Aug 26: Introductions and Course Overview
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Aug26.pdf
Time: Monday, Aug 26, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )
Location: Duane E-126
Aug 28: What is Space Policy?
- Reading: Chapter 1 in Beyond Sputnik.
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Aug28.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Aug 28, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )
Location: Duane E-126
Aug 30: Why do we explore space? (Fiske Planetarium)
- Reading - The Elusive Why of Space Exploration at: http://lunar.colorado...iveWhy.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Aug30.pdf
Time: Friday, Aug 30, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )
Sep 2: Labor Day Holiday - No Class
Time: Monday, Sep 2, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )
Sep 4: Introduction to Outer Space
- Reading: http://lunar.colorado...rSpace.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Sep4.pdf
- Homework #1: http://lunar.colorado...es/HW1.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Sep 4, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )
Sep 6: The USSR before Sputnik
- Reading: Chapter 2 of McDougall (Rocketry and Revolution).
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Sep6.pdf
Time: Friday, Sep 6, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )
Sep 9: America before Sputnik
- Reading: Chapters 3-5 of McDougall.
*AAAS Federal Historical Budget Trends at https://www.aaas.org/...federal-rd
*Inflation Calculator at https://www.bls.gov/d...ulator.htm - Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Sep9.pdf
Time: Monday, Sep 9, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )
Sep 11: Science: The Endless Frontier (student presentation)
- 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 )
Nov 4: NASA's Commercial Space Economy (student presentation)
- Reading - NASA's Commercial Space Transportation: https://www.nasa.gov/...index.html
- Homework #4: http://lunar.colorado...es/HW4.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Nov4.pdf
Time: Monday, Nov 4, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )
Nov 6: New Horizons - Pluto & the Kuiper Belt
- Reading - Review New Horizons website: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Nov6.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Nov 6, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )
Nov 8: A View from Space Industry - guest lecture by Dr. Mackenzie Lystrup, VP for Civil Space at Ball Aerospace)
- Read about Dr. Lystrup: http://www.ball.com/a...ie_lystrup
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Nov8.pdf
Time: Friday, Nov 8, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )
Nov 11: The Juno Mission at Jupiter - guest lecture by Dr. Fran Bagenal (Fiske Planetarium)
- Reading - NASA Juno website: https://www.nasa.gov/...index.html
Time: Monday, Nov 11, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )
Nov 13: Colorado Aerospace & Space Security - Jay Lindell (Colorado Aerospace & Defense Champion)
- Reading: https://choosecolorad...aerospace/
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Nov13.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Nov 13, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )
Nov 15: Exam #2
- Exam #2 Solutions: http://lunar.colorado...m2_sol.pdf
Time: Friday, Nov 15, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )
Nov 18: Visit with Dr. Eugene Tu, Director of NASA Ames Research Center
- Review NASA Ames Research Center website at: https://www.nasa.gov/...index.html" id="ow380" __is_owner="true">https://www.nasa.gov/...index.html
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Nov18.pdf
Time: Monday, Nov 18, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )
Nov 20: Low Radio Frequency Observations from the Lunar Farside
- Reading - https://arxiv.org/ftp....05407.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Nov20.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Nov 20, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )
Nov 22: Can we afford Astrophysics Flagship missions? JWST and WFIRST (student presentation)
- Reading - NASA's JWST webpage: https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/
- Reading - NASA's WFIRST webpage: https://wfirst.gsfc.nasa.gov/
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Nov22.pdf
Time: Friday, Nov 22, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )
Nov 25: Fall Break - no class
Time: Monday, Nov 25, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )
Nov 27: Fall Break - no class
Time: Wednesday, Nov 27, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )
Nov 29: Fall Break - no class
Time: Friday, Nov 29, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 1 year ago )
Dec 2: Einstein & Interstellar Travel (Fiske Planetarium)
- Reading - Pros and Cons of Interstellar Travel: https://www.universet...ar-travel/
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Dec2.pdf
Time: Monday, Dec 2, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 12 months ago )
Dec 4: Moon Rush and Mars - guest lecture by journalist Leonard David
- Read about Mr. David at https://www.leonardda...david-bio/
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Dec4.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Dec 4, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 12 months ago )
Dec 6: The Global Exploration Roadmap
- Reading: https://www.nasa.gov/...mobile.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Dec6.pdf
Time: Friday, Dec 6, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 12 months ago )
Dec 9: TESS, Kepler, & the Quest for Habitable Planets - guest lecture by Prof. Zach Berta-Thompson
- Reading - NASA's Kepler webpage: https://www.nasa.gov/...index.html
- Reading - NASA's TESS webpage: https://heasarc.gsfc....docs/tess/
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s_Zach.pdf
Time: Monday, Dec 9, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 12 months ago )
Dec 11: Wrap-up and Perspective on Space Science & Space Policy
- Final paper is due.
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Dec11.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Dec 11, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 12 months ago )
Dec 13: Reading Day - no class
Time: Friday, Dec 13, 2019, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 12 months ago )