Big Picture Science – What, We Worry?: Elisa Quintana / Research Funding

by Gary Niederhoff on September 27, 2015

What, We Worry? – Elisa Quintana
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Part 5 of Skeptic Check: What, We Worry?, featuring Elisa Quintana, research scientist at the SETI Institute. She’s worried about diminishing funding for science research, and not so worried about running out of data for science research.

Tagged as: exoplanets, science funding

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Vagner Roberto September 30, 2015 at 5:34 am: I´m History Teacher in Brazil and when the research about Klepler was published, I make special classes about it. You´re a inspiration for a lot of kids.
I´m feel so proud for a brazilian make that kind of work. People like you has all of your respect.

Keep making science! Find more for us!
Thanks

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