When jenifer was just a wee one, her folks took her on tours of nassa's jet propulsion laboratory in pasidina. And she became deeply stoked looking at the models and the replicas of the rovers. These things bumble around mars, scrubbing rocks and taking pictures. Some models zap rocks with lazers. Right now, nassau is planning the next one. There's a 20 ny unnamed rover to add to the four already up there.
The Red Planet. A mysterious dusty orb millions of miles away. Our emergency escape bunker. Alie sits down with Dr. Jennifer Buz to talk about what Mars’s DEEEEAL is, why we send rovers there, good science fiction, so-so science fiction, double egg yolks, the poetry of the moon Phobos and some of the best science dreams perhaps ever recorded. Jennifer is maybe the chillest areologist on this planet and an absolute gem.
You're going to want to look at Dr. Jennifer Buz's website JNNFR.BZ
Info on the 2020 rover workshop via JPL
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