Robots in Dark and Scary Places - With Jim Green, Former NASA Chief Scientist - YouTube

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On Episode 235 of This Week In Space , Tariq Malik and Rod Pyle are joined by Dr. Jim Green to talk about the past, present, and future of planetary exploration.

Robots have, and always will, be the first to go to the dark and scary places in space. For many years, Jim oversaw these missions for NASA as their Chief Scientist. He has always been passionate about NASA's science programs and believes we're quite likely to find life off-Earth in the near future. Join us!

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