Jan 11: Introductions and Course Overview, Syllabus
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Jan11.pdf
Time: Monday, Jan 11, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-G131
Jan 13: Fiske Planetarium - Back to the Moon for Good
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Jan13.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, Fiske Planetarium
Jan 15: Overview of Space Policy
- Space in the News reading:
- Reading: Chapter 1 in Neal, Smith, & McCormick: Beyond Sputnik book.
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Jan15.pdf
Time: Friday, Jan 15, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-G131
Jan 18: MLK Holiday - No Class
Time: Monday, Jan 18, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Jan 20: Introduction to Outer Space
- Reading: Report to President Eisenhower on "Introduction to Outer Space" (http://www.fas.org/sp...o1958.html)
- Reading: Chapter 1 of McDougall: "Rocketry and Revolution"
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Jan20.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Jan 20, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-G131
Jan 22: The Soviet Union Before Sputnik
- Reading: Chapter 2 of McDougall: "The Cold War and Sputnik"
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Jan22.pdf
Time: Friday, Jan 22, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: Duane G131
Jan 25: The U.S. Before Sputnik
- Reading: Part II, Chapters 3-5 of McDougall: "America Before Sputnik"
- Web links: Inflation calculator (http://www.bls.gov/da...ulator.htm) and AAAS Federal Historical Budget Trends (http://www.aaas.org/p...rical-data)
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Jan25.pdf
Time: Monday, Jan 25, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-G131
Jan 27: The Endless Frontier (student presentation)
- Reading: Chapter 2 in Beyond Sputnik
- Reading: Chapter 6 of McDougall
- Reading: "Science: The Endless Frontier" (http://www.nsf.gov/ab...sh1945.htm) by Vannevar Bush
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Jan27.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Jan 27, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-G131
Jan 29: Why Does the U.S. Invest in Research? Pasteur's Quadrant (student presentation)
- Reading: p. 7 and Chapter 5 in Beyond Sputnik
- Homework #1 is due!
- Homework: http://lunar.colorado...es/HW1.pdf
- Homework: http://lunar.colorado...utions.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Jan29.pdf
Time: Friday, Jan 29, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUANE-G131
Feb 1: The Birth of NASA
- Reading: Part III of McDougall
- Reading: NASA Space Act of 1958 (http://history.nasa.g...ceact.html)
- Reading: "Eisenhower Farewell Address" (http://www.americanrh...ewell.html)
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Feb1.pdf
Time: Monday, Feb 1, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Feb 3: Khrushchev and U.S.S.R. Space Policies
- Reading: Part IV of McDougall
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Feb3.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Feb 3, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Feb 5: The Kennedy Vision for the U.S. Space Program
- Reading: Chapters 15, 18 in McDougall
- Kennedy video (http://er.jsc.nasa.go...cetalk.htm)
- Class Notes: https://lunar.colorad...s/Feb5.pdf
Time: Friday, Feb 5, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 2 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-G131
Feb 8: The Apollo Program
- Reading: Chapter 19 & Part V Conclusions, Chapter 20 of McDougall
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Feb8.pdf
Time: Monday, Feb 8, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 2 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Feb 10: Legacies of Apollo
- Reading: Part VI, Chapters 21-22 of McDougall
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Feb10.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Feb 10, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 2 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Feb 12: Guest Lecture: The Origin & Evolution of the Moon, Dr. Bill Bottke, SwRI
- Reading: Lunar Conspiracies (http://lunar.colorado...Origin.pdf)
- Reading: Our Solar System, National Geographic (http://ngm.nationalge...irion-text)
- Homework #2 is due.
- Homework: http://lunar.colorado...es/HW2.pdf
- Homework: http://lunar.colorado...utions.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Feb12.pdf
Time: Friday, Feb 12, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 2 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Feb 15: A View from the Cockpit of the Space Shuttle: A conversation with Shuttle Pilot Admiral Richard Truly, former NASA Administrator
- Reading: Brief biography of Richard Truly (http://en.wikipedia.o...d_H._Truly)
- Reading: NASA's Space Shuttle web pages (http://www.nasa.gov/m...index.html)
Time: Monday, Feb 15, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 2 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Feb 17: NASA's Budget
- Homework: Review NASA FY16 budget at: https://lunar.colorad...202015.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Feb17.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Feb 17, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 2 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Feb 19: National Academy Report: Rising Above the Gathering Storm (student presentation)
- Reading: Section 1.1 of Gathering Storm report -http://lunar.colorado...Report.pdf
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- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Feb19.pdf
Time: Friday, Feb 19, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 2 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Feb 22: Visit by Josh Hopkins and Scott Norris, Lockheed Martin
- Reading: http://www.lockheedma...orion.html
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Feb22.pdf
Time: Monday, Feb 22, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 2 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Feb 24: Exam 1
- Exam 1 Solutions: http://lunar.colorado...utions.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Feb 24, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 2 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Feb 26: The International Space Station (student presentation) -- Class at Fiske Planetarium
- Reading: http://www.nasa.gov/m...index.html
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Feb26.pdf
Time: Friday, Feb 26, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 2 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Feb 29: Overview of NASA's Authorization & Appropriations Processes (student panel)
- Reading: Chapter 4 in Beyond Sputnik
- Interview subject proposals for midterm paper due via E-mail to Prof. Burns.
