What's it like balancing the things that others want you to explore (whether public opinion or sources of funding) with the things that you yourself are curious about? Furthermore, with extraterrestrial life becoming increasingly politicized, how do you ensure you remain scientific and objective? I'm curious about hearing how competing interests are actually managed. At the end of the day, funding and interest is (mostly) zero sum, so improving one objective probably results in the detriment of another, and I want to hear about how this is managed.
https://www.labxchange.org/library/items/lb:HarvardX:68789c56:lx_simulation:1?fullscreen=true