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Meet the Experts
The Scientists of Alien Planet
While the planet Darwin IV is fictional, the life forms that could evolve on a planet with its conditions (which include binary suns and 60 percent gravity) are based in science. Below, meet some of the experts consulted in the creation of Alien Planet and the species that inhabit Darwin IV.

Click on a name or picture for more information. And after you've met the scientists, visit the video gallery to hear from them on the big questions, like: "What Is Life?"

Michio Kaku
   Michio Kaku
String Theorist
City University of New York
Jack Horner
   Jack Horner
Paleontologist
Montana State University
Stephen W. Hawking
   Stephen W. Hawking
Physicist
Author, A Brief History of Time
J. Craig Venter
   J. Craig Venter
Mapped the Human Genome
J. Craig Venter Institute
Dr. James Garvin
   Dr. James Garvin
NASA Chief Scientist
Victoria Meadows
   Victoria Meadows
Planetary Scientist
NASA Astrobiology Institute
Wayne Barlowe
   Wayne Barlowe
Artist/Author
Randy Pollock
   Randy Pollock
Space Instrumentation System Architect
Hamilton Sundstrand
Joan Horvath
   Joan Horvath
Executive Director
Global Space League
James Kirkland
   James Kirkland
State Paleontologist
Utah Geological Survey
David Moriarty
   David Moriarty
Biologist
California State Polytechnic University
Curtis Clark
   Curtis Clark
Biologist
California State Polytechnic University

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