New Mexico PBS’ “Connect” Goes in Search of Life on Mars

Curios­ity has landed. Will researchers dis­cover life on Mars? Curios­ity Chem­Cam Sci­ence team mem­ber and UNM Pro­fes­sor Hor­ton New­som shares an insider’s view of the Mars Rover’s amaz­ing tech­nol­ogy and its search for the essen­tial ele­ments of life buried in Mar­t­ian soil.

Con­nect airs Thurs­day, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. on New Mex­ico PBS Ch. 5.1. Each month New Mex­ico PBS con­nects audi­ences to the great peo­ple and inspired think­ing found at the Uni­ver­sity of New Mexico. 

Inspired by her her­itage and imbued with female spirit, renowned Navajo poet Luci Tapa­honso shares her inspi­ra­tions and poetry. In a spe­cial seg­ment, Tapa­honso reads a new poem about her granddaughter.

Guests
• Hor­ton E. New­som, research pro­fes­sor, UNM Insti­tute of Mete­orit­ics
• Luci Tapa­honso, Eng­lish professor

Host
• Augusta Meyers

Watch again online at Con­nect. Addi­tion­ally, get updates, watch and fol­low New Mex­ico PBS Face­book, Twit­ter, YouTube & more. 

“Con­nect” is pro­duced by Brad Stod­dard and exec­u­tive pro­ducer, Michael Kamins. Pro­duc­tion sup­port pro­vided by UNM.

Media Con­tact: Evy Todd, (505) 277‑1218; email: etodd@newmexicopbs.org