Aug 22: Introductions and Course Overview, Syllabus
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...tClass.pdf
Time: Monday, Aug 22, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (2 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Aug 24: Overview of Space Policy
- Reading: Chapter 1 in Beyond Sputnik book
- Space in the News article: https://lunar.colorad...ceNews.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...Policy.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Aug 24, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (2 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Aug 26: 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"
- Space in the News article: https://lunar.colorad...Apollo.pdf
- Hand-out Homework #1
- Homework: http://lunar.colorado...es/HW1.doc
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...rSpace.pdf
Time: Friday, Aug 26, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (2 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Aug 29: The Soviet Union Before Sputnik
- Reading: Chapter 2 of McDougall: "The Cold War and Sputnik"
- Space in the News: http://www.newsday.co...-1.1331112
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...putnik.pdf
Time: Monday, Aug 29, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (2 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Aug 31: The U.S. Before Sputnik
- Reading: Part II, Chapters 3-5 of McDougall: "America Before Sputnik"
- Web links: Inflation calculator (http://www.austintxge...atecpi.php) and AAAS Federal Budget Analysis for FY08/09 (http://www.aaas.org/s...d908tb.htm)
- Space in the News: http://www.space.com/....html#BM_1
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...putnik.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Aug 31, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (2 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Sep 2: The Many Faces of Hubble – Meet at Fiske Planetarium
- Reading: 18 years of Science with the Hubble Space Telescope (http://lunar.colorado...Nature.pdf)
Time: Friday, Sep 2, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (2 months from now)
Location: Fiske Planetarium and Science Center (FISK)
Sep 5: No class – Labor Day Holiday.
Time: Monday, Sep 5, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (2 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Sep 7: 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
- Space in the News: http://www.dailygalax...tars-.html
- Homework #1 is due! Solutions are here: https://lunar.colorad...utions.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...tier.1.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Sep 7, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (3 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Sep 9: Why Does the U.S. Invest in Research? – Pasteur's Quadrant (student presentation)
- Reading: p. 7 and Chapter 5 in Beyond Sputnik
- Space in the News: http://www.newscienti...eturn.html
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...search.pdf
Time: Friday, Sep 9, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (3 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Sep 12: The Birth of NASA
- Reading: Part III of McDougall
- Reading: "Eisenhower Farewell Address" (http://www.americanrh...ewell.html)
- Space in the News - http://www.sciencedai...134111.htm
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...ofNASA.pdf
Time: Monday, Sep 12, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (3 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Sep 14: Khrushchev and U.S.S.R. Space Policies
- Reading: Part IV of McDougall
- Space in the News - http://www.thespacere...cle/1436/1
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...licies.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (3 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Sep 16: Kennedy’s Vision for the U.S. Space Program
- Reading: Chapters 15, 18 in McDougall
- Kennedy video (http://er.jsc.nasa.go...cetalk.htm)
- Space in the News - http://www.spacefligh...8/18almaz/
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...Vision.pdf
Time: Friday, Sep 16, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (3 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Sep 19: The Apollo Program
- Reading: Chapter 19 & Part V Conclusions, Chapter 20 of McDougall
- Space in the News - http://www.lamarcc.ed..._index.asp
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...ollo.1.pdf
Time: Monday, Sep 19, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (3 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Sep 21: Legacies of Apollo
- Reading: Part VI, Chapters 21-22 of McDougall
- Space in the News: http://www.livescienc...lanet.html
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...ollo.2.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Sep 21, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (3 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Sep 23: A Conversation with Apollo 17 Astronaut (& former U.S. Senator) Dr. Harrison (Jack) Schmitt
- Reading: Looking Backwards – And Forward by J. Logsdon: http://lunar.colorado...Apollo.pdf
- Reading: Biographical sketch of Dr. Schmitt (http://www.jsc.nasa.g...tt-hh.html)
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...chmitt.pdf
Time: Friday, Sep 23, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (3 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Sep 26: 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, Sep 26, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (3 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Sep 28: Servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope from the Shuttle – A conversation with Shuttle Astronaut Dr. John Grunsfeld
- Reading (read only the Executive Summary): http://lunar.colorado...ST.NRC.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...ervice.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (3 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Sep 30: The International Space Station (student presentation)
- Reading: http://www.nasa.gov/m...index.html
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...es/ISS.pdf
- Homework: http://lunar.colorado...es/HW3.pdf
Time: Friday, Sep 30, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (3 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Oct 3: NASA's Budget
- Reading: Summary of NASA’s Budget Request for FY10 at http://www.nasa.gov/p..._09_R2.pdf
- Space in the News: http://lunar.colorado...n.News.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...t.FY10.pdf
Time: Monday, Oct 3, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (3 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Oct 5: National Academy Report “Rising Above the Gathering Storm”
- Reading: Section 1.1 of Gathering Storm report - http://lunar.colorado...gStorm.pdf
- Space in the News: http://www.space.com/...craft.html
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...0Storm.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Oct 5, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (3 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Oct 7: Overview of how NASA's budget bill is passed through the Congress (student presentationl)
- Reading: Chapter 4 in Beyond Sputnik
- Space in the News: http://www.npr.org/te...=113223613
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...ngress.pdf
Time: Friday, Oct 7, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (4 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Oct 10: Mock Hearing of the House Science Committee (student panel)
- Video of House Hearing & testimony of panelists - http://science.house....ewsID=2493
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...ring.1.pdf
Time: Monday, Oct 10, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (4 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Oct 12: Mock Hearing of the House Science Committee (student panel)
- Video of House Hearing & testimony of panelists - http://science.house....ewsID=2493
Time: Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (4 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Oct 14: Exam 1
Time: Friday, Oct 14, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (4 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Oct 17: Back to the Moon, Back to the Future – Fiske Planetarium Lecture by J. Burns
- Reading: Observatories on the Moon - http://lunar.colorado.../SciAm.pdf
- Reading: Denver Post article - http://www.denverpost...i_12424309
- Reading: http://lunar.colorado...5Sep09.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...heMoon.pdf
Time: Monday, Oct 17, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (4 months from now)
Location: Fiske Planetarium and Science Center (FISK)
Oct 19: NASA's Lunar Exploration Roadmap
- Reading: Read first 7 pages of Roadmap - http://lunar.colorado...oadmap.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...oadmap.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Oct 19, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (4 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Oct 21: What have we learned so far about Mars? (student presentation)
- Reading: NASA's Mars Exploration Program (http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov)
- Space in the News - http://www.sciencedai...101807.htm
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...20Mars.pdf
Time: Friday, Oct 21, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (4 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Oct 24: Augustine Committee report on the Future of Human Space Flight -- A conversation with Norm Augustine, former CEO of Lockheed-Martin
- Reading: Augustine Committee Summary Report - http://lunar.colorado...0FINAL.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...Flight.pdf
Time: Monday, Oct 24, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (4 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Oct 26: Mars MAVEN mission – guest lecture by Professor Nick Schneider (CU LASP & APS)
- Reading: MAVEN website - http://lasp.colorado.edu/maven/
- Reading: Summary of Maven - http://lunar.colorado...ExSumm.pdf
- Class notes: https://lunar.colorad...neider.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Oct 26, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (4 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Oct 28: Midterm Paper Due
Time: Friday, Oct 28, 2011, at 1:00am for 1440 minutes (4 months from now)
Oct 28: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) - guest presentation by Professor Brian Hynek (CU Geology)
- Reading: Mars Science Lab - http://marsprogram.jp...a.gov/msl/
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado....Hynek.pdf
Time: Friday, Oct 28, 2011, at 12:00pm for 50 minutes (4 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Oct 31: New Horizons: Mission to Pluto & the Kuiper Belt – guest lecture by Dr. Alan Stern (SWRI)
- Reading: New Horizons - http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/
- Space in the News: http://www.thespacere...cle/1497/1
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado....Stern.pdf
Time: Monday, Oct 31, 2011, at 1:00pm for 50 minutes (4 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Nov 2: Messenger at Mercury (student presentation)
- Reading: Messenger's Mission - http://messenger.jhua...index.html
- Space in the News: http://www.esa.int/es...OWF_0.html
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...senger.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Nov 2, 2011, at 1:00pm for 50 minutes (4 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Nov 4: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) - guest presentation from Dr. Rich Vondrak (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
- Reading: LRO - http://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...ondrak.pdf
Time: Friday, Nov 4, 2011, at 1:00pm for 50 minutes (4 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Nov 7: JWST – guest lecture by Dr. Dennis Ebbets, Ball Aerospace
- Reading: JWST Overview (http://www.stsci.edu/jwst/overview/)
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...Ebbets.pdf
Time: Monday, Nov 7, 2011, at 11:00am for 50 minutes (5 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Nov 9: Fermi/GLAST (student presentation)
- Reading: Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/)
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Fermi.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Nov 9, 2011, at 11:00am for 50 minutes (5 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Nov 11: Exam 2
Time: Friday, Nov 11, 2011, at 11:00am for 50 minutes (5 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Nov 14: The European Space Agency
- Reading: ESA Overview (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/index.html)
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...es/ESA.pdf
Time: Monday, Nov 14, 2011, at 11:00am for 50 minutes (5 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Nov 16: Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) (Student presentation)
- Reading: http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html
Time: Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011, at 11:00am for 50 minutes (5 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Nov 18: Today's Russian Space Program
- Reading - http://www.russianspa...index.html
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...0Space.pdf
Time: Friday, Nov 18, 2011, at 11:00am for 50 minutes (5 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Nov 21: Fall Break!
Time: Monday, Nov 21, 2011, at 12:00am (5 months from now)
Nov 28: The Sun as the Source of Space Weather (Student presentation)
- Reading: What is space weather? http://www.windows.uc...is_sw.html
- Homework: http://lunar.colorado...es/HW5.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...ecture.pdf
Time: Monday, Nov 28, 2011, at 11:00am for 50 minutes (5 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Nov 30: Space Radiation Hazards – Professor Xinlin Li (ASEN/LASP)
- Reading: Severe Solar Weather Events (http://lunar.colorado...eather.pdf)
- Tour of Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company research facility at Waterton Canyon. We will leave shortly after class finishes.
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...iation.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011, at 11:00am for 50 minutes (5 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Dec 2: The Space Scientist as an Honest Broker in Space Policy – guest lecture by Professor Roger Pielke, CU Center for Science & Technology Policy Research
- Reading: The Honest Broker (http://books.google.c...q=&f=false)
- Reading: "Climate Fatigue" from journal Science - http://lunar.colorado...3Nov09.pdf
Time: Friday, Dec 2, 2011, at 11:00am for 50 minutes (5 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Dec 5: Human Impacts on Earth's Climate
- Reading: Climate Change: Summary for Policymakers (http://www.ipcc.ch/pd...yr_spm.pdf)
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...ration.pdf
Time: Monday, Dec 5, 2011, at 11:00am for 50 minutes (5 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Dec 7: Global Warming – Guest Lecture by Professor Lisa Dilling, CU Environmental Studies (tentative)
- Reading: America's long hard road to climate-change law and Environment Gridlock (http://lunar.colorado...licyUS.pdf)
- Reading: Environment Gridlock (http://lunar.colorado...wsweek.pdf)
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...arming.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Dec 7, 2011, at 11:00am for 50 minutes (6 months from now)
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
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