DOCSLIB.ORG

Demographic Questions

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Demographic Questions LRO Plans for International Education & Public Outreach Lunar Observational Technologies Across Ages & Cultures Cherilynn Morrow, SETI Institute Gordon Chin, NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center 9th ILEWG International Conference on Exploration and Utilization of the Moon Sorrento, Italy October 22-26, 2007 NASA’s Vision For Space Exploration LRO’s Role The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is NASA’s first step in returning humans to the Moon. LRO will create the LRO focuses on comprehensive atlas of the identifying safe landing Moon’s features and sites, locates lunar resources necessary to resources, and studies how design and build the lunar the lunar radiation outpost. environment will affect humans. The LRO mission will enable future exploration The LRO payload, and also return lunar data comprised of six instruments that will significantly and one technology advance lunar and LRO will create a demonstration, will provide planetary science. unique and the most program of national & comprehensive data set ever international education & returned from the Moon. public outreach (E/PO) 12/4/2007 Navigation/ Life in Space Locate Resources Instrument Landing Site Safety Environment CRaTER • High Energy Cosmic Ray Telescope Radiation for the Effects • Radiation effects of Radiation on human tissue DLRE • Temperature Diviner Lunar Radiometer • Rock abundance • Mineralogy Experiment LAMP • Surface Ice Lyman Alpha • Image Dark Craters Mapping Project LEND • Subsurface Hydrogen Enhancement • Neutron Lunar Exploration Radiation • Localization of Environment Neutron Detector Enhancement LOLA • Slopes • Simulation of Lighting Conditions Lunar Orbiter • Topography/Rock Abundance • Crater Topography Laser Altimeter • Geodesy • Surface Ice Reflectivity • Polar Illumination LROC • Rock hazards Movies Lunar Reconnaissance • Small craters Orbiter Camera • Mineralogy Mini-RF Technology Demonstration • Each LRO instrument has its own funded Education and Public Outreach (E/PO) Plan. • Now an “umbrella program” is in the process of being funded by NASA HQ, and implemented by NASA Goddard and partners. • The planning for the US national program is being led by Stephanie Stockman (Space Science Applications Inc – GSFC). • The preliminary planning for a new international E/PO program for LRO is currently being led by Cherilynn Morrow (via collaboration with the Education Division of the SETI Institute). LRO Project Science Working Group Meeting (PSWG) convened representatives of many nations East West Center, University of Hawaii 28-30 November 2006 Prof. Kato, KAGUYA Chief Scientist Bernard Foing ESA & ILEWG Prof.12/4/2007 Mitrofanov, LRO LEND PI International Education & Public Outreach Opportunities Opportunities: Many opportunities exist for international E/PO collaboration e All cultures have strong relationship to the Moon e Space agencies around the world are more attentive to E/PO e Current new era of lunar exploration can engage a world wide audience through international cooperation in associated EPO efforts (e.g. leveraging efforts through work with The Planetary Society, International Space University, Space Gen, Young Lunar Explorers) e Last 10 years of NASA investment in E/PO embedded in space science missions has developed a strong infrastructure for efficient nationwide dissemination of valuable materials (e.g. JAXA/NHK Earthrise images via NASA Museum Visualization Alliance) 12/4/2007 Coordination of International Education & Public Outreach (E/PO) Opportunities • O Obstaclesbstacles: Numerous obstacles complicate E/PO coordination & cooperation among missions & nations. – Space agencies are naturally constrained to serve their own national audience with no exchange of funding internationally – Some valuable E/PO materials are copyrighted