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Originally Posted by troutman

Must Watch: Bill Nye, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Pamela Gay, and Lawrence Krauss discuss our future in space
http://io9.com/5851956/

The video, originally shot back in July at TAM 2011 Las Vegas, is of a panel featuring Bill Nye, astronomers Neil DeGrasse Tyson & Pamela Gay, and theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss—and the entire discussion is moderated by Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait. The subjects raised are consequential, the discussions thought provoking, and the opinions of the panelists refreshingly diverse (and often conflicting).
Among the topics addressed:

• NASA's next Mars Rover, Curiosity (which is slated to launch next month)
• The dawn of privatized spacecraft
• China's Independent forays into space (and their exclusion from the ISS)
• The geopolitical climates responsible for NASA's conception inception
• The search for aquatic life on Jupiter's moon Europa
• The James Webb Space Telescope

New evidence has come to light that the vast, ice-encrusted oceans of Europa may be harboring Earth-like life that lives on the oxygen-rich waters. Time to plan your extraterrestrial fishing trip? Maybe.

So what would you be willing to pay for the first slab of ET sushi?