Astronomy
Nothing compares to the exquisite pleasure of observing the grand universe for yourself. Whether through binoculars, telescopes, cameras or your naked eyes, the view is always breathtaking.
Cosmology
The deepest mysteries of the cosmos can be found in the further places we can see. How did the universe begin? How did it evolve? What is gravity? Cosmology answers the biggest questions.
Astrophysics
The great workings of the celestial objects are a fascination to us all. The birth and death of stars and planets present astronomers with myriad puzzles to be investigated and marvelled at.
  • Talk date: Saturday
  • Talk Time: 2:40 pm

Lindy Elkins-Tanton

Lindy Elkins-Tanton

Biography

Lindy Elkins-Tanton is a planetary scientist and the lead of the NASA Psyche mission. She is Director of the University of California, Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory. Previously, she was a Vice President at Arizona State University, Director of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science, and faculty at MIT.

Synopsis

Tomorrow’s discoveries: The big unsolved questions of solar system exploration

What are the biggest scientific questions of solar system exploration, and how much do we already know about them? Starting with, “Are we alone,” here are some of the hottest unsolved solar system mysteries and how we can bring technology to bear in answering them. Beyond robotic spaceflight, though, is our next step as a species: humans on Mars. I co-chaired the recent American National Academy of Sciences report on the top priorities for humans on Mars, and I’ll present the top science, and how it could fit into campaigns of human-scale landers on Mars.

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