FoS Dr. Joel Parker

?? The FUTURE of SPACE (FoS) video podcast is a candid and informal conversation between myself and leaders, investors, innovators, educators, celebrities, movers and shakers, who are shaping the future of humankind into outer space and here on Earth. Just like how two friends would chat and philosophize together, with one thing missing, a glass of wine! ??

Our Guest today is Dr. Joel Parker . Joel is an #astrophysicist, planetary scientist, and a Director at the Southwest Research Institute . He is the Deputy Principal Investigator for the Alice Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer on the #Rosetta mission, a co-investigator on the New Horizons mission to #Pluto, and has worked at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center studying hot, massive stars in neighboring galaxies.

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Joel Parker / Linkedin / Southwest Research Institute / Starmus

• 00:00 Introduction
• 02:05 3 words for Space? EVERYTHING. AND. MORE.
• 06:21 The surprise of discovery
• 10:25 What is the Human story of Space?
• 14:55 Why? Why? Why?
• 19:30 Finding the Humanity in Science
• 22:50 Realizing everything is connected
• 26:30 The Nature of the Universe
• 32:50 Conflict being part of the ingredients for Life
• 35:40 The Universe is full of Life
• 37:00 A blessing and a curse
• 41:30 The incentives for adaptation are messy
• 44:00 Human's drive to explore
• 45:00 3 words of Wisdom? DISCOVER. THE. QUESTIONS.
• 46:45 The privilege to think and ask questions
• 50:51 Conclusion