Behind the Book presents Kevin Hand in conversation with Victoria Orphan
- Public Event
Just months after Europa Clipper was launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Behind The Book presents JPL researcher and author Kevin Hand in conversation with Caltech professor Victoria Orphan. Hand's book, Alien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space, argues that the notion of the habitable zone should be expanded. At least six moons in the outer solar system are likely to have oceans of water beneath icy facades. Could they support life?
Kevin Hand is an astrobiologist and planetary scientist at JPL. He is also the founder of Cosmos Education and was its president until 2007. He was working at NASA Ames when he was inspired to form Cosmos Education in 1999 after getting a grant from the Earth and Space Foundation to tour African schools to talk about how education relates to space research.
Victoria J. Orphan is the James Irvine Professor of Environmental Science and Geobiology, and Allen V.C. Davis and Lenabelle Davis Leadership Chair and Director of the Center for Environmental Microbial Interactions.
Admission is free but reservations are required.