or proprietary – Language barrier may limit leveraging of the world’s collective lunar exploration effort – Significant parts of the US population consider lunar exploration irrelevant or passé 12/4/2007 Options: A PROPOSED STRATEGY FOR INTERNATIONAL LRO EPO COORDINATION derived from the results of the International EPO Breakout Group (C. Morrow, facilitator) at the November 2006 LRO Project Science Working Group Meeting in Honolulu, HI • Intl Planetarium Society INTERNATIONAL • Planetary Society PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES & • Intl Lunar Exploration WG WORKING GROUPS • LRO Project Science WG • AGU/EGU •Etc.. INTERNATIONAL GLOBALIZING LUNAR MISSIONS LRO EPO EPO PROGRAMS • SMART-1’s Images & Adopt-a-Crater •GLOBE • SELENE’s High-Definition TV images • Networks of remote telescopes •M3 EPO for Chandrayaan • European Student Moon Orbiter • Lunar Student Imaging •etc. INTERNATIONAL • JPL’s Visualization Alliance YEARS & DECADES (Sci Centers & Planetariums) • UN Basic Space Science in Developing Countries • International Lunar Decade • International Heliophysical Year & International Polar Year • International Year of Planet Earth • International Year of Astronomy International Lunar Missions: Possibilities of Cross Cultural & International Education & Public Outreach Lunar Observational Technologies Across Ages & Cultures Cherilynn Morrow, SETI Institute Gordon Chin, NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center United States International Space University Symposium 21-23 February 2007 Strasbourg, FRANCE FLY me to the Moon… SELENE Chandrayaan - 1 Japan India Launched Sept 2007 To be launched in early 2008 Chang’e - 1 LRO China USA To be launched Oct 2007! To be launched in late 2008 LRO has international partners • IKI provides LEND instrument to LRO – Russian student exchange with University of Maryland for LEND data analysis • KAGUYA data exchange & coordination with LRO – V-SAT farside gravity measurements – Laser altimetry data for high latitudes – HDTV images for education and public outreach (in works) – KAGUYA launch blog for the Planetary Society •SMART-1 – LCROSS impact site characterization – Education and public outreach cooperation • Chandrayaan-1 has American-built instrumentation on board (e.g. M-cubed), and also an instrument similar to LRO’s Mini-RF. 12/4/2007 JAXA & LRO supported a blog of the KAGUYA Launch for The Planetary Society Can we do more of this among the international missions for a broader world-wide audience? KAGUYA Launched 14 Sept 2007 Tanegashima, Japan http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/kaguya/launch_blog.html Launch of Japanese Lunar Probe – SELENE (Nicknamed KAGUYA by the Japanese public after a fairy tale Moon Princess Kaguya-Hime) IN YOUR PROGRAM: URL for Cherilynn’s KAGUYA LAUNCH BLOG Uhttp://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/kaguya/launch_blog.html Tanegashima Space Center JAPAN Launch of Japanese Lunar Probe – SELENE (Nicknamed KAGUYA by the Japanese public) IN YOUR PROGRAM: URL for the KAGUYA LAUNCH BLOG Uhttp://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/kaguya/launch_blog.html First test image of KAGUYA’s HDTV camera – 29 Oct 2007 KAGUYA HDTV Images for Education • KAGUYA HDTV images for education and public outreach – Amend existing LRO/KAGUYA agreement to include HDTV – Facilitate distribution with existing and potential partners • Museum Visualization Alliance (based at JPL) • Google Moon (Space Act agreement with NASA Ames) • WORLD WIND (NASA Ames – Patrick Hogan) Japan to piggyback on existing agreement?) • NOAA’s Science-on-a-Sphere (headquartered in Boulder, CO) Tokyo-based Science and Emerging Technology Museum - Miraikan has SOS) • Hyperwall – mosaic of computer screens for full resolution data displays (LRO LROC E/PO partner at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago) 12/4/2007 A small camera aboard KAGUYA made this REAL