Tanya Harrison

Tanya Harrison is a Former Mission Operator with the Mars Rovers and a Planetary Scientist Focusing on Martian Geomorphology as well as both Martian and Terrestrial Imaging. http://tanyaofmars.com/

"I would love to see the excitement come back toward mars like we had trying to get humans to the moon during the Apollo program"

Today, Tanya discusses what it feels like to be able to control rovers and orbiters on an entirely alien planet a hundred-odd million kilometres away. Konner and Tanya also discusses why everyone has such a huge desire towards mars unlike any other planet.

Tanya and Konner chat about the in’s and out’s of the Mars Rover operations, such as the goals and steps involved, and also talk about the philosophical and technological aspects associated with space exploration.

Tanya also talks about the big question: Putting people on Mars, and how the face of this goal has changed with the likes of Elon Musk’s spaceX and Blue Origin.

Lastly, my Tanya lays out how Earth imaging is done, as well as some of the ethical considerations of our increasing technology and increasing ability to monitor and image our planet.