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