image of the spacecraft’s high-gain antenna with the Moon in the background. This is NOT an animated image. REAL spacecraft. REAL Moon. VERY cool! 5 Oct 2007. Earth on lunar horizon from Russian Zond-8 spacecraft Computer generated Earthset on the limb of the Moon from the Russian Zond-7 spacecraft on 9 August 1969 Images from Russian lunar rovers in the 1970’s Russia Contributes to LRO with LEND – This LRO instrument will detect neutrons from hydrogen on and beneath the lunar surface (e.g. water ice). Griffin (NASA) Perminov (Roskosmos) Mitrofanov & Chin meet the Russian press Signing of LEND Interim Agreement SPACE WEEK in Moscow - Oct 2007 Lunar Scientists by Sputnik model: David Smith (NASA GSFC) Maria Zuber (GRAIL) 22 FLY me to the Moon… October 2007 2012 2017 Chang’e [pronounced “CHAANG-GUER”] China’s program for lunar exploration The Chang'e-I moon probe will likely be launched NEXT WEEK (24-25 Oct 2007) from a space centre near the south-western city of Xichang in Sichuan province. Ancient Stone Carvings of Moon, Sun & Stars Ancient Observatory, Beijing CHINA FLY me to the Moon… Modern Exploration Naked Eye Observations FLY me to the Moon… The Chandrayaan Chandrayaan-1 program held an is India’s Lunar Mission international competition for its instrumentation. LRO international EPO DRAFT Objectives • OBJECTIVE 1. To engage the interest and attention of a broader international audience for lunar exploration and the LRO mission. • OBJECTIVE 2. To support American science educators and public outreach professionals in understanding the LRO mission and LRO-related science in the fuller international, cross-cultural, and historical context of lunar exploration. 12/4/2007 Tactics to achieve international EPO draft objectives 1. Coordinate carefully with GSFC Education, Public Affairs, LRO Project, and LRO EPO program. 2. Attend a strategic collection of international meetings that provide high-leverage opportunities for meeting, communicating, and exploring
Load more

Recommended publications
  • LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) Observation Campaign: Strategies, Implementation, and Lessons Learned
    Space Sci Rev DOI 10.1007/s11214-011-9759-y LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) Observation Campaign: Strategies, Implementation, and Lessons Learned Jennifer L. Heldmann · Anthony Colaprete · Diane H. Wooden · Robert F. Ackermann · David D. Acton · Peter R. Backus · Vanessa Bailey · Jesse G. Ball · William C. Barott · Samantha K. Blair · Marc W. Buie · Shawn Callahan · Nancy J. Chanover · Young-Jun Choi · Al Conrad · Dolores M. Coulson · Kirk B. Crawford · Russell DeHart · Imke de Pater · Michael Disanti · James R. Forster · Reiko Furusho · Tetsuharu Fuse · Tom Geballe · J. Duane Gibson · David Goldstein · Stephen A. Gregory · David J. Gutierrez · Ryan T. Hamilton · Taiga Hamura · David E. Harker · Gerry R. Harp · Junichi Haruyama · Morag Hastie · Yutaka Hayano · Phillip Hinz · Peng K. Hong · Steven P. James · Toshihiko Kadono · Hideyo Kawakita · Michael S. Kelley · Daryl L. Kim · Kosuke Kurosawa · Duk-Hang Lee · Michael Long · Paul G. Lucey · Keith Marach · Anthony C. Matulonis · Richard M. McDermid · Russet McMillan · Charles Miller · Hong-Kyu Moon · Ryosuke Nakamura · Hirotomo Noda · Natsuko Okamura · Lawrence Ong · Dallan Porter · Jeffery J. Puschell · John T. Rayner · J. Jedadiah Rembold · Katherine C. Roth · Richard J. Rudy · Ray W. Russell · Eileen V. Ryan · William H. Ryan · Tomohiko Sekiguchi · Yasuhito Sekine · Mark A. Skinner · Mitsuru Sôma · Andrew W. Stephens · Alex Storrs · Robert M. Suggs · Seiji Sugita · Eon-Chang Sung · Naruhisa Takatoh · Jill C. Tarter · Scott M. Taylor · Hiroshi Terada · Chadwick J. Trujillo · Vidhya Vaitheeswaran · Faith Vilas · Brian D. Walls · Jun-ihi Watanabe · William J. Welch · Charles E. Woodward · Hong-Suh Yim · Eliot F. Young Received: 9 October 2010 / Accepted: 8 February 2011 © The Author(s) 2011.
