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Astrobiology

This Is How to Groom The Next Generation of Space Explorers

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
June 20, 2006

Spaceward Bound program in Atacama Desert, NASA ARC

“What are seven NASA Explorer School teachers doing in the Atacama desert in Chile? They are studying side-by-side with NASA scientists who search for life in extreme environments, closely approximating what they expect to find on other planets. Why the Atacama — an inhospitable, seemingly lifeless, sun drenched spot that is probably the driest place on Earth?”

NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.