NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)

Educational Film, Radio, Web, and Print Productions

The Ames Astrobiology Team is highly involved with public programming on television, radio, video, web-casts, and publications. The distribution of astrobiology research, specific missions, and unique scientific events are shown nationally and internationally featuring any number of scientists on the Ames team. Team members have been involved in numerous diverse media events, interviews, and general publications. Productions include:

12/1/06 and onward Scott Sandford http://thesciphishow.com Web Podcast Internet Podcast of interview on ?Astrobiology ? The Study of Life in the Universe? 4-17-07 Sanford Davis — — Middle School->College Animation showing the evolution of our Solar System from a dusty disk to one with fully formed planets. The animation is aimed at students to give them an idea of how the planets formed from dust and gas based on current understanding of the process

10/20/06 David Des Marais participated in the Education Alley portion of the AIAA Conference held at the San Jose Conference Center. He held a ?Live? interview featuring his Mars talk from the San Jose Tech Museum on WXPN ?KidsCorner? Science Thursday. Interview was heard across the East Coast.
10/6/06 David Des Marais held Press Conference to update the media on the Mars Exploration Rover Mission
10/16/06 David Des Marais held Press Conference on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
10/15/07 AAAS-David Des Marais Press Briefing on Mars Exploration Rover
10/07 David Des Marais National Public Radio Science Friday
7.12.06 Lynn Rothschild Comcast, SF TV TV Filmed two segments for Comcast (CNN) at de Young Museum, San Francisco
9.20.06 Lynn Rothschild WXPN radio radio Radio ? kids show Guest on ?KidsCorner?, Philadelphia
November 2006 Lynn Rothschild Comcast, SF TV TV Filmed three segments for Comcast (CNN) at de Young Museum, San Francisco
December 2006 Lynn Rothschild BBC, London TV TV Filmed show on Hollywood Aliens at the Stanford Theater, Palo Alto, CA
April 2007 Lynn Rothschild New England Aquarium Aquarium General public, Danish ambassador and environment minister Public lecture on UV and global change
5.11.07 Lynn Rothschild Comcast, SF TV TV Filmed two segments for Comcast (CNN) at their studios, San Francisco
July 07 Dave Ward Press Release Science Magazine Publicaation
6-07 Participating on Planning team with Yellowstone on the technology source for bringing the Astrobiology/micobes curriculum for Camp Wilderness more assecible to high school students via the web.
5-07 Provided illustration for the book being published on the career of Geoffrey Eglinton (Bristol University) in organic geochemistry and biomarker research.