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Yeah, I can remember the day where I decided that I wanted to become an astrobiologist.

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My name is Danny Glavin and I search for the building blocks of life and rocks from space.  

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As an astrobiologist working at NASA, I've had a lot of interesting opportunities to

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not only work in a laboratory -- in a 
chemistry lab -- where we study meteorites,  

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but also go out to the fields.  I've been to Antarctica to search for meteorites.

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I've been to Hawaii in a Mars simulation environment to test instruments 

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that may one day be used on Mars by humans.

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A lot of different experiences. You know to communicate the science, I get to travel all over the world. 

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So looking back to elementary school -- academically, no problems. I was always very  

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inclined towards the math and sciences. It 
turns out that English and communication is the  

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most important part about being a scientist. 
And writing. The favorite part about my job  

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is really working with you know some of the 
best and brightest from all around the world.  

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You know the diversity here is second to none. 
You're meeting people from all over the world  

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that really share your passion of being the first 
scientist to discover, hopefully one day,  

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the origin of life on Earth or finding life elsewhere. 
This is really what gets me up every morning.

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