Space: A New Frontier for Humanity | James Garvin | TEDxFoggyBottom

Is space really the final frontier? Dr. James Garvin explores the future of NASA and space exploration in light of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing. Dr. Garvin implores the next generation of thinkers to embrace the imagination and inspiration that space invokes in order to take advantage of the vast opportunities that space holds.

Jim Garvin was born in a blizzard in Poughkeepsie (New York) and educated at Brown and Stanford Universities. He received his Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from Brown University in 1984 where his dissertation emphasized the geologic exploration of the surfaces of Mars and Venus. For the past 34 years he has served NASA as a scientist in various capacities, including his present role as the Chief Scientist of NASA’s flagship science center (Goddard Space Flight Center), as well as a member of the MSL/Curiosity Mars rover and Mars InSight Lander Science Teams. He is also serving NASA Headquarters as a special science advisor for Mars to the Mars Program Director. In his overall present capacity, he is helping to plan NASA’s continuing Mars exploration program, catalyze new missions to Mars, Venus, and Earth, orchestrate innovative scientific research, and to help integrate human and robotic exploration.

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I can’t wait to watch this in 50 years