    [Show full text]
  • Highlights in Space 2010
    International Astronautical Federation Committee on Space Research International Institute of Space Law 94 bis, Avenue de Suffren c/o CNES 94 bis, Avenue de Suffren UNITED NATIONS 75015 Paris, France 2 place Maurice Quentin 75015 Paris, France Tel: +33 1 45 67 42 60 Fax: +33 1 42 73 21 20 Tel. + 33 1 44 76 75 10 E-mail: : [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Fax. + 33 1 44 76 74 37 URL: www.iislweb.com OFFICE FOR OUTER SPACE AFFAIRS URL: www.iafastro.com E-mail: [email protected] URL : http://cosparhq.cnes.fr Highlights in Space 2010 Prepared in cooperation with the International Astronautical Federation, the Committee on Space Research and the International Institute of Space Law The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs is responsible for promoting international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space and assisting developing countries in using space science and technology. United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs P. O. Box 500, 1400 Vienna, Austria Tel: (+43-1) 26060-4950 Fax: (+43-1) 26060-5830 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.unoosa.org United Nations publication Printed in Austria USD 15 Sales No. E.11.I.3 ISBN 978-92-1-101236-1 ST/SPACE/57 *1180239* V.11-80239—January 2011—775 UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR OUTER SPACE AFFAIRS UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT VIENNA Highlights in Space 2010 Prepared in cooperation with the International Astronautical Federation, the Committee on Space Research and the International Institute of Space Law Progress in space science, technology and applications, international cooperation and space law UNITED NATIONS New York, 2011 UniTEd NationS PUblication Sales no.
    [Show full text]
  • The British Astronomical Association Handbook 2017
    THE HANDBOOK OF THE BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION 2017 2016 October ISSN 0068–130–X CONTENTS PREFACE . 2 HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2017 . 3 CALENDAR 2017 . 4 SKY DIARY . .. 5-6 SUN . 7-9 ECLIPSES . 10-15 APPEARANCE OF PLANETS . 16 VISIBILITY OF PLANETS . 17 RISING AND SETTING OF THE PLANETS IN LATITUDES 52°N AND 35°S . 18-19 PLANETS – EXPLANATION OF TABLES . 20 ELEMENTS OF PLANETARY ORBITS . 21 MERCURY . 22-23 VENUS . 24 EARTH . 25 MOON . 25 LUNAR LIBRATION . 26 MOONRISE AND MOONSET . 27-31 SUN’S SELENOGRAPHIC COLONGITUDE . 32 LUNAR OCCULTATIONS . 33-39 GRAZING LUNAR OCCULTATIONS . 40-41 MARS . 42-43 ASTEROIDS . 44 ASTEROID EPHEMERIDES . 45-50 ASTEROID OCCULTATIONS .. ... 51-53 ASTEROIDS: FAVOURABLE OBSERVING OPPORTUNITIES . 54-56 NEO CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH . 57 JUPITER . .. 58-62 SATELLITES OF JUPITER . .. 62-66 JUPITER ECLIPSES, OCCULTATIONS AND TRANSITS . 67-76 SATURN . 77-80 SATELLITES OF SATURN . 81-84 URANUS . 85 NEPTUNE . 86 TRANS–NEPTUNIAN & SCATTERED-DISK OBJECTS . 87 DWARF PLANETS . 88-91 COMETS . 92-96 METEOR DIARY . 97-99 VARIABLE STARS (RZ Cassiopeiae; Algol; λ Tauri) . 100-101 MIRA STARS . 102 VARIABLE STAR OF THE YEAR (T Cassiopeiæ) . .. 103-105 EPHEMERIDES OF VISUAL BINARY STARS . 106-107 BRIGHT STARS . 108 ACTIVE GALAXIES . 109 TIME . 110-111 ASTRONOMICAL AND PHYSICAL CONSTANTS . 112-113 INTERNET RESOURCES . 114-115 GREEK ALPHABET . 115 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / ERRATA . 116 Front Cover: Northern Lights - taken from Mount Storsteinen, near Tromsø, on 2007 February 14. A great effort taking a 13 second exposure in a wind chill of -21C (Pete Lawrence) British Astronomical Association HANDBOOK FOR 2017 NINETY–SIXTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION BURLINGTON HOUSE, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W1J 0DU Telephone 020 7734 4145 PREFACE Welcome to the 96th Handbook of the British Astronomical Association.
