ASTR-4800: ASTR 4800 - Space Science: Practice & Policy

Reading: Chapter 2 in Beyond Sputnik.
* Reading: Chapter 6 in McDougall.
* Reading Science - The Endless Frontier: https://www.nsf.gov/a...sh1945.htm
* Class Notes - http://lunar.colorado.../Sep11.pdf
* Homework #1 Solutions - http://lunar.colorado...W1_sol.pdf

Time: Wednesday, Sep 11, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Sep 13: Why does the U.S. invest in research? (student presentation)

Reading: p. 7 and Chapter 5 in Beyond Sputnik.
* Class Notes - http://lunar.colorado.../Sep13.pdf
* Homework #2 - http://lunar.colorado...es/HW2.pdf

Time: Friday, Sep 13, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Sep 16: The Birth of NASA

Reading: Part III in McDougall.
*Reading - NASA Space Act of 1958: https://history.nasa....ceact.html
*Reading - Eisenhower's Farewell Address: http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/ike.htm
Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Sep16.pdf

Time: Monday, Sep 16, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Sep 18: Khrushchev and USSR Space Policies

Reading - Part IV of McDougall.
Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Sep18.pdf

Time: Wednesday, Sep 18, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Sep 20: Kennedy's Vision for the U.S. Space Program

Reading: Chapters 15 and 18 in McDougall.
*Kennedy Space Policy Speech: https://er.jsc.nasa.g...cetalk.htm
* Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Sep20.pdf
* Homework #2 Solutions: http://lunar.colorado...W2_sol.pdf

Time: Friday, Sep 20, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Sep 23: The Apollo Program

Reading - Chapter 19, Part V (Conclusions), and Chapter 20 of McDougall.
* Homework #3: http://lunar.colorado...es/HW3.pdf
Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Sep23.pdf

Time: Monday, Sep 23, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Sep 25: Legacies of Apollo & New Explorations of the Moon - guest lecture by Greg Schmidt (NASA)

Reading: Part VI and Chapters 21-22 of McDougall.
Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Sep25.pdf

Time: Wednesday, Sep 25, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Sep 27: The Origin & Evolution of the Moon - guest lecture by Dr. Bill Bottke (SwRI)

Reading: https://www.space.com...ation.html
Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Sep27.pdf

Time: Friday, Sep 27, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Sep 30: Commercial Lunar Payload Services & Project Artemis - guest lecture by Steve Clarke (NASA)

Reading - Review NASA's website on Artemis and Commercial Lunar Activity: https://www.nasa.gov/artemis
Reading: http://lunar.colorado...SN2019.pdf
Homework #3 Solutions: http://lunar.colorado...W3_sol.pdf

Time: Monday, Sep 30, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Oct 2: The Space Shuttle - guest lecture by Admiral Richard Truly

Reading - History of the Space Shuttle: https://www.nasa.gov/...index.html
Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Oct2.pdf

Time: Wednesday, Oct 2, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Oct 4: NASA's Budget - Is it enough to explore? (student presentation)

Reading - History of NASA Budget: https://en.wikipedia....et_of_NASA
President's FY2020 Proposed Budget: https://www.nasa.gov/..._brief.pdf
Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Oct4.pdf

Time: Friday, Oct 4, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Oct 7: What do we do with the International Space Station? (student presentation at Fiske Planetarium)

Reading - Review ISS webpages: https://www.nasa.gov/...index.html
Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Oct7.pdf

Time: Monday, Oct 7, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Oct 9: NASA's new Exploration Missions - guest lecture by Tim Cichan & Lisa May (Lockheed Martin) (Fiske Planetarium)

Reading - NASA's Moon to Mars Program: https://www.nasa.gov/...ar-gateway
Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Oct9.pdf

Time: Wednesday, Oct 9, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Oct 11: Exam #1

Exam #1 Solutions: http://lunar.colorado...m1_sol.pdf

Time: Friday, Oct 11, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Oct 14: Robotic Exploration of Mars - guest lecture by Prof. Brian Hynek

Reading: https://en.wikipedia....on_of_Mars
Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Oct14.pdf

Time: Monday, Oct 14, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Oct 16: How do we get Humans to Mars? (student presentation)

Reading: https://en.wikipedia....on_to_Mars
Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Oct16.pdf

Time: Wednesday, Oct 16, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Oct 18: National Academy Report: Rising Above the Gathering Storm (student presentation)

Reading - Section 1.1 of the Gathering Storm report: http://lunar.colorado...Report.pdf
Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Oct18.pdf

Time: Friday, Oct 18, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Oct 21: Overview of NASA's Authorization & Appropriations Process (student presentation)

Reading: Chapter 4 in Beyond Sputnik.
Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Oct21.pdf

Time: Monday, Oct 21, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Oct 23: Mock Hearing of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee on NASA's 2020 budget

Video of Committee Hearing: https://www.c-span.or...et-request

Time: Wednesday, Oct 23, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Oct 25: The Astrophysics Roadmap & Astro2020 Decadal Survey (student presentation)

Reading - The Astrophysics Roadmap Executive Summary and skim through entire report at https://arxiv.org/ftp...1.3741.pdf
Reading - Astro2020 Decadal Survey website: https://sites.nationa.../index.htm
Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Oct25.pdf

Time: Friday, Oct 25, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Oct 28: Decadal Strategy for Solar & Space Physics - guest lecture by Prof. Dan Baker (LASP)

Read summary of report beginning on p. 1: http://lunar.colorado...ecadal.pdf
Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Oct28.pdf

Time: Monday, Oct 28, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Oct 30: How harmful is space radiation? (student presentation)

Reading - NASA website on Space Radiation: https://www.nasa.gov/...on-matters
Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Oct30.pdf

Time: Wednesday, Oct 30, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )

Nov 1: The Planetary Science Decadal Survey (student presentation)

Midterm paper due on Interview with a Space Scientist
*Reading - Executive Summary of Planetary Sciences Decadal Survey: http://lunar.colorado...ecadal.pdf
Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Nov1.pdf

Time: Friday, Nov 1, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )