ASTR-4800: Space Science: Practice & Policy

• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Aug27.pdf

Time: Monday, Aug 27, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 11 months ago )
Location: Duane E-126

• Reading: Chapter 1 in Beyond Sputnik.
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Aug31.pdf

Time: Wednesday, Aug 29, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 11 months ago )
Location: Duane E-126

• Reading: The Elusive Why of Space Exploration at http://lunar.colorado...iveWhy.pdf
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Aug31.pdf

Time: Friday, Aug 31, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 10 months ago )
Location: Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Dr, Boulder, CO 80309, USA

Time: Monday, Sep 3, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 10 months ago )

• Reading: Report to President Eisenhower on Introduction to Outer Space at: http://lunar.colorado...rSpace.pdf
  * Reading: Chapter 1 of McDougall (Rocketry and Revolution).
• Homework: http://lunar.colorado...es/HW1.pdf
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Sep5.pdf

Time: Wednesday, Sep 5, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 10 months ago )
Location: Duane E-126

• Reading: Chapter 2 of McDougall (The Cold War and Sputnik)

Time: Friday, Sep 7, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 10 months ago )
Location: Duane E-126

• Reading: Part II, Chapters 3-5 of McDougall (America Before Sputnik)
• Web Tool: Inflation Calculator at https://www.bls.gov/d...ulator.htm
• Web Tool: AAAS Federal Historical Budget Trends at https://www.aaas.org/...federal-rd
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Sep10.pdf

Time: Monday, Sep 10, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 10 months ago )
Location: Duane E-126

• Reading: Chapter 2 in Beyond Sputnik
• Reading: Chapter 6 in McDougall
• Reading: Science: The Endless Frontier at https://www.nsf.gov/a...sh1945.htm
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Sep12.pdf
• Homework #1: http://lunar.colorado...es/HW2.pdf
• Homework #1 solutions: http://lunar.colorado....solns.pdf

Time: Wednesday, Sep 12, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 10 months ago )
Location: Duane E-126

• Reading: p. 7 and Chapter 5 in Beyond Sputnik
  
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Sep14.pdf

Time: Friday, Sep 14, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 10 months ago )
Location: Duane E-126

• Reading: Part III of McDougall
• Reading: NASA Space Act of 1958 at https://history.nasa....ceact.html
• Reading: Eisenhower's Farewell Address at http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/ike.htm
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Sep17.pdf

Time: Monday, Sep 17, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 10 months ago )

• Reading: Part IV of McDougall
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Sep19.pdf
• Homework #2 Solutions: http://lunar.colorado....solns.pdf

Time: Wednesday, Sep 19, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 10 months ago )

• Reading: Chapters 15 and 18 in McDougall
• Kennedy space policy speech at https://er.jsc.nasa.g...cetalk.htm
• Homework #3: http://lunar.colorado...es/HW3.pdf
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Sep21.pdf

Time: Friday, Sep 21, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 10 months ago )

• Reading: Chapter 19, Part V (Conclusions), and Chapter 20 of McDougall
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Sep24.pdf

Time: Monday, Sep 24, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 10 months ago )

• Reading: Part VI and Chapters 21-22 of McDougall
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Sep26.pdf

Time: Wednesday, Sep 26, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 10 months ago )

• Reading: article from Space.com at https://www.space.com...ation.html
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Sep28.pdf

Time: Friday, Sep 28, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 10 months ago )

• Reading: read article at http://lunar.colorado...online.pdf
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Oct1.pdf
• Homework #3 Solutions: http://lunar.colorado....solns.pdf

Time: Monday, Oct 1, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 9 months ago )
Location: Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Dr, Boulder, CO 80309, USA

• Exam #1 Solutions: http://lunar.colorado..._solns.pdf

Time: Wednesday, Oct 3, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 9 months ago )

• Reading: History of NASA Budget at https://en.wikipedia....et_of_NASA
• Reading: President's Proposed FY19 Budget for NASA at https://www.nasa.gov/...erview.pdf
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Oct5.pdf

Time: Friday, Oct 5, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 9 months ago )
Location: Duane E-126

• Reading: History of the Space Shuttle at https://www.nasa.gov/...index.html
• Homework: http://lunar.colorado...es/HW4.pdf
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Oct8.pdf

Time: Monday, Oct 8, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 9 months ago )

• Reading: NASA's webpages on the ISS at https://www.nasa.gov/...index.html
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Oct10.pdf

Time: Wednesday, Oct 10, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 9 months ago )
Location: Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Dr, Boulder, CO 80309, USA