    [Show full text]
  • KISS Lunar Volatiles Workshop 7-22-2013
    Future Lunar Missions: Plans and Opportunities Leon Alkalai, JPL New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping Workshop Keck Institute of Space Studies July 22nd – July 25th, 2013 California Institute of Technology Some Lunar Robotic Science & Exploration Mission Formulation Studies at JPL (2003 – 2013) MoonRise New Frontiers GRAIL (2005-2007) Moonlight (2003-2004) (2005-2012) Lunette – Discovery Proposal Pre-Phase A Network of small landers (2005-2011) MIRANDA: cold trap access (2010) Lunar Impactor (2006) Other Lunar Science & Exploration Studies at JPL (2003 – 2013) • Sample Acquisition and Transfer Systems (SATS) • Landers: hard landers, soft landers, powered descent, hazard avoidance, nuclear powered lander and rover • Sub-surface access: penetrators deployed from orbit, drills, heat- flow probe, etc. • Surface mobility: Short-range, long-range, access to cold traps in deep craters • CubeSats and other micro-spacecraft deployed e.g. gravity mapping • International Studies & Discussions: – MoonLITE lunar orbiter and probes with UKSA – Farside network of lunar landers, with ESA, CNES, IPGP – Lunar Exploration Orbiter (LEO) with DLR – Lunar Com Relay Satellite with ISRO – Canadian Space Agency: robotics, surface mobility – In-situ science with RSA, landers, rovers – JAXA lunar landers, rovers – Korean Space Agency 7/23/2013 L. Alkalai, JPL 3 Robotic Missions to the Moon: Just in the last decade: 2003 - 2013 • Smart-1 ESA September 2003 • Chang’e-1 China October 2007 • SELENE-1 Japan September 2007 • Chandrayaan-1 India October 2008 – M3, Mini-SAR USA • LRO USA June 2009 • LCROSS USA June 2009 • Chang’e-2 China October 2010 • GRAIL USA September 2011 • LADEE USA September 6 th , 2013 7/23/2013 L.
    [Show full text]
  • Ryan N. Watkins (Clegg) Campus Box 1169 Phone: 864-680-4838 1 Brookings Dr
    Ryan N. Watkins (Clegg) Campus Box 1169 Phone: 864-680-4838 1 Brookings Dr. E-Mail: [email protected] Saint Louis, MO 63130 http://ryanclegg.webs.com Research Summary My research uses photometric analysis of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Narrow Angle Camera images of the lunar surface to study surface features, specifically spacecraft landing sites, silicic volcanic areas, lunar swirls, exposures of pure anorthosite, and pyroclastic deposits. I determined the relationship between spacecraft mass and thrust and the area of soil that will be disturbed, with applications to future missions. I use photometric modeling and Apollo soil data to place compositional constraints on regions of non-mare volcanism on the Moon, and I take spectral measurements of the reflectance of lunar soils to use as ground truth for remote sensing data. Highlights • Several peer-reviewed publications. • Active conference participation, including multiple invited talks. • Completed multiple research opportunities and educational programs within NASA. • Heavily involved in STEM outreach in the local community, at all age levels. • Member of Lunar Exploration Analysis Group Executive Committee and Next Generation Lunar Scientists and Engineers leadership group. Education Ph.D. Earth and Planetary Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO May 2015 Dissertation: Photometric Investigations of Lunar Landing Sites and Silicic Regions using LRO Narrow Angle Camera Images Advisor: Dr. Bradley L. Jolliff M.A. Earth and Planetary Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 2012 B.S. Physics, cum laude, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 2010 B.S. Space Science, cum laude, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 2010 Experience Research Scientist, Saint Louis, MO, 2015-present Washington University in St.
