In class we had a Skype call with a Tanya Harrison, a planetary scientist who is currently in university studying Mars. A project she is currently working on is the Mars Curiosity Rover.

During our Skype call, we had asked Tanya a series of questions that we were wondering. The day before, we prepared the questions with a partner. She is currently attending the university of Western Ontario.

Here I have listed a few questions we have asked with the answers below.

Q: Why did you choose this field of work?

A: “When I was younger I would always watch star trek, and since then I knew I wanted to study space”

Q: How much is a rover?

A: “The Curiosity Rover costed 2.1 billion dollars”

Q: Would you ever consider space travel?

A: “I wouldn’t becauseI am very claustrophobic”

Q: If Mars fails at sustaining life, what other planets could sustain life?

A: “Mars is the only one that possibly could, but Saturn’s moon Titan possibly could as well because of its thick atmosphere”