Planetary Scientist
Christopher McKay is a planetary scientist at NASA Ames Research Center and a co-investigator for NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission, scheduled to land on Mars in May 2008. In addition to studying the atmospheres and environments of far-away planets , he uses Earth's extreme environments such as the Antarctic, Siberia and the Canadian Arctic in order to learn about possibilities for human habitation of other planets and to plan for future manned missions to Mars and the Moon.
