Professor of Astrobiology, UNSW
Dr Malcolm Walter is Professor of Astrobiology at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is Director of the Australian Centre for Astrobiology. He has worked for 45 years on the geological evidence of early life on Earth, including the earliest convincing evidence of life. During 1999 his book "The Search for Life on Mars" was published by Allen & Unwin. He has published more than 130 articles and several other books. In 2004 he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, and in 2005 he was made a Fellow on the Geological Society of Australia.
The new space race: why we need a human mission to Mars
Jun 15, 2017 22:26 pm UTC| Science
If we want to know whether there is life beyond Earth then the quickest way to answer that question is to explore Mars. That exploration is currently being done by remote space probes sent from Earth. The race is on...
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