How Realistic is Project Hail Mary? - Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen - #12
Sheri Wells-Jensen is a professor of linguistics at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, a board member of METI International, and one of the few working scientists dedicated to the question of how humanity might communicate with extraterrestrial life. She is blind, and her work sits at a rare intersection of linguistics, astrobiology, and disability studies. She has flown on parabolic research flights with Mission: AstroAccess to study accessibility in microgravity, participated in the Inclusion 1 Mars analog mission at Biosphere 2. She has appeared on NPR Science Friday, written for…
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