    [Show full text]
  • LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) Observation Campaign: Strategies, Implementation, and Lessons Learned
    Space Sci Rev (2012) 167:93–140 DOI 10.1007/s11214-011-9759-y LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) Observation Campaign: Strategies, Implementation, and Lessons Learned Jennifer L. Heldmann · Anthony Colaprete · Diane H. Wooden · Robert F. Ackermann · David D. Acton · Peter R. Backus · Vanessa Bailey · Jesse G. Ball · William C. Barott · Samantha K. Blair · Marc W. Buie · Shawn Callahan · Nancy J. Chanover · Young-Jun Choi · Al Conrad · Dolores M. Coulson · Kirk B. Crawford · Russell DeHart · Imke de Pater · Michael Disanti · James R. Forster · Reiko Furusho · Tetsuharu Fuse · Tom Geballe · J. Duane Gibson · David Goldstein · Stephen A. Gregory · David J. Gutierrez · Ryan T. Hamilton · Taiga Hamura · David E. Harker · Gerry R. Harp · Junichi Haruyama · Morag Hastie · Yutaka Hayano · Phillip Hinz · Peng K. Hong · Steven P. James · Toshihiko Kadono · Hideyo Kawakita · Michael S. Kelley · Daryl L. Kim · Kosuke Kurosawa · Duk-Hang Lee · Michael Long · Paul G. Lucey · Keith Marach · Anthony C. Matulonis · Richard M. McDermid · Russet McMillan · Charles Miller · Hong-Kyu Moon · Ryosuke Nakamura · Hirotomo Noda · Natsuko Okamura · Lawrence Ong · Dallan Porter · Jeffery J. Puschell · John T. Rayner · J. Jedadiah Rembold · Katherine C. Roth · Richard J. Rudy · Ray W. Russell · Eileen V. Ryan · William H. Ryan · Tomohiko Sekiguchi · Yasuhito Sekine · Mark A. Skinner · Mitsuru Sôma · Andrew W. Stephens · Alex Storrs · Robert M. Suggs · Seiji Sugita · Eon-Chang Sung · Naruhisa Takatoh · Jill C. Tarter · Scott M. Taylor · Hiroshi Terada · Chadwick J. Trujillo · Vidhya Vaitheeswaran · Faith Vilas · Brian D. Walls · Jun-ihi Watanabe · William J. Welch · Charles E. Woodward · Hong-Suh Yim · Eliot F. Young Received: 9 October 2010 / Accepted: 8 February 2011 / Published online: 18 March 2011 © The Author(s) 2011.
    [Show full text]
  • Observer's Handbook 1949
    THE OBSERVER’S HANDBOOK FOR 1949 PUBLISHED BY The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada C A. CHANT, E d ito r F. S. HOGG, A ssistant Editor DAVID DUNLAP OBSERVATORY FORTY-FIRST YEAR OF PUBLICATION T O R O N T O 3 W i l l c o c k s S t r e e t P r i n t e d fo r t h e S o c ie t y B y t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f T o r o n t o P r e s s 1948 THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA The Society was incorporated in 1890 as The Astronomical and Physical Society of Toronto, assuming its present name in 1903. For many years the Toronto organization existed alone, but now the Society is national in extent, having active Centres in Montreal and Quebec, P.Q.; Ottawa, Toronto, Hamilton, London, Windsor, and Guelph, Ontario; Winnipeg, Man.; Saskatoon, Sask.; Edmonton, Alta.; Vancouver and Victoria, B.C. As well as over 1,100 members of these Canadian Centres, there are nearly 500 members not attached to any Centre, mostly resident in other nations, while some 300 additional institutions or persons are on the regular mailing list of our publica­ tions. The Society publishes a monthly “Journal" and a yearly “Ob­ server’s Handbook”. Single copies of the Journal are 50 cents, and of the Handbook, 40 cents. Membership is open to anyone interested in astronomy. Annual dues, $3.00; life membership, $40.00.
