1
00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:04,140
[silence]

2
00:00:16,310 --> 00:00:12,290
[music]

3
00:00:16,330 --> 00:00:20,340
of the Astrochemistry Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. I also work

4
00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:24,480
in the Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory here. Right now, my primary job is

5
00:00:24,500 --> 00:00:28,620
to be chief of the Astrochemistry Laboratory, which is really a management position,

6
00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:32,760
so my job there is solving other people's problems. And when they come up with a science problem

7
00:00:32,780 --> 00:00:36,910
they're stuck with, give, uh, a knowledgable perspective that isn't quite

8
00:00:36,930 --> 00:00:41,000
so entrenched in the day-to-day that can really help them solve their problems

9
00:00:41,020 --> 00:00:45,100
as well as putting together two problems together that are in different projects and see how they work.

10
00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:49,120
When I'm not doing that, I'm actually working in the

11
00:00:49,140 --> 00:00:53,150
laboratory--the Astrochemistry Laboratory--where we're studying organic compounds

12
00:00:53,170 --> 00:00:57,170
from extraterrestrial samples, from simulations of

13
00:00:57,190 --> 00:01:01,210
extraterrestrial samples, and from Earth analogs extraterrestrial

14
00:01:01,230 --> 00:01:05,310
environments. The most exciting part about what I do at work are, uh, are really two

15
00:01:05,330 --> 00:01:09,350
things. And partly, it's...or, mostly, it's the people I work

16
00:01:09,370 --> 00:01:13,400
with. Particularly, the people in this laboratory--the Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory--

17
00:01:13,420 --> 00:01:17,480
are just tremendously talented, motivated, interesting people

18
00:01:17,500 --> 00:01:21,550
and we work together very, very well, which is one of the reasons that this laboratory is a success.

19
00:01:21,570 --> 00:01:25,590
In addition, the work itself is very interesting, very exciting.

20
00:01:25,610 --> 00:01:29,650
We're pushing back some really interesting frontiers of science,

21
00:01:29,670 --> 00:01:33,680
making new discoveries all the time,

22
00:01:33,700 --> 00:01:37,790
and really trying to get at some of these unanswered questions that

23
00:01:37,810 --> 00:01:41,830
have been plaguing science for decades,

24
00:01:41,850 --> 00:01:45,850
and in some cases, humanity for existence.

25
00:01:45,870 --> 00:01:49,880
[silence]

26
00:01:49,900 --> 00:01:53,900
[beeping]