007: Nina Lanza

This week, we invite Nina Lanza, Los Alamos National Labs scientist, to discuss her hopes for the SUPERCAM, aboard the NASA Perseverance Rover, which is landing on Mars TODAY!!! Nina has been shooting lasers at the Martian surface for years now, via the CHEMCAM on the Curiosity Rover. In this episode we discuss the new capacities of the SUPERCAM, her stint on an ice sheet in Antartica collecting Meteorites, the magic of Manganese, and of course, her ideal alien “artifact.”

This week, we invite Nina Lanza, Los Alamos National Labs scientist, to discuss her hopes for the SUPERCAM, aboard the NASA Perseverance Rover, which is landing on Mars TODAY!!! Nina has been shooting lasers at the Martian surface for years now, via the CHEMCAM on the Curiosity Rover.

Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below:

• The “Living in Space” InterPlanetary Panel from IP Fest 2018

• ChemCam and SuperCam

• Recap of Nina’s time in Antartica

• Bradbury Museum panel of LANL scientists discussing Today’s Perseverance landing

• Joerael Numina’s art (The image of the Curiosity Rover behind me is one example of his work)