The View from Mars: NASA Ames Research Center talk

Posted on 05 January 2016

While people have yet to set foot on the red planet, robotic explorers have extended our senses to Mars, giving us our first views of the surface. Giant volcanoes, canyons, polar ice caps, surface frost and clouds await the first explorers.

Join us as Jay Trimble of NASA Ames Research Center talks about the exploration of Mars, what we’ve learned from our robotic explorers, and what the fictional astronaut Mark Watney might see in Acidalia Planitia, his home on Mars.

At NASA Ames, Jay is the Mission Operations and Ground Data System Manager for the Resource Prospector Lunar Rover Mission. Prior to this, Jay founded and led the User Centered Technology Group, which developed the MERBoard Touchscreen for Mars Rover Operations. He has also worked at the UC Berkeley Space Science Lab, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Johnson Space Center.

This program is part of a series of events in celebration of One Book One Marin 2016, a county-wide reading program, whose featured title this year is The Martian, by Andy Weir. Tons of events are happening county-wide. Hope to see you there!