Episode 37: Aired on November 24th, 2020 Featuring Dr. Melissa Trainer (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Hosted by Dr. Graham Lau (Blue Marble Space Institute of Science) Our guest is Dr. Melissa Trainer, a Deputy Principal Investigator (PI) for the Dragonfly mission to Saturn's moon Titan, and lead for the Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer (DraMS), an instrument supporting the Dragonfly investigation of Titan's surface composition! She has spent more than a decade characterizing the chemical and physical properties of Titan and early Earth organic aerosol analogs. This program is an interactive talk show where our guest answers questions from our hosts, Drs. Graham Lau & Sanjoy Som, as well as questions submitted via Twitter, Facebook, and SAGANet chat. For more information, visit the official website of Ask An Astrobiologist. |