081 – Dr Allie Ford – Introduction to Astrobiology
In this episode, I talk to Dr Allie Ford of Monash University about Astrobiology. We cover the following questions:
– What is astrobiology?
– The Urey/Miller experiment
– Do amino acids lead to life?
– What is life anyway?
– What conditions are required for life?
– The possibility of life elsewhere in our solar system
– Could life have come to Earth from elsewhere?
This is part 1 of a 2 part interview – make sure you listen to episode 82 for part 2. This episode also features some listener feedback, pin of the episode, and the brain teaser.
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January 22nd, 2009 at 23:36
[…] Listen in to this episode to hear Dr Ford explain all of the above. […]
January 23rd, 2009 at 10:23
Panspermia. There’s a word I hadn’t heard before.
And space dust. One of the many things you just don’t think about when contemplating the difficulties of colonizing other worlds. They make it seem so easy on “Star Trek!”