Summary
How did the Solar System evolve? How did life arrive on earth? And how can life be sustained beyond our earthly bounds? With a remarkable trio of missions (Osiris Rex, Artemis, and Perseverance Rover) NASA seeks to find fundamental answers to these questions. Each involves the taking of samples from a different celestial body and returning those samples to earth for further study. Taken together, these three missions will add a large body of empirical data to bolster—or break apart—prevailing theories of how our solar system was born, how it evolved and how life emerged here on Earth.
Presented with World Science Festival New York.
FEATURING
Brian Greene
Brian Greene
Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathematics, is renowned for his groundbreaking discoveries in superstring theory, including the co-discovery of mirror symmetry and of spatial topology change.
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David Flannery
David Flannery
David is an astrobiologist focused on the early evolution of life and habitable environments on rocky planets in our solar system.
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Phil Bland
Phil Bland
Phil Bland joined Curtin as an ARC Laureate Fellow in 2012. Prior to this he was Director of the Impacts & Astromaterials Research Centre at Imperial College London. He graduated...
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Warren "Woody" Hoburg
Warren "Woody" Hoburg
Warren “Woody” Hoburg was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)...
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Cost
$39 (adult)
$35 (concession)
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Location
Playhouse, QPAC, Corner Grey and Melbourne Streets, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Age Recommendation
All AgesSession Times
Session Times
Space Rocks To Moon Rocks: Paths To Life In The Solar System
23 March 2024
90 mins 11:30am
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