Michael Hecht talks space and how MIT is involved photographing

Michael Hecht talks space and how MIT is involved photographing black holes and making oxygen on Mars!

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Michael Hecht, Associate Director for Research Management at the MIT Haystack Observatory and the Principal Investigator for the MOXIE oxygen ISRU demonstration experiment on NASA’s Mars 2020 (Perseverance) talks about MIT Haystack’s Observatory and the fascinating work being conducted including the efforts that went in to capture an image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy and how the observatory team is helping make oxygen on Mars for future planned missions to the red planet. Tune in for this out of this world chat hosted by Vyda Bielkus.

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