Ralph Lorenz

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Ralph Lorenz is a planetary scientist and engineer at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, whose research focuses on understanding surfaces, atmospheres, and their interactions on planetary bodies,  especially Titan, Venus, Mars, and Earth. He currently serves as project scientist and mission architect on Dragonfly, NASA’s fourth selected New Frontiers mission. He is also a participating scientist on Akatsuki and InSight. He has authored nine books, including, Space System Failures, Titan Unveiled, and Exploring Planetary Climate.

• Overturning a Paradigm: The Mystery of Stable 2 (2020)