This week, Jack and Newton are joined by comedienne and special guest Rubi Nicholas! They talk about the importance of studying humor for missions to Mars and beyond, the ability for robots to both understand and create humor, and ways that the public is becoming involved. Links:
Comedy and Humor in Space
Robonauts, Natural Language Understanding, and the role of Computational Humor for Human Spaceflight
How NASA Will Keep Astronauts From Going Stir-Crazy on Long Space Missions
Astronauts with a Sense of Humor will go to Mars
Coming Soon to Space
Surviving Mars: The Space Simulation With A Sense Of Humor
Latest from Covfefe Land
Two hearings coming up on Thursday about the NASA Budget
NASA and Pence will be announcing the newest class of astronauts
Other Links
Surviving Mars game by Paradox Interactive
Rubi Nicholas on Twitter
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