    [Show full text]
  • Exploring the Moon and Mars: Choices for the Nation
    Exploring the Moon and Mars: Choices for the Nation July 1991 OTA-ISC-502 NTIS order #PB91-220046 Recommended Citation: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology AssessmenT Exploring the Moon andMars: Choices for the Nation, OTA-ISC-502 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, July 1991). For sale by the Superintendent of Documents U.S. Government Printing 0ffice, Washington, DC 20402-9325 (order form can be found in the back of this report) Foreword The United States has always been at the forefront of exploring the planets. U.S. space- craft have now journeyed near every planet in the solar system but Pluto, the most distant one. Its probes have also landed on the Moon and Mars. Magellan, the most recent of U.S. interplan- etary voyagers, has been returning thought-provoking, high-resolution radar images of the sur- face of Venus. Scientifically, the prospect of returning to the Moon and exploring Mars in greater detail is an exciting one. President George Bush’s proposal to establish a permanent lunar base and to send human crews to explore Mars is ambitious and would engage both scientists and engi- neers in challenging tasks. Yet it also raises a host of issues regarding the appropriate mix of humans and machines, timeliness, and costs of space exploration. This Nation faces a sobering variety of economic, environmental, and technological challenges over the next few decades, all of which will make major demands on the Federal budget and other national assets. Within this context, Congress will have to decide the appropriate pace and direction for the President’s space exploration proposal.
    [Show full text]
  • Early Telerobotic Exploration of the Lunar Farside by Astronauts at Earth-Moon L2
    Fastnet: Early Telerobotic Exploration of the Lunar Farside by Astronauts at Earth-Moon L2 Josh Hopkins FISO Colloquium, November 14 2012 Copyright 2012 Lockheed Martin Corporation. All Rights Reserved 1 Stepping Stones Stepping Stones is a series of exploration 2023 missions building incrementally towards Deimos Scout the long term goal of exploring Mars. Each mission addresses science objectives relating to the formation of the solar 2031-2035 system and the origins of life. Red Rocks: explore Mars from Deimos 2024, 2025, 2029 2017 Plymouth Rock: Humans explore asteroids like Asteroid scout 1999 AO10 and 2000 SG344 2018-2023 Fastnet: Explore the Moon’s far side from Earth-Moon L2 point 2016 2017 Asteroid survey SLS test flight 2013-2020 Human systems tests on ISS Lockheed Martin notional concept Dates subject to change Deimos photo courtesy of NASA-JPL, University of Arizona 2 ‘Fastnet’ L2-Farside Missions • Send astronauts to the Earth-Moon Lagrange point beyond the Moon (EM-L2) • Teleoperate vehicles on the lunar farside surface • Demonstrate Orion operations in deep space with fast reentry as practice for later missions • Initial ~30 day mission into trans-lunar space using Orion only • Later flights would dock to a habitat to extend mission durations to 2-4 months 3 Rationale for Lunar Farside Exploration 4 Why The Farside? Planetary Science • To understand the impact N history of the terrestrial planets and dynamics of the early solar system we need samples of the most ancient impact basin on the farside – “The exploration and sample
    [Show full text]
  • Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group, P
    Program and Abstract Volume LPI Contribution No. 1685 Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group October 22–24, 2012 • Greenbelt, Maryland Sponsor National Aeronautics and Space Administration Conveners Charles Shearer University of New Mexico Jeffrey Plescia The John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Clive Neal University of Notre Dame Stephen Mackwell Lunar and Planetary Institute Scientific Organizing Committee Charles Shearer, University of New Mexico Jeffrey Plescia, John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Clive Neal, University of Notre Dame Michael Wargo, NASA Headquarters Stephen Mackwell, Lunar and Planetary Institute Dallas Bienhoff, The Boeing Corporation Noah Petro, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Kurt Sacksteder, NASA Glenn Research Center Greg Schmidt, NASA Lunar Science Institute/NASA Ames Research Center George Tahu, NASA Headquarters Lunar and Planetary Institute 3600 Bay Area Boulevard Houston TX 77058-1113 LPI Contribution No. 1685 Compiled in 2012 by Meeting and Publication Services Lunar and Planetary Institute USRA Houston 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston TX 77058-1113 This material is based upon work supported by NASA under Award No. NNX08AC28A. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this volume are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Lunar and Planetary Institute is operated by the Universities Space Research Association under a cooperative agreement with the Science Mission Directorate of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Material in this volume may be copied without restraint for library, abstract service, education, or personal research purposes; however, republication of any paper or portion thereof requires the written permission of the authors as well as the appropriate acknowledgment of this publication.
