1 00:00:03,949 --> 00:00:02,450 what stories have inspired you to want 2 00:00:07,070 --> 00:00:03,959 to know more about life in the universe 3 00:00:09,710 --> 00:00:07,080 I wasn't a kid who grew up thinking oh I 4 00:00:11,450 --> 00:00:09,720 love science science is amazing 5 00:00:13,789 --> 00:00:11,460 um science was a course that I just kind 6 00:00:16,730 --> 00:00:13,799 of got through it was really in college 7 00:00:18,590 --> 00:00:16,740 I had this strong passion for for 8 00:00:19,970 --> 00:00:18,600 climate change right so I kind of 9 00:00:22,130 --> 00:00:19,980 thought about it from the political side 10 00:00:24,109 --> 00:00:22,140 but then I didn't want to just be a 11 00:00:25,670 --> 00:00:24,119 politician talking about science that I 12 00:00:26,689 --> 00:00:25,680 don't know or arguing against science I 13 00:00:29,990 --> 00:00:26,699 don't know so then I took some science 14 00:00:31,730 --> 00:00:30,000 courses and it's really 15 00:00:33,470 --> 00:00:31,740 looking back in time and seeing these 16 00:00:35,090 --> 00:00:33,480 things people discovered that a lot of 17 00:00:36,709 --> 00:00:35,100 times by accident or it's a lot of hard 18 00:00:38,870 --> 00:00:36,719 work we give credit to a single person 19 00:00:41,450 --> 00:00:38,880 but there's been so much research 20 00:00:43,790 --> 00:00:41,460 leading up to that so in in my lifetime 21 00:00:45,470 --> 00:00:43,800 even if I don't win a Nobel Prize the 22 00:00:48,110 --> 00:00:45,480 research I've done other people are