NASA Scientist Answers Alien Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
Senior Scientist for Astrobiology Strategy at NASA David Dr. Grinspoon joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about astrobiology. Where do astrobiologists work? What is the probability that humans aren't alone in the universe? Have there been credible UFO sightings documented? What REALLY goes on at Area 51? Was there ever life on Mars? Answers to these questions and many more await on Astrobiology Support.
0:00 Astrobiology Support
0:21 Interesting exoplanets
1:28 Are aliens real?
2:00 Arrival (2016)
3:11 Another exoplanet enquiry
5:10 What would you say you do here
6:08 There’s a starman waiting in the sky
8:24 Flying saucers
9:05 Life: Origins
10:38 Ceres
11:40 A scientific explanation behind UFO sightings?
12:55 Our nearest habitable neighbor
13:42 Water: Why Does Life Need It?
14:42 Assembly theory
15:32 ELI5 The Drake equation
17:43 Europa Clipper and the Moon
18:31 Area 51
18:54 Fermi paradox
19:54 Detecting technosignatures
21:09 SETI
21:54 How did you even detect that
23:10 Confirmed sightings?
24:04 Shadow Biome?
24:47 Sailors fighting in the dance hall / Oh, man! Look at those cavemen go
25:42 Venus
26:15 Is a habitable planet with no tectonic activity plausible?
27:14 Intelligent life in the next 100 years?
Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: LaDawn Manuel
Editor: Paul Tael
Expert: David Grinspoon
Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen
Associate Producer: Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Casting Producer: Nick Sawyer
Camera Operator: Karl Riemer
Sound Mixer: Corey Johnson
Production Assistant: Isaiah Baylor
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo
Additional Editor: Samantha DiVito
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
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Astrobiology Support
0:21
Interesting exoplanets
1:28
Are aliens real?
2:00
Arrival (2016)
3:11
Another exoplanet enquiry
5:10
What would you say you do here
6:08
There’s a starman waiting in the sky
8:24
Flying saucers
9:05
Life: Origins
10:38
Ceres
11:40
A scientific explanation behind UFO sightings?
12:55
Our nearest habitable neighbor
13:42
Water: Why Does Life Need It?
14:42
Assembly theory
15:32
ELI5 The Drake equation
17:43
Europa Clipper and the Moon
18:31
Area 51
18:54
Fermi paradox
19:54
Detecting technosignatures
21:09
SETI
21:54
How did you even detect that
23:10
Confirmed sightings?
24:04
Shadow Biome?
24:47
Sailors fighting in the dance hall / Oh, man! Look at those cavemen go
25:42
Venus
26:15
Is a habitable planet with no tectonic activity plausible?
27:14
Intelligent life in the next 100 years?
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