Interstellar Exploration Is on the Horizon

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Chuck Berry came and played on the steps right outside my building here at JPL. So... So sweet. And they are still going. They got that golden record on their Neil, you know, about it, right? And if any aliens are out there,. you know, spinning the disc, they'll find out about it. I just love the idea of the aliens finding that disc and playing it and going, this is the worst damn album I have ever heard. Okay. By the way, but the question actually asked interplanetary, but I think they meant interstellar. That's very cool.

Could there be life under the icy surface of Europa? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic Chuck Nice explore interplanetary missions, asteroid mining, and other exciting launches with the Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Laurie Leshin.

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Photo Credit: NASA / Jet Propulsion Lab-Caltech / SETI Institute, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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