Jan 16: MLK Holiday - No Class
Time: Monday, Jan 16, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 6 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-G131
Jan 18: Introductions and Course Overview, Syllabus
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Jan18.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Jan 18, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 6 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, Duane G-131
Jan 20: Overview of Space Policy
- Space in the News reading:
- Reading: Chapter 1 in Neal, Smith, & McCormick: Beyond Sputnik book.
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Jan20.pdf
Time: Friday, Jan 20, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 6 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-G131
Jan 23: What is a Business Plan? - Guest lecture by Dr. Cathleen Burns
- Review SBA Business Plan website at https://www.sba.gov/s...g-business
- Read: SpaceX Business Plan at http://www.universeto...ilization/
- Homework: http://lunar.colorado...es/HW1.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Jan23.pdf
Time: Monday, Jan 23, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 6 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, Duane G-131
Jan 25: Introduction to Outer Space
- Reading: Report to President Eisenhower on "Introduction to Outer Space" at http://www.plosin.com...rSpace.htm
- Reading: Chapter 1 of McDougall: "Rocketry and Revolution"
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Jan25.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Jan 25, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 6 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-G131
Jan 27: Visit with Space Shuttle and ISS astronaut Dr. Sandra Magnus
- Reading: review Dr. Magnus' bio at https://www.aiaa.org/...agnusBio/.
Time: Friday, Jan 27, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 6 months ago )
Location: Duane G131
Jan 30: Before Sputnik
- Reading: Chapters 2-5 of McDougall.
- 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.../Jan30.pdf
Time: Monday, Jan 30, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 6 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-G131
Feb 1: Science: 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...s/Feb1.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Feb 1, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 6 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-G131
Feb 3: Why Does the U.S. Invest in Research? Pasteur's Quadrant (student presentation)
- Reading: p. 7 and Chapter 5 in Beyond Sputnik
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Feb3.pdf
- Answer key to Homework #1: http://lunar.colorado...nswers.pdf
Time: Friday, Feb 3, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 6 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUANE-G131
Feb 6: 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://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/ike.htm)
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Feb6.pdf
Time: Monday, Feb 6, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 5 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Feb 8: Khrushchev and U.S.S.R. Space Policies
- Reading: Part IV of McDougall
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Feb8.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Feb 8, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 5 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Feb 10: 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: http://lunar.colorado.../Feb10.pdf
- Homework #2: http://lunar.colorado...es/HW2.pdf
Time: Friday, Feb 10, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 5 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-G131
Feb 13: The Apollo Program
- Reading: Chapter 19 & Part V Conclusions, Chapter 20 of McDougall
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Feb13.pdf
Time: Monday, Feb 13, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 5 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Feb 15: Legacies of Apollo
- Reading: Part VI, Chapters 21-22 of McDougall
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Feb15.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Feb 15, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 5 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Feb 17: The Origin & Evolution of the Moon - Guest Lecture by Dr. Robin Canup
- Reading: Lunar Conspiracies (http://lunar.colorado...Origin.pdf)
- Reading: http://cloe.boulder.s...ution.html
- Homework #2 is due.
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Feb17.pdf
- Solutions to Homework #2: http://lunar.colorado...nswers.pdf
Time: Friday, Feb 17, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 5 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Feb 20: 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 20, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 5 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Feb 22: NASA's Budget
- Homework: Review NASA FY17 proposed budget at https://www.nasa.gov/..._sheet.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Feb22.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Feb 22, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 5 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Feb 24: National Academy Report: Rising Above the Gathering Storm (student presentation)
- Reading: Section 1.1 of Gathering Storm report -http://lunar.colorado...Report.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Feb24.pdf
Time: Friday, Feb 24, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 5 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Feb 27: The International Space Station - At Fiske Planetarium (student presentation)
- Reading: http://www.nasa.gov/m...index.html
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Feb27.pdf
Time: Monday, Feb 27, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 5 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 1: Exploration with the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle - Guest Lecture by Tim Cichan, Lockheed Martin (Fiske Planetarium)
- Reading: http://www.lockheedma...orion.html
Time: Wednesday, Mar 1, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 5 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 3: Exam 1
Time: Friday, Mar 3, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 5 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 6: Overview of NASA's Authorization & Appropriations Processes (student panel)
- Reading Chapter 4 in Beyond Sputnik
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Mar6.pdf
Time: Monday, Mar 6, 2017, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 5 months ago )
Mar 8: Mock Hearing on the NASA Authorization Bill for 2017 (student panel)
- Homework: Review website for US House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology hearing on the NASA budget at https://science.house...n-act-2013