    [Show full text]
  • Lunar Impact: Nasa's Lcross Mission
    Vol. 58, No. 10 – October 2010 Wednesday, October 20, 2010 – General Meeting Randall Museum . 199 Museum Way . San Francisco 7:00 pm Doors Open 7:30 pm Announcements 8:00 pm Speaker SFAA’s General Meetings take place on the 3 rd Wednesday of each month (except January) Dr. Jennifer Heldmann Space Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center LUNAR IMPACT: NASA'S LCROSS MISSION Join planetary research scientist Jennifer Heldmann from the Space Sciences Division of NASA Ames Research Center for a presentation on Lunar Impact: NASA’s LCROSS Mission. Heldmann will give an engaging summary of NASA’s current mission to explore the permanently shadowed regions of the lunar poles. With NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), research scientists are able to investigate and analyze data collected from these previously unexplored regions of the Moon. Dr. Heldmann served on the Science Team, Payload Team, and as the Observation Campaign Coordinator for NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission to study the permanently shadowed regions of the lunar poles. The science goals of LCROSS included investigating the presence or absence of water on the Moon as well as furthering our understanding of other species trapped in these regions. Dr. Heldmann received a Bachelor’s degree in Astrogeophysics from Colgate University, a Master’s degree in Space Studies and a minor in Geology from the University of North Dakota, and a doctorate degree in Planetary Science from the University of Colorado. Dr. Heldmann is currently a Research Scientist in the Division of Space Sciences and Astrobiology at NASA Ames Research Center in California.
    [Show full text]
  • Next Meeting Thursday, February 20Th the LADEE Mission by Rick Kang
    Io – February 2014 p.1 IO - February 2014 Issue 2014-02 PO Box 7264 Eugene Astronomical Society Annual Club Dues $25 Springfield, OR 97475 President: Sam Pitts - 688-7330 www.eugeneastro.org Secretary: Jerry Oltion - 343-4758 Additional Board members: EAS is a proud member of: Jacob Strandlien, Tony Dandurand, John Loper. Next Meeting Thursday, February 20th The LADEE Mission by Rick Kang The LADEE (pronounced “laddie” like lassie) Mission is one of a series of spacecraft launched over the past several years by NASA to further explore our Moon. LADEE stands for Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, and is currently orbiting the Moon, beginning to collect data on the composi- tion of the weak lunar atmosphere, including a dust component. I’ll show a Powerpoint Presentation furnished by LADEE’s Education/Public Outreach officer, Dr. Brian Day, based at the Ames facility in California, that he made available to the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for one of their recent webcasts. The presentation covers data about lunar water and the lunar atmosphere. Much of Dr. Day’s interest is in the low density of the lunar atmosphere; technically this condition is called a surface boundary exo- sphere. This means that unlike much of Earth’s atmosphere, where air molecules are typically jostled by frequent collisions with one another, in an exosphere the low density effectively prevents collisions, and the air molecules/particles travel in ballistic trajectories. This condition exists from the very surface of the Moon upward, thus “surface boundary.” We suspect that many of the Solar System’s smaller objects (low gravity), like asteroids and moons, also have surface boundary exospheres.
    [Show full text]