“Odds of finding evidence of life beyond Earth in my lifetime? I would say it’s 50% plus or minus 50%”: Interview with Shawn Dromagal-Goldman

Abstract

Shawn Domagal-Goldman is an exoplanet hunter – his official title is deputy director of the Sciences and Exploration Directorate at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center – who spends his days using data sets to hunt for life on other planets. He talks to Anna Britten about his work and the role of statistics at the biggest space organisation in the world