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Space Exploration SPACE EXPLORATION Jennifer F. Nemeth, Ph.D. Dates (Zoom Meetings) Pack 408, Troop 542 Thursday, May 14 (7:00-8:30 PM) Merit Badge Counselor Sunday, May 17 (10:00-11:30 AM) Paul Schlosser Wednesday, May 27 (4:00-5:00), Troop 1 attendance optional Merit Badge Counselor Thursday, May 28 (7:00-8:30 PM) https://blog.mendeley.com/2018/01/23/insights-into-the-national-aeronautics-and- Saturday, May 30 (10:00-11:30) space-administration-nasa-grant-research-funding/ SPACE EXPLORATION Jennifer F. Nemeth, Ph.D. Pack 408, Troop 542 Merit Badge Counselor Paul Schlosser Troop 1 Merit Badge Counselor https://blog.mendeley.com/2018/01/23/insights-into-the-national-aeronautics-and- space-administration-nasa-grant-research-funding/ Your Merit Badge Counselors: Jennifer F. Nemeth-Seay, Ph.D. [email protected] Attended Space Academy ▪ Degrees in Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry ▪ Space Exploration Enthusiast for 40+ years ▪ Grew up during the Shuttle Program years ▪ First Year Space Exploration Merit Badge Counselor Space Camp Contest….1988 “Where the IS will be in space exploration in the year 2000” At the dawning of the year 2000, Liberty, the first manned spaceship to leave the confines of Earth’s gravity, is preparing to leave the docking bay of the U.S. space station “Taurus I” for its maiden voyage to Mars. The craft will fly at speeds close to that of speeds close to that of light. I hope to be on that ship with its elite March 1989, 10th Grade crew from nations all over the world to explore the universe beyond Earth. Physics, Rocketry, Astrophysics, Robotics 3rd Place Winner 3 Your Merit Badge Counselors: Paul Schlosser [email protected] ▪ Degrees in Mechanical & Electrical Engineering ▪ FIRST FRC robotics mentor ▪ STEM/ Space Exploration Merit badge counselors for 15+ years ▪ Works for Lockheed Martin Space Company 4 How are we running this merit badge 1. Let your scoutmaster know that you are taking this merit badge. 2. Go into Scoutbook and assign yourself the Space Exploration merit badge under “Advancement” 3. Select Paul and/or Jennifer as your merit badge counselors for the merit badge. 4. We will be signing off on your requirements via Scoutbook. 5. There will be 4 required and 1 optional sessions to complete this badge 1. History and Impact of Space Exploration 2. Rocket Design 3. Satellites and the International Space Station 4. SpaceX Rocket Launch (optional) 5. Manned Base Presentations 5 Blue: Covered F2F Green: Done on your own Requirements for the Space Exploration Merit Badge: 1.Tell the purpose of space exploration and include the following: 5.Do TWO of the following: a. Historical reasons, a. Discuss with your counselor a robotic space exploration mission and a b. Immediate goals in terms of specific knowledge, historic crewed mission. Tell about each mission's major discoveries, c. Benefits related to Earth resources, technology, and new products, its importance, and what was learned from it about the planets, d. International relations and cooperation. moons, or regions of space explored. b. Using magazine photographs, news clippings, and electronic articles 2.Design a collector's card, with a picture on the front and information on the back, (such as from the Internet), make a scrapbook about a current about your favorite space pioneer. Share your card and discuss four other space planetary mission. pioneers with your counselor. c. Design a robotic mission to another planet, moon, comet, or asteroid that will return samples of its surface to Earth. Name the planet, 1.Build, launch, and recover a model rocket.* Make a second launch to accomplish a moon, comet, or asteroid your spacecraft will visit. Show how your specific objective. (Rocket must be built to meet the safety code of the National design will cope with the conditions of the environments of the Association of Rocketry. See the "Model Rocketry" chapter.) planet, moon, comet, or asteroid. Identify and explain the following rocket parts: 6.Describe the purpose and operation of ONE of the following: a. Body tube a. Space shuttle or any other crewed orbital vehicle, whether b. Engine mount government owned (U.S. or foreign) or commercial c. Fins b. International Space Station d. Igniter e. Launch lug 7.Design an inhabited base within our solar system, such as Titan, asteroids, or f. Nose cone other locations that humans might want to explore in person. Make drawings or g. Payload a model of your base. In your design, consider and plan for the following: h. Recovery system a. Source of energy i. Rocket engine b. How it will be constructed c. Life-support system 4.Discuss and demonstrate each of the following: d. Purpose and function. b. The law of action-reaction c. How rocket engines work 8.Discuss with your counselor two possible careers in space exploration that d. How satellites stay in orbit interest you. Find out the