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Feb29.pdf
Time: Monday, Feb 29, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 2 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 2: Mock Hearing on NASA Re-Authorization (student panel)
- Homework: Review website for US House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology hearing on the NASA budget at: https://science.house...autics-and
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Mar2.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Mar 2, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 2 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 4: Guest Lecture: Dr. John Grunsfeld, NASA Associate Administrator for Science
- Homework: Review NASA Science website at http://science.nasa.gov/
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Mar4.pdf
Time: Friday, Mar 4, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 2 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 7: NASA's Human Journey to Mars (student presentation)
- Review NASA website at: https://www.nasa.gov/...s-overview
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Mar7.pdf
Time: Monday, Mar 7, 2016, at 10:00am for 50 minutes ( 1 month ago )
Location: Duane-D142
Mar 9: Guest Lecture - The MAVEN Mars Mission, Professor Bruce Jakosky, LASP
- Reading: Review MAVEN website at http://lasp.colorado....ome/maven/
- Reading: http://lunar.colorado...kosky-.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Mar9.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Mar 9, 2016, at 10:00am for 50 minutes ( 1 month ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 11: Guest Lecture: The Curiosity Rover on Mars, Professor Brian Hynek, LASP
- Review NASA Curiosity website at http://mars.nasa.gov/msl/
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Mar11.pdf
Time: Friday, Mar 11, 2016, at 10:00am for 50 minutes ( 1 month ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 14: How do we start exploring again? The Lunar Farside
- Reading: http://lunar.colorado...lished.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Mar14.pdf
Time: Monday, Mar 14, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 1 month ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 16: The Planetary Sciences Decadal Survey (student presentation)
- Reading: Executive Summary of Planetary Sciences Decadal Survey at http://lunar.colorado...ecadal.pdf
- Midterm paper due on "Interview with a Space Scientist"
- Homework: http://lunar.colorado...es/HW3.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Mar16.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Mar 16, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 1 month ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 18: Tour of Ball Aerospace Facilities
Time: Friday, Mar 18, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 1 month ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 21: Spring Break - No Class
Time: Monday, Mar 21, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 4 weeks ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 23: Spring Break - No Class
Time: Wednesday, Mar 23, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 4 weeks ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 25: Spring Break - No Class
Time: Friday, Mar 25, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 4 weeks ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 28: The Juno Mission to Jupiter - Guest Lecture by Professor Fran Bagenal
- Homework - Review JUNO website at http://missionjuno.swri.edu/
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Mar28.pdf
Time: Monday, Mar 28, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 weeks ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 30: NASA's Asteroid Redirect Mission (student presentation)
- Homework: Review NASA Asteroid Initiative website at http://www.nasa.gov/m...x4WX_ldV8E
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Mar30.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Mar 30, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 weeks ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Apr 1: Interstellar Travel to Exoplanets (student presentation)
- Homework:read web articles at https://en.wikipedia....lar_travel and https://en.wikipedia..../Exoplanet
- Homework #3 is due.
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Apr1.pdf
- Homework: http://lunar.colorado...utions.pdf
Time: Friday, Apr 1, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 weeks ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Apr 4: The European Space Agency (ESA)
- Reading: Review the ESA website at http://www.esa.int/ESA
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Apr4.pdf
Time: Monday, Apr 4, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 2 weeks ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Apr 6: Exam 2
- Exam #2 Solutions: http://lunar.colorado...utions.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Apr 6, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 2 weeks ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Apr 8: Guest Lecture: Dr. John Spencer, New Horizons at Pluto
- Homework: review New Horizons website at: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/
Time: Friday, Apr 8, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 2 weeks ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Apr 11: Astrophysics Roadmap: NASA Astrophysics in the Next Three Decades (student presentation)
- Homework: Read Executive Summary of Roadmap at http://lunar.colorado...lished.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Apr11.pdf
Time: Monday, Apr 11, 2016, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 week ago )
Location: Duane D142
Apr 13: James Webb Space Telescope (student presentation)
- Reading: Review JWST website at http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/.
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Apr13.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 week ago )
Location: Duane D142
Apr 15: Visit with NASA Ames Research Center Director Dr. Eugene Tu
- Reading: bio of Dr. Tu at https://www.nasa.gov/...-eugene-tu
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Apr15.pdf
Time: Friday, Apr 15, 2016, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 5 days ago )
Location: Duane D142
Apr 18: Guest Lecture: Rob Strain, President of Ball Aerospace
- Reading: Review bio of Mr. Rob Strain at http://www.ballaerosp...e=12&id=20
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Apr18.pdf
Time: Monday, Apr 18, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 2 days ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Apr 20: The Global Exploration Roadmap (student presentation)
- Reading: Read Executive Summary of this report at http://lunar.colorado..._Small.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Apr20.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Apr 20, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 7 hours ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Apr 22: The Russian Space Program, Roscosmos (student presentation)
- Reading: review this website on Rososmos at https://en.wikipedia....orporation
Time: Friday, Apr 22, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 2 days from now )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Apr 25: Guest Lecture: Prof. Dan Baker, Decadal Strategy for Solar & Space Physics
- Reading: Read Executive Summary of report at http://lunar.colorado...ecadal.pdf
- Final paper "On being the next NASA Administrator" is due.
Time: Monday, Apr 25, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 5 days from now )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Apr 27: Space Radiation Hazards (student presentation)
- Reading: Read Executive Summary of Report at http://lunar.colorado...0Baker.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Apr 27, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 7 days from now )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Apr 29: A Visit with Dr. John Olsen, Vice President, Sierra Nevada Corporation
- Read - please review Dr. Olsen's bio at http://www.sncspace.c.../JohnOlson
Time: Friday, Apr 29, 2016, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 1 week from now )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
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