• Reading: NASA's First Launch of Orion + SLS at https://www.nasa.gov/...with-orion
• Reading: NASA's Exploration Roadmap at http://lunar.colorado...ap2018.pdf
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Oct12.pdf
• Homework#4 solutions: http://lunar.colorado....solns.pdf

Time: Friday, Oct 12, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 9 months ago )

• Reading: Exploration of Mars at https://en.wikipedia....on_of_Mars
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Oct15.pdf

Time: Monday, Oct 15, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 9 months ago )

• Reading: Humans to Mars at https://en.wikipedia....on_to_Mars
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Oct17.pdf
• Homework #5: https://lunar.colorad...es/HW5.pdf

Time: Wednesday, Oct 17, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 9 months ago )

• Reading: Section 1.1 of the Gathering Storm report at http://lunar.colorado...Report.pdf
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Oct19.pdf

Time: Friday, Oct 19, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 9 months ago )

• Reading: Chapter 4 in Beyond Sputnik.
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Oct22.pdf

Time: Monday, Oct 22, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 9 months ago )

• Video: Please look at the Subcommittee on Space Hearing- An Overview of the NASA Budget for Fiscal Year 2019 at https://science.house...nistration
• Homework #5 solutions: http://lunar.colorado....solns.pdf

Time: Wednesday, Oct 24, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 9 months ago )

• Exam #2 Solutions: http://lunar.colorado..._solns.pdf

Time: Friday, Oct 26, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 9 months ago )

• Reading on Apollo 17 at: https://en.wikipedia..../Apollo_17
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Oct29.pdf

Time: Monday, Oct 29, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 9 months ago )

• Reading: NASA Juno website at https://www.nasa.gov/...index.html
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Oct31.pdf

Time: Wednesday, Oct 31, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 8 months ago )

• Reading: Read summary of this report beginning on p. 1 at http://lunar.colorado...ecadal.pdf
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Nov2.pdf

Time: Friday, Nov 2, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 8 months ago )

• Reading: NASA website on Space Radiation at https://www.nasa.gov/...on-matters
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Nov5.pdf

Time: Monday, Nov 5, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 8 months ago )

• Midterm paper due on Interview with a Space Scientist
• Reading: Executive Summary of Planetary Sciences Decadal Survey at http://lunar.colorado...ecadal.pdf
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Nov7.pdf

Time: Wednesday, Nov 7, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 8 months ago )

• Read about Dr. Lystrup at: http://www.ball.com/a...ie_lystrup

Time: Friday, Nov 9, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 8 months ago )

• Reading: NASA's Commercial Space Transportation at https://www.nasa.gov/...index.html
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Nov12.pdf

Time: Monday, Nov 12, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 8 months ago )

• Read about CU's Aerospace Ventures Program at: https://www.colorado....eventures/
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Nov14.pdf

Time: Wednesday, Nov 14, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 8 months ago )

• Reading: Review New Horizons website at: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Nov16.pdf

Time: Friday, Nov 16, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 8 months ago )

Time: Monday, Nov 19, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 8 months ago )

Time: Wednesday, Nov 21, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 8 months ago )

Time: Friday, Nov 23, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 8 months ago )

• Reading: Review report at https://arxiv.org/ftp...1.3741.pdf

Time: Monday, Nov 26, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 8 months ago )

• Read about Space Policy Directive 1 at: https://www.nasa.gov/...lar-system
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Nov28.pdf

Time: Wednesday, Nov 28, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 8 months ago )

• Reading: NASA's JWST webpage at https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/
• Reading: NASA's WFIRST webpage at https://wfirst.gsfc.nasa.gov/
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Nov30.pdf

Time: Friday, Nov 30, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 7 months ago )

• Reading: NASA's Kepler webpage at https://www.nasa.gov/...index.html
• Reading: NASA's TESS webpage at https://tess.gsfc.nasa.gov/
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Dec3.pdf

Time: Monday, Dec 3, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 7 months ago )

• Reading: NASA Ames Research Center webpage at https://www.nasa.gov/ames

Time: Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 7 months ago )

• Final Paper is due
• Reading: See Roadmap at https://www.nasa.gov/...mobile.pdf
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Dec7.pdf

Time: Friday, Dec 7, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 7 months ago )

• Reading: Pros and Cons of Interstellar Travel at https://www.universet...ar-travel/
• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Dec10.pdf

Time: Monday, Dec 10, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 7 months ago )

• Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Dec5.pdf

Time: Wednesday, Dec 12, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 7 months ago )

Time: Friday, Dec 14, 2018, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 7 months ago )