's next for the NIAC project
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  • 27:45 The Morning Star mission to Venus
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  • 35:37 IMPRESS mission to Mars
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  • 43:55 Europa and Enceladus
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  • 50:19 Finding life
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  • 53:50 Current obsessions
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  • 55:33 Final thoughts
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