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I...what group do I work with? That's a good question!

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I actually am senior scientist in the solar system exploration

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division. Astrobiology is a term that means

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everything connected with the origin and evolution of life, here and

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elsewhere. We actually investigate and develop

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high-resolution infrared spectrometers to address

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this very complex question as to how did life arise here

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on Earth, and could it have arisen elsewhere independently?

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Probably the most important thing I do is to, uh,

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work intensely with the younger scientists in my team.

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These are young people who come here to Goddard, and

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to the Center for Astrobiology, specifically to be exposed

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and take part in this very exciting research we're doing in the various

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areas. So, every day brings something new

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to us. It's the newness, the continued

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discovery--rather small ones, large ones, it doesn't really matter,

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and in my view, it's not work, you see.

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This is the way we wish to spend our lives in discovery, and this is an

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opportunity to continue doing that daily.

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