# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-grinspoon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:52:24.335Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-grinspoon"
name: "David Grinspoon"
slug: "david-grinspoon"
description: "David H. Grinspoon is an American astrobiologist. He is the former Senior Scientist for Astrobiology Strategy at NASA (2023-2025) and was the inaugural Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology for 2012–2013."
tagline: "American astronomer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2014_June_Astrobiology_and_Theology_seminer_04.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
  name: "Scientists"
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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birthDate: "1959"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/DrFunkySpoon"
    handle:    "DrFunkySpoon"
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    url:       "http://www.funkyscience.net/"
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    title: "David Grinspoon"
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    title: "Дейвид Гринспун"
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  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Grinspoon"
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    title: "David Grinspoon"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump