Leading Kepler Scientist: "I Didn't Plan on Being a Scientist"

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Leading Kepler Scientist: "I Didn't Plan on Being a Scientist"

This year, Time magazine named Kepler project scientist Natalie Batalha to the Time 100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people on Earth. Batalha is an astrophysicist at NASA Ames Research Center and the project scientist for NASA's Kepler Mission. Hear about what she’s working on and how she got to where she is today. (Scroll to 19:32 to hear her talk about how she got her start in science). More: airandspace.si.edu/whats-new-aerospace

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