Dr. Sara Seager
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It would be a gravitational lens magnifying a background chosen planet of interest.
I do really like big ideas.
I love the impossible.
You know when you get so-called bee in your bonnet or you get obsessed with something and really fixated on things?
That's almost the definition of being a scientist.
And sometimes you can't explain why.
You know, like...
You don't ask a child, like, why did you learn how to walk?
I mean, they just do.
And so sometimes in science, we get fixated on something.
It's part obsession, part inner voice, you know, part trusting your own judgment.
And part of it is just the sheer thrill of the journey of exploration.
I'm definitely a betting woman.
Well, my odds for life on Venus are 50-50.
And it depends if you're a glass half full or glass half empty kind of person, but yes.