Christopher McKay

Our February general meeting speaker will be Dr. Christopher McKay of NASA/Ames. He will speak on the subject, “What We Have Learned From the Mars Phoenix Lander.”

Chris McKay, a Planetary Scientist with the Space Science Division of NASA’s Ames Research Center, is a co-investigator for the Phoenix Lander, as well as for the Mars Science Laboratory. He specializes in the exploration of Mars and Titan, the search for life, and the evolution of the solar system. He has been involved in research in Mars-like earth environments including the Antarctic dry valleys, Siberia, the Canadian Arctic, and the Atacama desert. Dr. McKay was co-investigator on the Titan Huygen’s probe in 2005 and is actively involved in planning future Mars missions.