Astrobiology Interview

Yesterday I interviewed Dr. Darlene Lim, a NASA Ames scientist who heads a project called PLRP, or the Pavilion Lake Research Project. PLRP studies organisms called microbialites that are believed to be the only living things on early Earth, about 2.5 billion years ago.

PLRP's data also will have a huge effect on future Mars and Lunar missions, and also will provide the perfect way to train astronauts.

All this, and more, in the upcoming Edition of Science Quarterly.