At the 2012 Astrobiology Science Conference, Astrobiology Magazine hosted a plenary session titled: “Expanding the Habitable Zone: The Hunt for Exoplanets Now and Into the Future.” In part seven, the audience asks questions and makes comments about exoplanet missions and development.

The session was hosted by David Grinspoon, Curator of Astrobiology at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Participants included: * Dr. Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Professor at the School of Earth and Environmental Science at Washington State University *Sara Seager, Professor of Planetary Science and Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology *Vikki Meadows, Professor of Planetary Astronomy at the University of Washington in Seattle and principal investigator of the Virtual Planetary Laboratory *Eric Ford, Professor of Astronomy at the University of Florida