NASA selected the Agnostic Life Finder (ALF) for Phase 1 in 2024. It will be studying a possibility to search for existing and past life on Mars alongside the in situ resource utilization process. How will this device work and what potential implications could it have? Finding out with Dr Jan Spacek.

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00:00 Intro
02:23 The NIAC Proposal for ALF
17:25 Life as we don't know it
23:31 What's next for the NIAC project
27:45 The Morning Star mission to Venus
35:37 IMPRESS mission to Mars
43:55 Europa and Enceladus
50:19 Finding life
53:50 Current obsessions
55:33 Final thoughts

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