Jim Bell

To arrange a speaking engagement with Jim Bell, please contact the Penguin Speakers Bureau at speakersbureau@us.penguingroup.com or contact Jim directly through this link.

Upcoming Talks and Appearances

July 22, 2013:  Friends Of The Observatory talk: "Postcards from Mars," Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles CA, 7:30 p.m.

Past Talks and Appearances

February 20, 2013, Public talk: "Exploring Mars, the Moon, Asteroids, and Comets with Rovers and Landers,"  Caltech, Pasadena CA

January 3, 2013: Photographing Mars, The Planetary Society "Google Hangout" [YouTube]

August 4, 2012: Mars Rover Update, Mars Society Annual Convention, Pasadena CA  [YouTube]

August 4, 2012: Introduction to Mars, at The Planetary Society's Planetfest!, Pasadena, CA [YouTube]

May 2, 2012: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Telerobotics Symposium, "Science Objectives for Planetary Exploration" Panel (Greenbelt, MD)

April 30, 2012: Keck Institute for Space Studies Workshop on In Situ Science and Instrumentation for Primitive Bodies, "Surface Geology and Geologic processes on primitive bodies" (Caltech; Pasadena, CA)

April 4, 2012: Tempe, AZ: Weekly Colloquium, ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration (4:10 p.m., Physical Sciences F Wing)

Feb. 20, 2012: Flagstaff, AZ: Public lecture, Northern Arizona University (7:30 p.m., Bldg. 19, Room 233)

Nov. 29, 2011: Washington D.C.: Capitol Hill Forum on the Future of Space Exploration Funding [YouTube]

Samples of Media Interviews

Marketplace from American Public Media (May 22, 2012): Missions to Mars may be out of reach as funds fade

NPR All Things Considered (May 31, 2011):  NASA Says A Final Goodbye To Plucky Mars Rover

Australian National Radio's "Future Tense" program (July 29, 2010): Space exploration - robots or humans?

NPR Morning Edition (July 21, 2009): Charting NASA's Future: To The Moon And Beyond

The Space Show (Jan. 6, 2009): Mars 3-D: A Rover's Eye View of the Red Planet

NPR All Things Considered (Nov. 20, 2008): Under Obama's Watch, NASA Shuttle Fleet To Retire

NPR Talk of the Nation (July 27, 2007): Mars Rovers Battle Storms on the Red Planet

Coast to Coast with Art Bell (Nov. 26, 2006): Mars & the Rover Missions

WNYC/Leonard Lopate Show (Nov. 20, 2006): Striking Images from Mars

NPR All Things Considered (Jan. 23, 2006): Mars Rover Marks Second Anniversary of Landing

NPR Talk of the Nation (Aug. 6, 2004): Spirit Findings Surprise Scientists

NPR Talk of the Nation (July 23, 2004): Space Update: Planetary Exploration

NPR Talk of the Nation (Jan. 9, 2004): Mars Pan-Cam

NPR Weekend Edition (Apr. 24, 1999): In a Mars Minute