Come meet the head of NASA’s Planetary Science Division, Dr. Lori Glaze. (Find out more about how her path to NASA started with a volcano, why it’s important for her to step out of her comfort zone, and her heavy metal claim to fame:
[https://science.nasa.gov/people/lori-s-glaze/](https://science.nasa.gov/people/lori-s-glaze/) )
Along with a tiny, but mighty, team of NASA communications folks, she’s ready to answer your questions about the solar system, and the NASA spaceships and people who explore it… without a bunch of jargon. It’s not rocket science, it’s an AMA. Let’s go!
Participants will initial their answers:
– Dr. Lori S. Glaze, Director, NASA’s Planetary Science Division (LSG)
– Alana Johnson, NASA Senior Communications Specialist (AJ)
– Laurance Fauconnet, Public Engagement, Educational Technology Specialist, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (LF)
– Jessica Stoller Conrad, Web Producer, NASA’s Space Place (JSC)
– Lyle Tavernier, Educational Technology Specialist, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (LT)
– Brice Russ, NASA Social Media Reddit Lead (BR)
– Stephanie L. Smith, NASA Social Media Manager (SLS)
We’ll be answering questions from 3-4 p.m. ET (2000-2100 UTC) on March 8.
Proof pic: [https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1766120493310939233](https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1766120493310939233)
In: Planetary Science
What are the required dimensions for a planet, to be classified as a planet? And is there any guilt on the number being high enough that we dropped Pluto out of scope?
ELI5: why can’t we just build a spaceship and get some people to travel the universe and into a black hole with no intention of them coming back? Someone must be up for it.
Why no more manned lunar missions happening?
What is preventing us from interplanetary travel except time?
Hey Dr. Lori! What food do you wish to bring with you if you go on to be a part of a space mission?
There are so many cool things going on at NASA, what are some of them that we either haven’t heard about or haven’t heard about yet that we should have, or that you just really want to talk about more often?
How did the rings around Saturn form? Could other planets in our solar system get similar rings farrr into the future?
did JWST Reveal anything interesting about our solar system and nearby systems that we previously didn’t know or predicted ?
Which of the planets in our solar system do you find most interesting and why?
How does Venus maintain its atmosphere?
It’s been said that Venus rotates so slowly that at a brisk pace you could walk around it and keep the sunset at the horizon.
Does its core generate a magnetic field? How?
I can’t comprehend how we are looking back in time with the James Webb telescope. Please help my tiny brain
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