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A Conversation with Freeman Dyson

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

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NASA's Press Briefing on the Discovery of Life on Mars

If we did, in fact, discover evidence for life on Mars, the news would not wait until a science embargo was up. So it's kind of frustrating. Some people blame NASA for stoking the hype. But if you look at their release about it, it's really very bland. There is no hyping of it at all. People just need to tone it down a little bit. Dial it back. I guess the upside of this is that people are still excited about what's going on on Mars.

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