The Red Planet - Professor Carolin Crawford

Many robotic spacecraft have been sent to explore the cold, dry and dusty surface of Mars. They reveal a world not so dissimilar to Earth, shaped by meteor impacts, volcanic activity, weather and flash flooding. In addition, recent discoveries inform us about the possibilities for life on Mars -- both in the past and the present. The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-red-planet Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 1,500 lectures free to access or download from the website. Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/GreshamCollege Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollege

Comments

1. top quality lectures ruined by low quality sound.
2. forever a long way off research $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
3. wow best video ever
4. Good lecture, but about actually travelling to Mars? I like it here too much.
5. Please watch The Lightning Scared Planet. Thunder Bolts Of The Gods . A very interesting video.
6. How much does all the shit she is talking about COST? It is a big waste because you cannot use it for anything real. And how much more expensive is astronomy now than 50 years ago? The life on Mars they are talking about would be like bacteria. It took bacteria 3 billion years to be something more, and then it was slimy worms and crawlers. The cute annimals did not appear until 70 million years ago. It is all just´´an old womans story´´.
7. She's my new lullaby lecturer. used to be dan barker
8. Carolin, magic as always, and very much in focus as of today, you sound very like my lead tutor at Liverpool Uni Msc., but better.
9. great lectures,  simple enough so the Americans can understand, but still enough information to  keep it interesting, great job!
10. Is there anything this lady doesn't know about current scientific understand in astronomy?
11. I fell asleep to this last night... not that she's a bad speaker, she's an awesome speaker. I even caught my self saying "Oh, wow, that's interesting..." in my sleep. Yeah, I'm totally watching this again.
12. How does this have 5 dislikes.  Carolin, let's find our own planet.  Preferably with tolerable surface gravity, temperature, atmospheric composition and readily accessible water / water ice.
13. Excellent lecture.
14. i thought it was widely accepted that the moons of mars were actually from mars itself
15. For a cold planet, which receives only about 5% of the total energy from the Sun as we do (taking into account its relative distance from the Sun and relative cross-sectional area) and with only a wisp of atmosphere, Mars has some very wild weather.
16. Carolin Crawford is awesome. What I wouldn't give to have dinner with her!
17. I am finding myself addicted to Professor Carolin. These lectures ROCK!
18. Kuato Lives!
19. Another great lecture from the prof and I look forward to the Quazars lecture at the end of the month.
20. She's a great lecturer!!!