New Podcast! Kevin Peter Hand, Director of NASA’s Ocean Worlds Lab, Visits 5AM StoryTalk

One of the key scientists in our search for life elsewhere in our solar system discusses the importance of his work, the intersection of art and science, and Steven Spielberg’s ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ (1977)

Dr. Kevin Peter Hand, planetary scientist, astrobiologist, and director of the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab’s Ocean Worlds Lab, to discuss (amongst other things):

• His work with the Ocean Worlds Lab and the search for life within our solar system — especially on the icy moons of Jupiter and beyond.
• Carrying this work out in such a politically turbulent time that challenges even the optimism of someone who operates at galactic timescales.
• Why humankind is on the verge of one of the most important scientific revolutions in its history (aka, why the search for life elsewhere in our galaxy matters so much).
• The intersection between science and art/creativity in his life and the life of most scientists.
• The roles of science and art in understanding anything…