Michelle Thaller

This episode was written by me, Phil Plait.

The script was edited by Blake DePastino, and our consultant is Dr. Michelle Thaller.

It was co-directed by Nicholas Jenkins and Michael Aranda, and the graphics team is Thought Cafe.

Thank you.

This episode was written by me, Phil Plait.

The script was edited by Blake DePastino, and our consultant is Dr. Michelle Thaller.

It was co-directed by Nicholas Jenkins and Michael Aranda, and the graphics team is Thought Cafe.

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This episode was written by me, Phil Plait.

The script was edited by Blake de Pastino, and our consultant is Dr. Michelle Thaller.

It was co-directed by Nicholas Jenkins and Michael Aranda, and the graphics team is Thought Cafe.

Cafe.Close your eyes, exhale, feel your body relax, and let go of whatever you're carrying today.

Fun fact, as a kid, I once sent a fan email to a NASA astronaut who was on a TV special about how the moon formed.

Shout out Michelle Thaller for the very kind response and also for being smart and cool.

Okay, so we've got some pretty decent ideas for how Earth and the Moon formed.

But how did we get from asteroid-pummeled planet to life-sustaining paradise? I got two words for you.

That is, it's really remarkable how much work goes into these NASA projects.

And, you know, we have talked to, we talked to Michelle Thaller a couple of years ago as well on some of the projects that she's helped on.

And it's just really astounding how many people, how many different areas of expertise come together to put a project like this together, just to get a telescope or a camera into outer space.

And then that's not even like, that's just the first part to be able to then get the data that you need to answer the actual question that you're trying to ask, which is gathering information about these near-Earth objects.