082 – Dr Allie Ford – Introduction to Astrobiology
In this episode, continue my talk with Dr Allie Ford of Monash University about Astrobiology. We cover the following topics:
– Extremophiles
– Could life exist deep inside the Jovian planets?
– Why would it be beneficial to find life elsewhere?
– Europa as a possible candidate for life
– How likely is it that life elsewhere may evolve as we see in science fiction shows?
– Why did we evolve the way we have?
– What is useful to know to understand astrobiology?
– How SETI fits into astrobiology
– The Drake Equation
This is part 2 of a 2 part interview – if you missed part 1, please go back and listen to episode 81. This episode also features some listener feedback, pin of the episode, and the brain teaser.
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January 27th, 2009 at 07:17
Three-meter long worms? Yikes!
January 27th, 2009 at 13:03
Yes, 3 metres long. I mention chemosynthesis in a very very old episode (ep 4) and how that works.