Mars2020 - A Behind the Scenes Look at the first aircraft carrier to Mars

Presenter: Adrian Brown

During this hour presentation, Adrian will give you a behind the scenes glimpse of coordinating a remote Mission to Mars!

Adrian is a planetary scientist working at NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C., where he fulfills the role of Deputy Program Scientist on the Mars2020 rover mission. His fields of research include Mars, astrobiology and remote sensing spectroscopy. His current research focuses on the analysis of data from the Mars instrument "CRISM" which is onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (Mister Oh).

He completed his PhD studies at the Australian Centre for Astrobiology. If you are interested in his PhD research on hyperspectral mapping of ancient hydrothermal systems in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, you will find the web site, and many linked resources, here.

For more information on his current work, check his website: https://sites.google.com/yahoo.com.au/adrianjonbrown