- Homework: Read NASA Authorization Act of 2017 at http://lunar.colorado...202017.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Mar8.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Mar 8, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 4 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 10: Guest Lecture: Leonard David - Our Foggy Future in Space, A Journalist's View
- Reading: Mr. David's Bio - http://lunar.colorado...URRENT.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Mar10.pdf
Time: Friday, Mar 10, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 4 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 13: Back to the Moon - Fiske Planetarium
- Homework: Read the following paper at http://lunar.colorado...lished.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Mar13.pdf
Time: Monday, Mar 13, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 4 months ago )
Location: Duane-D142
Mar 15: Guest Lecture - The MAVEN Mars Mission, Professor David Brain
- Reading: Review MAVEN website at http://lasp.colorado....ome/maven/
- Reading: http://lunar.colorado...kosky-.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Mar15.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Mar 15, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 4 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 17: The Curiosity Rover on Mars (student presentation)
- Review NASA Curiosity website at http://mars.nasa.gov/msl/
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Mar17.pdf
Time: Friday, Mar 17, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 4 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 20: NASA's Commercial ISS Resupply and Commercial Crew Programs (student presentation)
- Reading: Review NASA website on ISS Commercial Resupply Services at https://www.nasa.gov/...rview.html
- Reading: NASA Commercial Crew Program at https://www.nasa.gov/...index.html
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Mar20.pdf
Time: Monday, Mar 20, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 4 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 22: The Planetary Sciences Decadal Survey (student presentation)
- Reading: Executive Summary of Planetary Sciences Decadal Survey at http://lunar.colorado...ecadal.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Mar22.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Mar 22, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 4 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 24: CU Aerospace Ventures - Guest lecture by Mike Trexler
- Review website at: http://www.colorado.e...eventures/
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Mar24.pdf
Time: Friday, Mar 24, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 4 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 27: Spring Break - No Class
Time: Monday, Mar 27, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 4 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 29: Spring Break - No Class
Time: Wednesday, Mar 29, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 4 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Mar 31: Spring Break - No Class
Time: Friday, Mar 31, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 4 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Apr 3: The European Space Agency
- Review ESA website at: http://www.esa.int/ESA
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Apr3.pdf
Time: Monday, Apr 3, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 4 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Apr 5: The NASA Astrophysics Roadmap
- Reading: https://arxiv.org/ftp...1.3741.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Apr5.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Apr 5, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 4 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Apr 7: Guest Lecture: New Horizons at Pluto - Dr. Alex Parker
- Review the New Horizons website at: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/Apr7.pdf
Time: Friday, Apr 7, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Apr 10: Guest Lecture: Space Policy & the American Astronomical Society - Dr. Kevin Marvel
- Review AAS website at https://aas.org/
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Apr10.pdf
Time: Monday, Apr 10, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-E126
Apr 12: Exam 2
Time: Wednesday, Apr 12, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Apr 14: The Technology of Star Trek (student presentation)
- Read: http://lunar.colorado...nology.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Apr14.pdf
Time: Friday, Apr 14, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Apr 17: Guest Lecture - The JUNO mission to Jupiter, Dr. Fran Bagenal
- Review NASA JUNO website at https://www.nasa.gov/...index.html
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Apr17.pdf
Time: Monday, Apr 17, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Apr 19: James Webb Space Telescope (student presentation)
- Reading: Review JWST website at http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/.
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Apr19.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Apr 19, 2017, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: Duane D142
Apr 21: The Global Exploration Roadmap (student presentation)
- Reading: The Global Exploration Roadmap at https://www.nasa.gov/..._Small.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Apr21.pdf
Time: Friday, Apr 21, 2017, at 11:00am for 60 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: Duane D142
Apr 24: Let's Go Exploring Again!
- Reading: OpEd from SpaceNews at http://lunar.colorado...7-2017.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Apr24.pdf
Time: Monday, Apr 24, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Apr 26: Guest Lecture by Dr. Allison Jaynes, LASP, on Space Radiation
- Read Executive Summary of Report at http://lunar.colorado...0Baker.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Apr26.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Apr 26, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
Apr 28: Guest Lecture: Dr. Eugene Tu, Director, NASA Ames Research Center
- Review NASA Ames Research Center website at: https://www.nasa.gov/...index.html
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado.../Apr28.pdf
Time: Friday, Apr 28, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
May 1: Guest Lecture - Decadal Strategy for Solar & Space Physics, Professor Dan Baker
- Reading: Read Summary of this report beginning on p. 1 at http://lunar.colorado...ecadal.pdf
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/May1.pdf
Time: Monday, May 1, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
May 3: Astronomy 4800 Wrap-up
- Class Notes: http://lunar.colorado...s/May3.pdf
Time: Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
May 5: Space Business Plan Presentations
Time: Friday, May 5, 2017, at 11:00am for 50 minutes ( 3 months ago )
Location: CU Campus, DUAN-D142
May 7: Space Business Plan Presentations
Time: Sunday, May 7, 2017, at 7:30pm for 150 minutes ( 2 months ago )
Location: Duane G-131
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