Our guest is Dr. Penny Boston, Portfolio Scientist for the Science Organization at the NASA Ames Research Center, as well as a speleologist, and astrobiologist. Dr. Boston is the former director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute, as well as the associate director of the National Cave and Karst Research Institute in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Among her research interests are geomicrobiology of caves and mines, extraterrestrial speleogenesis, space exploration, and astrobiology. She has spent her career exploring some of the most extreme underground environments on the planet, and is a pioneer in the field of understanding the potential for subsurface life beyond Earth.

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Once a month, the NASA Astrobiology Program host a one-hour program where the public is invited to interact with a high-profile astrobiologist, who replies to Twitter and YouTube comment questions live on video.

Ask An Astrobiologist: Episode 73
Life and the Underground Wonders of Subsurface Cave Systems
Featuring Dr. Penny Boston (NASA Ames Research Center)
Hosted by Dr. Graham Lau (Blue Marble Space Institute of Science)

Production Assistants:
Sarah Treadwell (Blue Marble Space Institute of Science)
Anurup Mohanty (Blue Marble Space Institute of Science)
Mariam Naseem (Blue Marble Space Institute of Science)

Directed by Mike Toillion (NASA Astrobiology Program)
Illustrations by Melissa Flower ([ Ссылка ])
Music & Animation by Mike Toillion (NASA Astrobiology Program)

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