Scott Solomon

"Those are called the Van Allen radiation belts. Interesting story how they were discovered. I talk about that in my book."

"This is done on a Geiger counter, the thing that clicks when you're trying to detect radiation."

"There's this famous book from I think 1979 called The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe. It's one of the classic accounts of the early days of the US space program."

"This shows up in sci-fi. I don't know if you watched The Expanse or read the series, but that's a theme that comes up."

"Maybe what we would do is use CRISPR, use biological and genetic engineering techniques to facilitate, to make it easier for people to deal with the extreme conditions there."

"That's on Curiosity Stream, which was a lot of fun."

"It's basically a simulation. It's a way of trying to understand what life would actually be like for people living on Mars."

"I went and visited one of them actually when I was researching my first book. It's called the Mars Desert Research Station."