Search for Life in the Solar System

Bill Cloutier from the John J. McCarthy Observatory will be on hand to talk about signs of life in our solar system. Shortly after NASA was established in 1958, the agency began a broad-based effort to look for life on other worlds and/or places that would support life, now or in the past. This talk will provide some history on that pursuit, the challenges of defining life, and the status of NASA’s current and future missions related to the search. For ages 8 and up.