qualifications, education, and preparation required e. How satellite pictures of Earth and pictures of other planets are made and and discuss the major responsibilities of those positions. transmitted *If local laws prohibit the launching of model rockets, do the following activity: Make a model of a NASA rocket. Explain the functions of the parts. Give the history of the6 rocket. SESSION 1 7 Blue: Covered F2F Green: Done on your own Requirements for the Space Exploration Merit Badge: 1.Tell the purpose of space exploration and include the following: 5.Do TWO of the following: a. Historical reasons, a. Discuss with your counselor a robotic space exploration mission and a b. Immediate goals in terms of specific knowledge, historic crewed mission. Tell about each mission's major discoveries, c. Benefits related to Earth resources, technology, and new products, its importance, and what was learned from it about the planets, d. International relations and cooperation. moons, or regions of space explored. b. Using magazine photographs, news clippings, and electronic articles 2.Design a collector's card, with a picture on the front and information on the back, (such as from the Internet), make a scrapbook about a current about your favorite space pioneer. Share your card and discuss four other space planetary mission. pioneers with your counselor. c. Design a robotic mission to another planet, moon, comet, or asteroid that will return samples of its surface to Earth. Name the planet, 1.Build, launch, and recover a model rocket.* Make a second launch to accomplish a moon, comet, or asteroid your spacecraft will visit. Show how your specific objective. (Rocket must be built to meet the safety code of the National design will cope with the conditions of the environments of the Association of Rocketry. See the "Model Rocketry" chapter.) planet, moon, comet, or asteroid. Identify and explain the following rocket parts: 6.Describe the purpose and operation of ONE of the following: a. Body tube a. Space shuttle or any other crewed orbital vehicle, whether b. Engine mount government owned (U.S. or foreign) or commercial c. Fins b. International Space Station d. Igniter e. Launch lug 7.Design an inhabited base within our solar system, such as Titan, asteroids, or f. Nose cone other locations that humans might want to explore in person. Make drawings or g. Payload a model of your base. In your design, consider and plan for the following: h. Recovery system a. Source of energy i. Rocket engine b. How it will be constructed c. Life-support system 4.Discuss and demonstrate each of the following: d. Purpose and function. b. The law of action-reaction c. How rocket engines work 8.Discuss with your counselor two possible careers in space exploration that d. How satellites stay in orbit interest you. Find out the qualifications, education, and preparation required e. How satellite pictures of Earth and pictures of other planets are made and and discuss the major responsibilities of those positions. transmitted 8 Poll: What year was NASA created? 9 Down to Earth 10 https://youtu.be/5L6eqgnmlPo 2 min video REQUIREMENT #1: Why did we start exploring space and what has the impact been 1. Historical reasons that drove us to reach for the stars 2. What have we gained from our efforts to reach beyond our atmosphere 3. Benefits related to Earth resources, technology, and new products 4. How international relations, cooperation, and competition made our efforts successful 11 The VISIONARIES that inspired our fascination with space exploration Father of “Earth is the cradle of mankind, but modern one does not stay in the cradle science forever.” fiction “The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible” Jules Verne (1828-1905) Imagined 7 Technologies Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857- before they were invented1: • Electric Submarines 1935) • Space Flight and Lunar Russian teacher and scientist Modules • Credited for working out the math for Arthur Clarke (1917-2008) the “rocket equation • Solar Sails • Received degrees in physics and mathematics • Wrote science fiction stories of • Video Conferencing • Published a paper on “Extraterrestrial Rays” that laid down interplanetary travel. • Helicopter the principles of modern communication satellites in • Wrote about the use of liquid • Hologram and Jukebox geostationary orbit propellant to power rocket ships and • Video New Casts • Wrote science fiction stories including The Sentinel, the need for space suits Earthlight, Islands in the Sky, The Sands of Mars, and The Fountains of Paradise 12 1https://interestingengineering.com/prophet-or-futurist-7-technologies-jules-verne-predicted-leagues-ahead-of-his-time • Joined the British Interplanetary Society The original MAKERS of our foundation for space flight “Father of Modern Rocketry” “There is no such thing as an unsolvable problem.” Dr.
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